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DR2
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CountryDenmark
Broadcast areaDanish Realm
HeadquartersDR Byen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Programming
LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from textDanish
Picture format16:9 720p (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerDR
Sister channelsDR1
DR Ramasjang
History
Launched30 August 1996; 30 years ago (1996-08-30)
Availability
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Streaming media
DR TVwww.dr.dk/drtv/kanal/20876 (only in EU and EEA)

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DR2 (DR To) is the second television channel of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). It covers a wide range of subject matter but tends towards more "highbrow" programmes than the more mainstream and popular DR1. Like DR's other TV and radio channels, it is funded by a media licence and is therefore commercial-free.

History

DR2 was launched in 1996 as a satellite- and cable-only channel. This was highly controversial at the time, as it was considered close to a breach of public service principles that the new station did not reach all viewers. Adding to the critics' cause was that DR did have broadband spectrum available for terrestrial broadcasts. However, this was reserved for digital broadcasting tests. The less-than-100%-coverage coupled with a "highbrow" reputation resulted in low ratings, which in turn earned it the nickname "the secret channel" to the regret of the director general who had been pushing the line "my channel" (in the sense of programmes appealing to individuals, not the whole family as DR1 supposedly). This was finally remedied on 31 March 2006, when terrestrial digital broadcasts started.

In 2006, along with other DR properties, DR2 and its news service Deadline received a new on-air presentation design from Front Nordic.[1]

Following the introduction of digital television (and the closing down of all analogue channels except for cable) in Denmark on 1 November 2009, the channel is broadcast free-to-air via a public DVB-T and MPEG-4 system. It now reaches the whole country and the nearby east side of the Øresund to the southernmost areas of Sweden.

In 2013, the channel was rebranded and converted to a 24-hour channel with the inclusion of hourly news and current affairs programming.[2] DR Update previously aired some programming before the channel was closed to make room for DR Ultra. DR2, unlike DR Update, will not interrupt any programmes for breaking news.

The channel switched from SD to 720p HD broadcasting on 28 February 2017.[3][4][5][6]

Logos and identities

Programming

DR2 has become famous for its daily satirical TV shows, which were established due to the success of such programmes on Danish television.[7] It resembles the British BBC Four because its main output is experimental comedy, documentaries and in-depth news programmes. It has earned much praise for high-quality shows, especially in the first category, with series like Casper & Mandrilaftalen and Drengene fra Angora. Den 11. time was a talk show on the channel. It also broadcasts many British productions, e.g. crime dramas such as Prime Suspect.

On Saturdays, DR2 broadcasts the Greenlandic-language news bulletin Script error: No such module "Lang"., produced by KNR.[8]

Between 8 and 10:30 pm on Wednesdays, various European thriller series are aired. Every Friday at 8 pm, a rather recently produced film is aired. A classic film is broadcast on late Sunday afternoons (ending at 8 pm), typically from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s.

The news programme, called Deadline, airs at 10:30 pm and differs from DR 1's TV Avisen in just giving a brief overview of today's events, usually followed by two news that are treated more deeply. DR2 is sometimes used as "Breaking News", but only when called for. The channel also covers societal issues and various types of society-related debates.

Original programming

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  • Script error: No such module "Lang". [2] — news
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". — about new technical products
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  • Script error: No such module "Lang". — television about television
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". — Danish comedy
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". — later moved to DR1 following the show's success
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". — Danish Christmas comedy (broadcast between 1 and 24 December)

Imported programming

As is the practice with most other television channels in Denmark, foreign programmes are shown in their original language but with Danish subtitles.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."We did". Front Nordic. Retrieved 15 February 2025. Identify for DR, DR1 and DR2 and onair design for their most important productions; TV Avisen and Deadline
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DR3 går i luften den 28. januar". DR (in dansk). 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brinch, Ulrik (28 February 2017). "DR2 opgraderer kvaliteten på antenne-tv" (in dansk). Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kjærgaard, Bo (30 January 2017). "Alle DR kanaler i HD hos Stofa fra i dag". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kjærgaard, Bo (21 February 2017). "Waoo tilføjer DR kanaler i HD 28. februar" (in dansk). Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kjærgaard, Bo (17 January 2017). "Alle DR kanaler på vej i HD hos YouSee" (in dansk). Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bruun, Hanne (January 2012). "Political Satire in Danish Television: Reinventing a Tradition". Popular Communication. 10 (1–2): 158–169. doi:10.1080/15405702.2012.638568. ISSN 1540-5702.
  8. ^ DR2

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