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Rai Due
Launched	November 4, 1961
Owned by	RAI - Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.a.
Audience share	10.60% (2008, [1])
Country	Italy
Formerly called	Secondo Programma (1961-1975) Rete 2 (1975- 1982)
Website	www.raidue.rai.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL, Normally tuned on channel 2
Digital	DVB-T, LCN 2, Where available
Satellite
Analogue	Not available
Digital	DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra and Atlantic Bird
SKY Italia	Channel 102
NOVA Greece	Channel 855
Cable
MC Cable	Channel 202
Com Hem	Channel 213
Cablecom	Channel 094 Channel 203 (digital CH-D)
Numericable	Channel 77
Internet television
Rai.tv	Live Streaming
Yalp.alice.it	Live Streaming

Rai Due is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside with Rai Uno and Rai Tre. Rai Due first started transmissions on November 4, 1961. In the eighties it was known for its political affiliation to the Italian Socialist Party; in recent years it shifted its focus toward talk shows, reality television and infotainment.

Programs

News and information

• 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 deepening about actuality.

Shows

• Ricomincio da qui, hosted by Alda D'Eusanio
• L'Italia allo specchio, hosted by Francesca Senette
• Quelli che... il Calcio, hosted by Simona Ventura
• Insieme sul due, hosted by Milo Infante
• In Famiglia, hosted by Adriana Volpe, Marcello Cirillo, Giancarlo Magalli and Tiberio Timperi
• Voyager - ai confini della conoscenza, hosted by Roberto Giacobbo

Reality shows

• L'Isola dei Famosi (Italian version of Celebrity Survivor hosted by Simona Ventura)

Talent shows

• X Factor (Italian version of The X Factor hosted by Francesco Facchinetti)
• Italian Academy 2, hosted by Lucilla Agosti

Series

• 8 Semplici Regole... (8 Simple Rules)
• 90210
• Desperate Housewives
• American Dreams
• One Tree Hill
• Lost
• NCIS
• The 4400
• Vite Sull'Onda (Beyond the Break)
• Alias
• Cold Case
• Ghost Whisperer
• Worst Week
• Las Vegas
• Senza Traccia (Without a Trace)
• The District
• JAG
• Law & Order
• Life is Wild
• Streghe (Charmed)
• The Practice
• Le Cose Che Amo di Te (What I Like About You)
• ER
• Friends
• Santa Barbara
• The Dead Zone
• Roswell
• Shop 'til You Drop
• Supernatural
• Popular
• Life On Mars
• La Complicata Vita Di Christine The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Numb3rs
• Miami Vice
• Home Improvement
• Hidden Palms

Italian Sitcom

• Piloti
• Quelli dell'Intervallo (a Disney Channel Italy production)
• 7 Vite

Anime

• Digimon series
• Gear Fighter Dendoh
• Guru Guru
• Medarot
• Monster Rancher
• Super Doll Licca-chan
• UFO Baby
• Ashita no Nadja

Other Kids' Shows

• Barney e amici
• Winx Club (2003-present)
• Cartoon Flakes

Cartoon Flakes is a show that include cartoons like:

• Tre gemelle e una strega (The Triplets)
• A scuola con l'imperatore (The Emperor's New Groove)
• Kim Possible
• Monster Allergy
• Pretty Cure Max Heart
• Mickey Mouse Works
• Eppur si muove
• Blanche
• Le nuove avventure di braccio di ferro (Popeye the Sailor)
• Pingu
• I Cuccioli
• Winx Club
• Sonic X
• iCarly
• Merrie Melodies

New cartoons to come on Sunday:

• Power Rangers SPD
• Monster Warriors
• Pucca

Soap Operas

• Capitol
• Santa Barbara
• Loving

Sports

• Sabato Sprint
• Dribbling
• DS - La Domenica Sportiva
• Pit Lane

References

External links

• Official Website (Italian)

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