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ORF 2
Programming

Country	Austria, Italy (South Tyrol)
Headquarters	Vienna
Language(s)	German
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	ORF
Sister channels	ORF 1 ORF III ORF Sport +
History
Launched	11 September 1961; 63 years ago (1961-09-11)
Former names	Versuchsprogramm (1961–1967) FS 2 (1967–1992) ORF 2 (1992–present)
Links
Website	tv.orf.at/program/orf2
Availability

Terrestrial
DVB-T (Austria)	Channel 2 (DVB-T MUX A, free-to-air)
DVB-T2 (Austria)	Channel 2 (DVB-T MUX D, Irdeto)
Streaming media
ORF On	Watch live (Limited programming outside Austria)

ORF 2 (ORF zwei, formerly FS 2) is an Austrian public television channel owned by ORF. It was launched on 11 September 1961 as a technical test programme. Today it is one of the four public TV channels in Austria.

ORF 2 is available via DVB-T in Germany near the Austrian border and in parts of Munich. It is funded by a mixture of advertising breaks and a television licence fee; as such, unlike its German equivalents (which are generally available free-to-air), ORF 2 and its sister stations are encrypted over satellite.