RSI La 2

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RSI La 2 (RSI La due) is a Swiss public television channel owned by Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana. It is a sister channel of RSI La 1, broadcast in Italian. It mainly airs sport programmes, but also reruns and music shows. It does not broadcast any newscasts.

LanguageItalian
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
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RSI La 2
CountrySwitzerland
Programming
LanguageItalian
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerRadiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana
Sister channelsRSI La 1
History
Launched1 September 1997
ReplacedSchweiz 4 (1995–1997)
Former namesTSI 2 (1997–2009)
Links
Websitehttp://la2.rsi.ch/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 712
(only for Italian-speaking Switzerland; ceased on 3 June 2019)
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History

TSI launched its second channel in 1997, basing it on programming for a younger audience and sports. Unlike RSI La 1, until the shutdown of digital terrestrial television in 2019, RSI La 2 was not broadcast across the whole of Switzerland, but only in Italian-speaking Switzerland.[citation needed]

It started broadcasting on 1 September 1997, replacing the former Svizzera 4 but not acting as a direct replacement. Initially, it had a limited fixed schedule from Friday evening to Sunday due to financial constraints. The rest of the week was occupied by a relay of the also newly-launched SF2 (replaced by Euronews in early 1998). New original programmes were created for the new channel, as well as an increase in the amount of sporting events carried.[1]

The channel ended analogue broadcasts on 24 July 2006, from that date being available only on digital terrestrial television, satellite and cable. It was the first channel of the SRG SSR network to make the transition.

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