Canal+ 2
Television channel
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Canal+ 2 (Spanish: Canal+ Two) was a Spanish television channel in operated by Telefonica. It was available through the satellite platform Canal+. It was available through Digital terrestrial television from 2010 to 2011.
History
On July 21, 2003, with the birth of Digital+, Canal+ 2 launched as a merge between Canal+ Rojo and Canal+ Azul into Canal+ 2.[1]
After the leak of the news in various forums, rumors of a new entertainment channel for DTT under the Canal+ label spread, in January 2010 it was announced that 40 Latino would cease its free-to-air broadcasts on August 23, 2010.[2][3] Prisa TV later confirmed in a press release[4] that, after much speculation, Canal+ 2 would become Canal+ Dos to make the transition to DTT with new and diverse content.[5]
However, Canal+ 2 stopped broadcasting on DTT on December 19, 2011, due to the lack of success of Premium DTT[6] and it was replaced by Energy, owned by Mediaset España.[7]
On July 8, 2015, after the birth of Movistar+, the channel was relaunched as Canal+ Series Xtra.[8]
