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BBC 2W
Launched	5 November 2001
Owned by	British Broadcasting Corporation
Audience share	no data available (January 2006, [1])
Country	Wales
Sister channel(s)	BBC Two
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/wales/2w
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 2 (Wales only)
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 102 (Wales) and 991 BBC UK regional TV on satellite
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 102 (Wales only)

BBC 2W is a digital television channel run by the British Broadcasting Corporation. It replaces the standard BBC Two broadcast on digital services in Wales — running on weekdays from 2030 to 2200. Launched on November 5, 2001, it had an initial reach of 1.1 million viewers^[1], and currently reaches approximately half of the nation's population. 2W broadcasts in English and is aimed at the English-speaking population, unlike S4C, which broadcasts primarily in Welsh. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links BBC2W_logo. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... This article is about the country. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the United Kingdom digital terrestrial television service. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... The BBC has provided on the UK digital satellite service all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations, which provides local news inserts and (outside England) regional presentation. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... Digital television (DTV) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analog signals used by analog (traditional) TV. DTV uses digital modulation data, which is digitally compressed and requires decoding by a specially designed television set, or a... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the country. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, which is Welsh for Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

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The channel is unpopular with some viewers because of its policy of broadcasting only Welsh-based programmes (including many repeats) during its opt-out hours ^{[citation needed]}– unlike BBC Two Wales which only opts out for live sport and new programming. The first switchoff of analogue television in the UK, for instance, was unsuccessful because viewers in Llansteffan and Ferryside, whose analogue transmitter was due to be switched off, insisted that BBC Two Wales be left broadcasting in analogue. Llansteffan is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. ... The fishing sculpture in Ferryside. ...

Titles of the original news programme: 2W News & Sport.

The channel does however provide a choice to all other viewers. Viewers on Satellite can select a different BBC Two region (but not BBC Two Wales) which will show other programming and viewers on Freeview and Cable can switch back to analogue in order to watch BBC Two Wales. This however means they are unable to watch the programme in widescreen, there is no EPG information and picture quality may arguably be poorer. It also means that Freeview/Cable PVR's are unable to record these programmes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Originally, the channel's news programme was 2W News & Sport, launching with the channel. In 2005, this was replaced by a bulletin of Wales Today, also shown on BBC One. The bulletin, entitled Wales Today on 2W carries the same titles as that on BBC One and is from the same studio with the same main presenters. The BBC Wales Today titles were produced by an in-house design team in 2005. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ...

On Screen Presentation

The idents from shortly after launch-February 2007 showed the box as a real physical object rather than overlaid on the film.

BBC 2W's original ident was a bright green design with a stylized spinning cube design that also could transition directly into a programme menu, but it was scrapped shortly after as it was too bright. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

BBC 2W's final set of unique idents would be based off the theme of the BBC 2W box logo being a physical element in the scene instead of being electronically overlaid, but still ending up in the bottom right-hand corner like the usual BBC Two idents.

However from 18 February 2007, BBC 2W has simply used the standard BBC Two idents with the 2W box replacing the normal teal box. At crossover (when BBC Two Wales becomes BBC 2W) the boxes alternate between each other during the ident. This alternation also occurs during trailers which advertise programmes during BBC 2W hours.

Closure

The BBC is to close down BBC 2W in the run-up to digital switchover as part of plans to achieve 3% annual efficiencies at BBC Wales. Digital BBC Two in Wales shall revert to the network version, with less frequent regional programmes as is currently the arrangement on Analogue BBC Two Wales.

BBC 2W was designed to offer "a unique experience unavailable anywhere else with the watchwords of topicality and style, intelligence with an occasional touch of irreverence, shining through" for Welsh audiences.^[2]

References

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External links

• BBC 2W listings at bbc.co.uk
• BBC 2W at bbc.co.uk