Rai Due
Launched	November 4, 1961
Owned by	RAI
Audience share	10,74% (Prime time of Dec '05, [1])
Country	Italy
Formerly called	Secondo Programma (until 1975) Rete 2 (until 1982)
Website	www.raidue.rai.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL, in Italy. Normally tuned on channel 2
Digital	DVB-T (on RAI Mux A), in Italy
Satellite
Analogue	Not available
Digital	DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra and Atlantic Bird

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Programs

News and informations

• TG2, Rai Due main news programme, current director is Mauro Mazza.
• TG2 Dossier, in-depth analysis of current event topics.
• TG2 10 minuti, 10 minutes long edition of TG2.

Shows

• Al Posto Tuo
• L'Italia sul 2, hosted by Roberta Lanfranchi and Milo Infante
• Quelli che... il Calcio, hosted by Simona Ventura and Gene Gnocchi
• Piazza Grande, hosted by Giancarlo Magalli, Fiordaliso and Gianni Mazza
• In Famiglia, hosted by Adriana Volpe, Livia Azzariti, Tiberio Timperi and Gianni Ippoliti
• CD:live, formerly hosted by Ilary Blasi, now hosted by Alvin and Giorgia Palmas
• Eat Parade

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Reality shows

• L'Isola dei Famosi (Italian version of Celebrity Survivor hosted by Simona Ventura)
• Wild West, hosted by Alba Parietti

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Series

• Desperate Housewives
• One Tree Hill
• Lost
• NCIS
• The 4400
• Alias
• Cold Case
• Senza Traccia (Without a Trace)
• The District
• JAG
• Streghe (Charmed)
• The Practice
• What I Like About You
• ER
• Friends
• Roswell
• Supernatural

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Anime

• Winx Club (it isn't properly an anime)
• Digimon series
• Gear Fighter Dendoh
• Guru Guru
• Medarot
• Super Doll Rika Chan
• Ashita no Nadja

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Other Kids' Shows

• Disney Club
• Go Kart Mattina
• Barney e amici
• Il trenino Thomas (Thomas and Friends)

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Sports

• Domenica Sprint
• Dribbling
• La Domenica Sportiva
• Pit Lane

External link

• Official Site (Italian)