RTL Zwei

RTL Zwei
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Europe
Affiliates	RTL II You
Headquarters	Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group S.A.; Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG; Tele-Munich Television Media Participation LP; Burda GmbH;
Parent	RTL Deutschland
Sister channels	RTL; VOX; n-tv; Super RTL; Nitro; RTLup; VOXup; RTL Crime; RTL Living; RTL Passion; GEO Television;
History
Launched	6 March 1993; 31 years ago
Former names	RTL 2 (1993–1999); RTL II (1999–2019)
Links
Website	rtl2.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel numbers vary in each region

RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG. RTL2 is a private general entertainment (Vollprogramm) tv channel on the basis of the Interstate Broadcasting Agreement (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag). Variants of the channel are produced for Austria and Switzerland, with their own advertising. They can be received via cable networks in Austria and Switzerland, and more widely by digital satellite. RTL Zwei is part-owned by RTL Group in Germany.