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| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide, Andorra, Gibraltar, also parts of France and Portugal, and Worldwide |
| Network | Televisión Española (TVE) |
| Headquarters | Prado del Rey, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) |
| Sister channels | La 1 Clan 24h Teledeporte TVE Internacional Star TVE HD |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 November 1966 |
| Former names | TVE-UHF (1965–1966) Segunda Cadena (1966–1976) TVE 2 (1976–1991) |
| Links | |
| Website | La 2 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Spain: Depends on each province Andorra: 45 |
| Streaming media | |
| RTVE.es | Live (Only in Spain) |
La 2 (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈðos], The Two) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Televisión Española (TVE), the television division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting cultural and public service programming, including documentaries, concerts, theatre and independent, Ibero-American and classic cinema.
It was launched on 15 November 1966 as the second regular television service in Spain right after TVE's first channel launched on 28 October 1956. As TVE held a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country, they were the only television channels until the first regional public television station was launched on 16 February 1983, when Euskal Telebista started broadcasting in the Basque Country. Commercial television was launched on 25 January 1990, when Antena 3 started broadcasting nationwide.
As it started broadcasting on UHF frequencies the channel was initially simply referred to as "UHF". It received other names, such as "Cadena II", "Segunda Cadena", "Segundo Programa" or "TVE2" until it adopted its current name "La 2" (La dos) during the 1990s. Its headquarters and main production center is Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón with some programs produced in TVE's production center in San Cugat del Vallés. Although almost all its programming is in Spanish and is the same for all of Spain, TVE has territorial centers in every autonomous community and produces and broadcasts some local programming in regional variations in each of them in the corresponding co-official language.