ITV2
Sign in to saveITV2 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned by ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available to a majority of households.
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- ITV2
- Television channel.logo
- ITV2 logo 2022.svg
- Television channel.logo_size
- 235px
- Television channel.logo_caption
- Logo used since 15 November 2022
- Television channel.launch_date
- (England and Wales) (Scotland) (Northern Ireland)
- Television channel.replaced
- S2 (Scotland) UTV2 (Northern Ireland)
- Television channel.owner
- ITV plc
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080i HDTV(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
- Television channel.language
- English
- Television channel.country
- United KingdomIsle of ManChannel Islands
- Television channel.timeshift_service
- ITV2 +1
- Television channel.terr_serv_1
- Freeview
- Television channel.terr_chan_1
- Channel 6 (SD)Channel 29 (+1)
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- ITVX
- Television channel.online_chan_1
- Watch live (UK only)
- Television channel.online_serv_2
- Sky Go
- Television channel.online_chan_2
- Watch live (UK only)
- Television channel.online_serv_3
- Virgin TV Go
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Broadcasting
- Satellite
- Terrestrial
- Cable
- IPTV
- History
- Most watched programmes
- Awards
- Criticisms
- Subsidiary channels
- ITV2 +1
- ITV2 HD
- Former local variants
- S2
- UTV2
- Branding
- Former logos
- Programming
- References
- External links
ITV2 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned by ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available to a majority of households.
The channel is primarily aimed at the 16–34 age group, similar to BBC Three and E4, and is known for American programming such as adult animations Family Guy, American Dad! and ''Bob's Burgers; repeats of recently aired episodes of soap operas and other entertainment programming from ITV such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Catchphrase; original comedy such as Celebrity Juice and Plebs; and reality formats such as Big Brother and Love Island''.