Rai 2


Rai 2 is the second public television channel broadcast by Italian state-owned broadcaster RAI. Rai 2 first started broadcasting on 4 November 1961. In the eighties it was known for its political affiliation to the Italian Socialist Party; in recent years it has shifted its focus towards the youth with the airing of talk shows, reality television, drama series, sitcoms and infotainment; its direct competitor to Mediaset's Italia 1.
The channel launched its own HD feed by late-September 2013 on pay television. The feed entered on DTT in September 2016.

Programmes

A few programmes include:
Until 1975 regular broadcasting was monochrome, with very few exceptions. Since late 1975, then called Rete 2 began airing some new shows in colour, then beginning semi-regular colour broadcasting during the autumn season. Rai 1 followed its "sister network" a few months later. Eventually, regular broadcasting in colour began on 1 February 1977.