TV 2
Launched	October 1, 1988
Owned by	Danish state
Sister channel(s)	TV 2 Zulu, TV 2 Charlie, TV 2 Sputnik, TV 2 Film, TV 2 News
Website	tv2.dk

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TV 2's regional channels are:

• TV Syd - Southern Jutland
• TV 2/Fyn - Funen
• TV 2/Øst - Western Zealand (East refers to East Denmark)
• TV 2/Nord - Northern Jutland
• TV 2/Lorry - North Zealand and Copenhagen
• TV/Midt-Vest - Central and Western Jutland
• TV 2/Østjylland - Eastern Jutland
• TV 2/Bornholm - Bornholm

It has two daughter-stations named TV 2 Zulu, oriented at the youth segment, and TV 2 Charlie, oriented at mature audiences, and an internet-based pay-per-view channel TV 2 Sputnik which started broadcasting December 2004. A 24-hour movie channel TV 2 Film was launched on 1 November 2005. TV 2 News, Denmark's first 24-hour news channel, was launched on 1 December 2006. Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland; Frisian Jutlân; Low German Jötlann) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the only non-insular part of Denmark and also the northernmost part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Funen (Danish: Fyn) is the third largest island of Denmark, it has a population of 445,000 people. ... Map showing location of Zealand within Denmark. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into TV 2 (Denmark). ... Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. ... The logo of TV 2 Zulu. ... TV 2 Charlie is a Danish tv-channel owned by TV 2. ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ... ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 24 hour film station owned by TV 2. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo TV 2 News (former working title: TV 2 Nyhedskanalen[1]) is a Danish language television news channel which started broadcasting on December 1, 2006. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On August 23, 2006, TV 2 bought a vacant FM radio license at auction for 23,000,000 DKK. The license was previously owned by Sky Radio, part of Rupert Murdoch's Australia-based News Corporation, which returned it when they closed down their Danish operation in November 2005. The auction lasted 20 minutes. August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Danish coins The Danish krone is the currency used in Denmark and the Danish dependency of Greenland. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ...

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Programming

At weekdays, TV 2 starts the with Go'morgen Danmark, Denmark's first breakfast show. It took several years before DR started a counter-part.

At 11 a.m. they hand over to the regions who broadcast to 12:30 (with an interruption for national news). That is followed by TV 2's afternoon programming that mostly consist of American series and a quiz program introduced in the fall of 2006. The regional stations also broadcast bulletins in the afternoon and evening, as well as longer newscast at 19.30.

TV 2's main national newscasts are shown at 19:00 and 22:00 but bulletins in the morning (first newscast at 7:00), at noon, 14:00 16:00 and 18:00 have been added over the years.

TV 2 broadcasts several American sit-coms such as Friends, Hope & Faith, Joey, The King of Queens, Family Ties, Cheers, Ally McBeal, Beverly Hills 90210 and Reba. Many American drama series, such as Desperate Housewives, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, 24, and Commander in Chief, are also present. It also broadcasts Hamtaro and Pokémon, both of which are also seen on Jetix in Denmark. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... This article is about the television sitcom Friends. ... Hope & Faith was an American sitcom which aired for three seasons on ABC. For its first two seasons the show was part of a revived TGIF comedy block. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... The King of Queens is a long-running American situation comedy series that debuted on September 21, 1998, and is set to end after the 2006-2007 season. ... Family Ties was an American television sitcom which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. ... Cheers was a American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... Ally McBeal was a television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002, and was one of the best-known comedy-drama television series of the 1990s. ... Beverly Hills 90210 was a popular primetime television soap opera that aired from October 1990 to May 2000 on the Fox Network in the United States and subsequently on various networks around the world. ... Reba is a United States sitcom starring country music singer Reba McEntire. ... This section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Sopranos is a popular HBO drama created by David Chase. ... Six Feet Under was a popular and critically acclaimed American television drama produced by HBO. It first aired on June 3, 2001 and concluded its fifth and final season on August 21, 2005. ... 24 is a current Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Commander in Chief was a television drama that focused on the presidential administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (portrayed by Geena Davis), the first female President of the United States, who ascended to the role after the previous chief executive, Teddy Bridges (played by Will Lyman), died in office from... Hamtaro , lit. ... Pokemon redirects here. ... This article treats about history of the brand Jetix and the brand in the United States. ...

Funding

Historically TV2 was funded by television license fees and advertising sales. However, although the regional channels are still partly funded this way, funding by television licence for the main channel ended in July 2004. A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. ...

This form of double financing, along with a large injection of capital (to cover a deficit of 1 bill DKr) from the Danish State, is currently under investigation by the EU; accusations being that the dual funding has constituted illegal state aid.

See also

• List of Danish television channels

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External links

• Official Site
• TV 2 Zulu
• TV 2 Charlie
• TV 2 Sputnik
• TV 2 Film
• TV 2 News
• TV 2's regional stations