RTI 2

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RTI 2
Country Côte d'Ivoire
Programming
Language(s) French
Ownership
Owner Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne
Sister channels RTI 1
History
LaunchedNovember 1983;41 years ago (November 1983)
Former namesCanal 2 (1983–1991)
TV2 (1991–2011)
Links
Website www.rti.ci

RTI 2 is an Ivorian television channel. The channel targets a younger audience.

History

RTI 2 started broadcasting in November 1983. Unlike the existing RTI channel, its coverage area was limited to Abidjan and adjacent areas. [1] As Canal 2, the channel's transmitter covered a radius of 50km, with limited programming on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30pm. [2]

After broadcasting as an experimental service for several years, RTI reformatted the channel as TV2 on 1 November 1991, using the same transmitter as before. [3] The channel broadcast on VHF channel 10, expanding the reach to 150km and was defined by RTI as a "proximity channel for Abidjan". The channel's audience increased after the introduction of a new schedule in March 1997 (redeveloped in 1999). [4] The impulse for the creation of a regular second channel was given to Amadou Thiam, Félix Houphouët-Boigny's former ambassador of the Ivory Coast to Morocco. [3]

In the early 2000s, TV2 was an affiliate of the French service of TVAfrica, the continental television network that existed between 1998 and 2003. La Première was a sports affiliate. [5]

As of 2008, one of its most-popular programs was Le Direct, a weekly animated satire of local and international events. It was a segment inserted inside Il faut le dire..., an interview program which was presented by Claude-Frank About, [6] a writer who was TV2's director from 2006 to 2011. [7] It was introduced as part of a new schedule in March 2008. [8]

In April-May 2009, TV2's transmitter had its power cut, with its transmitter having less than 4 kW of power. [9]

The channel was rebranded RTI 2 in 2011; in Easter 2014 it started broadcasting its over-the-air signal to Bouaké in the central area of the country, up until then the signal was limited to Abidjan. [1] In May 2016, Didier Bléou was appointed its new director. [10] He was followed in 2025 by Mariam Coulibaly. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Lancement RTI 2 à Bouaké : le discours de Madame le Ministre de la Communication Porte-Parole Adjoint du Gouvernement
  2. ↑ "Marchés tropicaux et méditeranéens". Google Books. 1989. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 Histoire de la télévision en Afrique noire francophone, des origines à nos jours. KARTHALA Editions. 2009. ISBN   978-2-8111-5085-3 . Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Télévision". Archived from the original on 2000-05-30. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  5. ↑ "Broadcasting Policy and Practice in Africa" (PDF). Article 19. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Toutes les télés du monde , Ivory Coast, ARTE France and Point du Jour, 2008
  7. ↑ Claude Frank About
  8. ↑ Les habits neufs de Tv2
  9. ↑ https://news.abidjan.net/articles/330553/rti-tv2-les-raisons-dune-mauvaise-transmission
  10. ↑ Télévision ivoirienne: Didier Bléou, nouveau directeur de TV2
  11. ↑ Dally, Joël (2025-04-30). "Nomination à la RTI/Mariam Coulibaly et Eric Sékongo : Deux étoiles montantes de l'audiovisuel en Côte d'Ivoire". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
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