RDS2
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| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CTV Specialty Television (Bell Media 80% ESPN Inc. 20%) |
| Sister channels | Noovo, RDS, RDS Info, TSN, TSN2 |
| History | |
| Launched | October 7, 2011 |
RDS2 is a Canadian pay television channel, acting as the secondary feed of French-language television network Reseau des sports, owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. The channel was launched on October 7, 2011 to coincide with the start of the 2011 MLB post-season; its launch night programming included coverage of the Division Series and a documentary on the Montreal Expos.
As with its English-language equivalent TSN2, it is a secondary outlet for programming that cannot be aired on the main network, and operates under the same Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licence as RDS itself.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Bell Media Press Release: RDS2 Launches Nationally on Friday, Oct. 7
- Bell Media Press Release: RDS2 Launches on Vidéotron Tomorrow
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