TV 2 in short

CEO Anne Engdal Stig Christensen and Head of Sports Frederik Lauesen at the opening of TV 2 SPORT X – TV 2 Denmark’s latest channel. (Photo: Jens Wognsen / TV 2).

About

TV 2 DANMARK A/S is the company behind Denmark's most-watched channel, TV 2, and behind the country's most-watched channel family.

TV 2 DANMARK A/S is owned by the Danish state and the public service channel TV 2 is operated on a commercial basis. Until 2004, TV 2's main channel received a smaller share of the license fees. Since 2012, the main channel TV 2 has been partially funded by subscription.

TV 2 aired on October 1, 1988, and less than three years later TV 2 had become the largest TV channel in Denmark. TV 2's range of programs includes news, documentaries and lifestyle, entertainment, sports, Danish fiction, current affairs, films, morning television and children's television.

TV 2 is the channel that broadcasts the most hours of Danish TV and has most first releases - and TV 2 is the main channel that broadcasts most news hours.

Additionally, TV 2 DANMARK operates the TV channels TV 2 NEWS, TV 2 ZULU, TV 2 CHARLIE, TV 2 FRI, TV 2 SPORT, TV 2 SPORT X and the on-demand service TV 2 PLAY as well as TV2.DK - one of Denmark's most popular websites.

TV 2 DANMARK A/S has approximately 1,300 employees located in Odense and Copenhagen.

Click here for TV 2s organizational chart