RTE2
Broadcast area	Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Worldwide (online with restricted and unrestricted programming)
Slogan	We Go There
Headquarters	Donnybrook , Dublin
Programming
Language(s)	English Irish
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift service	RTE2 +1
Ownership
Owner	Raidio Teilifis Eireann
Key people	Bill Malone (Channel Controller)
Sister channels	RTE One RTEjr RTE News
History
Launched	2 November 1978
Former names	RTE 2 (1978?1988) Network 2 (1988?2004) RTE Two (2004?2014)
Links
Website	rte .ie /tv /rte2 .html
Availability
Terrestrial
Saorview	Channel 2 (HD) Channel 12 (+1)
Freeview (Northern Ireland only)	Channel 54
Cable
Virgin Media Ireland	Channel 102 Channel 136 (HD)
Virgin Media UK (Northern Ireland only)	Channel 876
Satellite
Saorsat	Channel 2 (HD) Channel 12 (+1)
Sky Ireland	Channel 102 (SD/HD) Channel 802 (SD)
Sky UK (Northern Ireland only)	Channel 162 (SD/HD) Channel 836 (SD)
IPTV
Eir TV	Channel 102 Channel 116 (HD)
Streaming media
Virgin TV Anywhere	Watch live (Ireland only)
Aer TV	Watch live (Ireland only)
RTE Player	Watch live (available depending on rights)

RTE2 is a free television channel in Ireland . It is owned by Raidio Teilifis Eireann . It started in 1978, and was the second TV channel in Ireland, after RTE One . ^{[1] [2]}

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