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1990–1992 1992–2002 2002–2008 2008–2018 2018–present
1990–1992 1992–2002 2002–2008 2008–2018 2018–present

France 2 is the flagship channel of France Télévisions, the public TV broadcaster of France. It was known as Antenne 2 until 1992, among other names.

France is the only European country where the flagship public TV channel is not numbered 1. This is because TF1, the former flagship channel and the oldest in France, was privatized in 1987.note

Deuxième Chaîne de la RTF (RTF 2)[]

1963–1964 (experimental phase)[]

RTF Télévision 2
TV Chaine 2

RTF's second television network, RTF Télévision 2, started experimental broadcasts on December 21, 1963 and had its official start on April 18, 1964. A few months later, RTF was replaced by ORTF.

Deuxième Chaîne de l'ORTF (ORTF 2)[]

1964–1967[]

ORTF2NB

1967–1972[]

ORTF2C1

1972–1975[]

ORTF2C2

During the RTF/ORTF years, the channel used a series of 2s to distinguish itself from the first channel. The one seen above was taken from the channel's color opening animation. La deuxième chaîne was the first French channel to start broadcasting color in 1967.

Antenne 2[]

1975–1982[]

Antenne Deux (1975)
Designer:  Georges Mathieu
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  January 6, 1975

In 1974, it was decided that the ORTF would be broken up into smaller entities, including three separate organizations for each of the TV channels such as TF1 for the first channel, Antenne 2 for the second channel and FR3 for the third channel and its regional networks.

ORTF ceased to be at the end of 1974, and the channels changed their names on January 6. Antenne 2 went in an untraditional direction with a logo created by the painter Georges Mathieu.[1] At the start and end of Antenne 2's broadcast day, there was an animation shown depicting seven flying people in blue coats. At the end of the animation, a large 2 would be revealed and the people would turn around to reveal the letters A, N, T, E, N, N and E written on their coats. The animation was created by Jean-Michel Folon and was accompanied by a sombre melody called played by oboe and orchestra. The melody was written by Michel Colombier and is called Emmanuel from his album Wings. The logo used in other parts of Antenne 2's presentation doesn't appear in this animation. The animations was used by Antenne 2 from its founding in January 1975 to September 1983.

1977-1986[]

Antenne 2 ('77)
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Eurostile
Launched:  September 16, 1977

1983–1986[]

Antenne 2 (1983-1986)
Designer:  Pipa Vidéo
Typography:  Eurostile
Launched:  September 12, 1983

During this period, there was essentially two logos, one long logo with the full name, and a shorter with only the letter A and the number 2 in a circle. In September 1983, it still used electronic animation, but now the flying blue men were removed. This opening animation would remain for most of the 1980s, even though a new logo was adopted in 1986.

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1986–1987[]

Antenne 2 (1986-1987)
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  April 7, 1986

In 1986, Antenne 2 introduced a new logo, consisting of a written A and a solid 2, resembling BBC Two's "2" used from 1991-2018.

1987[]

Antenne 2 (1987-1988)
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  September 7, 1987

New graphics came in 1987.

1987–1990[]

Antenne 2 (1988-1990)
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  December 23, 1987

1990–1992[]

Antenne 2 (1990-1992)
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  November 5, 1990

Antenne 2's last logo was adopted in 1990. It depicted a 2 on a blue plate.

France 2[]

1992–2002[]

France 2 logo 1992
Designer:  Gédéon
Typography:  ITC Garamond
Franklin Gothic Ultra
Launched:  September 7, 1992

On September 7, 1992, the organisations behind the two public television channels, Antenne 2 and FR3, merged to form France Télévision. The names were changed at the same time to France 2 and France 3, and both were given new logos and looks. The new identity for the two channels was created by Gédéon. They started at the numbers of the channels and went for a solution involving splitscreens. France 2's graphics focused on two vertical splitscreens, while France 3's graphics involved three horizontal splitscreens.

France 2 was given a new look about 1995, but this time, it was done by the Spanish company Ostra Delta. This package kept the split-screen theme for the break bumpers.

Yet another graphics package was introduced about 1997 and created by View.

On January 4, 1999, France 2 launched a completely new look. This time, they went back to Gédéon for their graphics. The new break bumpers abandoned the split screen theme and instead featured dancers. They were done by choreographer Philippe Decouflé.

The dancers went away February 14, 2000 in favor of new break bumpers, designed by Gédéon.

2002–2018[]

2002-2008[]

France 2 logo 2002
Designer:  Gédéon
Typography:  Heldustry
Launched:  January 7, 2002

On January 7, 2002, France Télévisions introduced a new look across all its three channels. At the same times, La Cinquème changed its name to France 5, in line with its two big sisters. The rebrand cost €2,300,000 and was done by Gédéon. The new break bumpers for France 2 featured humorous illusions. These break bumpers were obviously popular, as France 2 decided to keep and add to them for most of the remaining decade.

2008–2018[]

France 2 logo 2008
Designer:  Gédéon
Typography:  Heldustry
Launched:  April 7, 2008

On April 7, 2008, France Télévisions introduced a company-wide image refresh, which included an updated logo and the addition of gradients to the logos of each channel. Although some new graphics were introduced and the logo was moved, this didn't change any fundamental elements of France 2's on-screen presentation.

On January 5, 2009, France Télévisions stopped broadcasting advertising after 8 p.m. In place of the break bumpers, they would now show 20 second idents similar to those in the United Kingdom. The idents were based on two scenes shown side by side that were joined at the end. They were produced by an agency called Ultimatum. There will still be ads in the daytime until 2011, and as break bumpers, they used shorter versions of the idents.

2018–present[]

France 2 2018
Designer:  Movement
Typography:  FTVBrown (modified version of LL Brown)
Launched:  January 29, 2018

On January 29, 2018, France Télévisions introduced a new look for all of its services for the first time since 2002. This new look was designed by Paris-based agency Movement, who also designed the branding package for Franceinfo.

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