M2 (TV channel)

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M2 (MTV kettő) is a Hungarian television channel owned and operated by Duna Média since 2015. It is also transmitted in high definition.

M2
Programming

Country	Hungary
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Duna Média (MTVA)
Sister channels	M1 M2 Petőfi M3 M4 Sport M4 Sport + M5 Duna Duna World
History
Launched	7 November 1973 22 December 2012 (as a children's channel at daytime hours) 15 March 2015 (as M2 Petőfi TV at nighttime)
Links
Website	www.mediaklikk.hu/m2
Availability

Terrestrial
MinDigTV	LCN 2

M2's HD logo from 2008 to 2012

M2's tenth and previous logo from 2012 to 2015

Timeline of M2's logos

On 22 December 2012, M2's daytime hours became dedicated to children's programming. Since 15 March 2015, the night-time programming is called M2 Petőfi.

Similar to TVP ABC in Poland, CBeebies, CBBC and BBC Three in the UK, M2 broadcasts children's programming during the day while M2 Petőfi targets youth audiences as they broadcast at night with music videos (local and abroad), music-related (music concerts) and youth-related programming, as well as exclusive content from its radio counterpart, Petőfi Rádió.

History

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M2 launched its children block on 22 December 2012 at 05:00 CET.

On 3 November 2021, M2 Petőfi, the prime-time adult block, will be rebranded for the first time since 2015. The rebranding will reflect as well as M2, the main children channel that the new look debuted on 1 October 2020.

Programming

See also

Eastern Bloc information dissemination

External links

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