RTI 2
Ivorian television channel
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RTI 2 is an Ivorian television channel. The channel targets a younger audience.
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| Country | Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Programming | |
| Language | French |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne |
| Sister channels | RTI 1 |
| History | |
| Launched | November 1983 |
| Former names | Canal 2 (1983–1991) TV2 (1991–2011) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
RTI 2 started broadcasting in November 1983. Unlike the existing RTI channel, its coverage area was limited to Abidjan and adjacent areas.[1] As Canal 2, the channel's transmitter covered a radius of 50km, with limited programming on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30pm.[2]
After broadcasting as an experimental service for several years, RTI reformatted the channel as TV2 on 1 November 1991, using the same transmitter as before.[3] The channel broadcast on VHF channel 10, expanding the reach to 150km and was defined by RTI as a "proximity channel for Abidjan". The channel's audience increased after the introduction of a new schedule in March 1997 (redeveloped in 1999).[4] The impulse for the creation of a regular second channel was given to Amadou Thiam, Félix Houphouët-Boigny's former ambassador of the Ivory Coast to Morocco.[3]
In the early 2000s, TV2 was an affiliate of the French service of TVAfrica, the continental television network that existed between 1998 and 2003. La Première was a sports affiliate.[5]
As of 2008, one of its most-popular programs was Le Direct, a weekly animated satire of local and international events. It was a segment inserted inside Il faut le dire..., an interview program which was presented by Claude-Frank About,[6] a writer who was TV2's director from 2006 to 2011.[7] It was introduced as part of a new schedule in March 2008.[8]
In April-May 2009, TV2's transmitter had its power cut, with its transmitter having less than 4 kW of power.[9]
The channel was rebranded RTI 2 in 2011; in Easter 2014 it started broadcasting its over-the-air signal to Bouaké in the central area of the country, up until then the signal was limited to Abidjan.[1] In May 2016, Didier Bléou was appointed its new director.[10] He was followed in 2025 by Mariam Coulibaly.[11]