Russia-2

Russia-2
Россия-2

Country	Russia
Network	VGTRK
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)	Russian
Picture format	576i 4:3 (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Russian Government
Sister channels	Russia-1, Russia-K, Russia-24
History
Launched	12 June 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-12)
Replaced	TVS
Closed	1 November 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-01)
Replaced by	Match TV (Russia)
Former names	RTR-Sport (2003-2010)
Links
Website	http://russia2.tv/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Various
Digital	Channel 3

Russia-2 (Russian: Россия-2) was a Russian television channel operated by VGTRK. It primarily broadcast sport.

Between 2007 and 2009 during the daytime, it broadcast the children's channel called Bibigon.

Before January 1, 2010, it was known as Sport, but since then it was re-branded due to a broadened format.

On 1 November 2015 the channel was closed and its broadcasting frequency was taken by a new sports television channel Match TV.^[1]

Programmes

News and current affairs

• Bol`shoy sport (Big sport) — sports news.

Documentaries

• Moya Planeta (My Planet) - blocks of programmes from Moya Planeta.
• Nauka 2.0 (Science 2.0) - blocks of programmes from Nauka 2.0.

Others

• Feature films (thrillers and adventures)
• 90x60x90 (entertainment)

Sports events broadcast by channel

• Biathlon World Cup
• FIA Formula One World Championship
• KHL
• Premier League
• Russian Premier League
• The FA Cup
• M-1 Global, UFC, Bellator MMA, ONE Championship, and other MMA Promotions

References

External links

• Official website