La Deux

La Deux – (Channel) Two – is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by the French-language public-service broadcasting organization RTBF.

History

From RTbis to Télé 2

On 26 March 1977, La Deux was launched as RTbis, broadcasting only repeats of RTBF 1 programmes, and remained on air until 1979.

In 1979, RTbis was replaced by Télé 2 (RTBF TV2) which was on air until 1988.

Télé 21, reformats and RTBF La Deux

On 21 March 1988, Télé 2 was replaced by Télé 21 and stayed on air under that name. This channel no longer simulcast on Sundays with its main channel, RTBF 1, however, it continued to simulcast its main 7:30pm nightly news bulletin with RTBF 1 with sign language and repeated after its 8:00pm shows which included movies and documentaries. Its programming consisted of live events (mainly sports) and broadcasting films, music and social and cultural documentaries.

In 1993, Télé 21 split into two channels, Arte 21 and Sports 21 (which took over Télé 21's frequency), both channels broadcast until March 1994 when the contract between RTBF and Arte were suspended at that time.