Channel 2 (Novaustria)

Channel 2 (Russian: Канал 2) is a Novaustrian government-owned commercial television channel. Owned by the Novaustrian Ministry of Culture through Channel 2 Limited, it is based in Tuymarodvinsk.

History
Since the introduction of television to Novaustria, NBC had been the sole TV broadcaster in the country. Wanting to end the monopoly, the Parliament of Novaustria voted in May 1980 to create Channel 2 as a second choice for public service television. Test transmissions began January 2, 1982 and went on sporadically between 1982-85, and official broadcasts began on October 11, 1985.

During the reforms of the Ministry of Culture in 2014-15, film producer Simon Adoratsky, formerly president of the Novaustrian Film Council, became head of the channel. Upon his installation as head, Channel 2 Limited's group of channels rapidly grew beyond the initial four channels (Channel 2, Channel 2 Max, Channel 2 Violet and Channel 2 Cinema). Most of these channels launched within three months, causing skepticism from many media insiders, even declaring that this massive rollout "would completely reshape the Novaustrian media market". Most of these new channels became focused on niche genres, such as productions from the Russian-speaking world, food and cuisine, music, women's lifestyle, movies and even children's programming.

Programming
On weekdays, Channel 2 begins broadcasts with Good Morning Novaustria (Доброе утро Новыйостров), the country's most popular breakfast television program, broadcasting live from the Palace of Culture in Nevamir. Following that, they hand over to the regional stations until 12:30, when the afternoon news program Midday Report (Полуденный отчет) is broadcast, followed by Channel 2's afternoon schedule of foreign drama series and sitcoms, predominately El Kadsreian and Aritonazcan productions, given how Novaustria is adjacent to the region.

In common with other TV channels in Novaustria, most foreign programmes on Channel 2 are either fully dubbed or simply given a voice-over translation (the latter also applies to interviews originally conducted in a foreign language shown in news and current affairs programming), while animated series aimed at children are almost always fully dubbed.