{{short description|Slovak television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Dvojka | logo = STVR 2 (2026).svg | logo_size = 75px | logo_alt = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|1970|05|10|df=y}} (as ČST Bratislava 2)<br>{{Start date and age|1993|01|01|df=y}} (as STV2) | closed_date = | language = Slovak<br>Other language minorities in Slovakia | picture_format = 1080i HDTV | owner = STVR (Slovenská televízia a rozhlas) | country = Slovakia | area = Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands and Italy | headquarters = Bratislava | former_names = ČST Bratislava 2 (1970–1990)<br>STV (1990–1993)<br>STV2 (1993–2004) | sister_channels = {{hlist|Jednotka|Šport|24}} | website = {{url|stvr.sk}} | terr_serv_1 = DVB-T | terr_chan_1 = 3 MUX (SD)/(HD) (FTA) | online_serv_1 = RTVS.sk | online_chan_1 = [https://www.rtvs.sk/televizia/live-2 Watch live] (Slovak only) }}
'''Dvojka''' ('''2''' formerly STV2) is a Slovak television generalist channel owned and operated by public broadcasting, state-funded STVR.
==History== In 1970, Czechoslovak Television launched its second network.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/vse-o-ct/historie/ceskoslovenska-televize/prehistorie/ |title= Ceska Televize Prehistorie |publisher= Česka Televize |access-date= 21 August 2014 |archive-date= 26 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201126133240/https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/vse-o-ct/historie/ceskoslovenska-televize/prehistorie/ |url-status= live }}</ref> While in theory it was a single channel for all of Czechoslovakia, in practice, there were two versions of the same channel, one for the Czech side and one for the Slovak side. Changes in September 1990 led to the old second channel being dismantled and replaced by separate networks: the Czech ČTV and the Slovak S1.<ref name="e-story">{{cite web |url= http://www.e-story.eu/observatory/europe-and-media/history-and-tv-in-slovakia/ |title= History and TV in Slovakia |publisher= e-Story |access-date= 15 November 2024 |archive-date= 19 July 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250719012636/http://www.e-story.eu/observatory/europe-and-media/history-and-tv-in-slovakia/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
Upon the independence of Slovakia and the creation of Slovak Television, the main channel moved to STV1 (F1 had become more "federalized" starting in 1990).<ref name="e-story"/> STV was embroiled in a series of administrative changes, and one of the proposals in 1996 was to privatize the second network and move it entirely to cable and satellite television.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/what-to-do-with-stv2 |title= What to do with STV2? |publisher= The Slovak Spectator |access-date= 15 November 2024}}</ref> A government-friendly bidder, PRO TV, won the license in June 1997,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/pro-tv-wins-bid-for-slovak-station-1116679198/ |title= PRO TV wins bid for Slovak TV station |publisher= Variety |access-date= 15 November 2024 |archive-date= 20 January 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250120125536/https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/pro-tv-wins-bid-for-slovak-station-1116679198/ |url-status= live }}</ref> but on June 26, the government passed a law halting its privatization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/stv2-privatization-stopped-in-parliament |title= STV2 privatization stopped in parliament |publisher= The Slovak Spectator |access-date= 15 November 2024}}</ref>
In accordance with STV's "new start" under the slogan "Television that looks at you" on the evening of January 1, 2004 led by Richard Rybníček, STV2 was renamed Dvojka aiming at a niche audience, with most cultural, sports and minority/regional programming moved to this channel. Up until then, the channel served mainly as a depository of repeats from the first channel. The channel announced new cultural talk shows ({{lang|sk|Anjeli strážni}}, {{lang|sk|Literárne oko}}, {{lang|sk|Pod lampou}}), regional news services ({{lang|sk|Regionálny denník}} {{lang|sk|Regionálne správy}}) fed by the Košice, Banska Bystrica and Bratislava studios, a three-hour montly program presented from the regions of Slovakia ({{lang|sk|Vitajte u nás…}}) and a variety of international imports, as well as coverage of the national football and hockey leagues and key international sporting events. Overnight (approximately after midnight), Dvojka presented recordings of government sessions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=a.s |first=Media Marketing Services |title=Zmeny na obrazovke STV od januára 2004 {{!}} RadioTV |url=https://www.radiotv.cz/p_tv/t_program/zmeny-na-obrazovke-stv-od-januara-2004/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |language=cs-CZ |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125122944/https://www.radiotv.cz/p_tv/t_program/zmeny-na-obrazovke-stv-od-januara-2004/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On December 1, 2022, the channel started broadcasting 24 hours a day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chtěli bychom vytvořit společný archivní kanál s Českou televizí, říká šéf RTVS. |url=https://digital.rozhlas.cz/chteli-bychom-vytvorit-spolecny-archivni-kanal-s-ceskou-televizi-rika-sef-rtvs-8881518 |access-date=15 November 2024 |language=cs-CZ |archive-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203153215/https://digital.rozhlas.cz/chteli-bychom-vytvorit-spolecny-archivni-kanal-s-ceskou-televizi-rika-sef-rtvs-8881518 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Logos and identities== <gallery> File:STV2 1993.png|Dvojka's logo from 1993 to 1996 File:STV2 logo 1996.png|Dvjoka's logo from 1996 to 1999 File:STV2 logo 1999.png|Dvojka's logo from 1999 to 2001 File:STV2 logo 2001.png|Dvojka's logo from 2001 to 2004 Logo of Dvojka (2004-2012).png|Dvojka's logo from 2004 to 2012 Dvojka logo.svg|Dvojka's logo from 2012 to 2026 </gallery> Source:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mediaboom.sk/jednotka-a-dvojka-dostanu-nove-loga-po-siesty-raz-niektori-riaditelia-zanechali-iba-tie-prehlad | title=Jednotka a Dvojka dostanú po rokoch opäť nové logá! Zmenia sa po šiesty raz (Prehľad, archívny článok) | date=17 July 2020 | access-date=15 November 2024 | archive-date=4 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304175831/https://mediaboom.sk/jednotka-a-dvojka-dostanu-nove-loga-po-siesty-raz-niektori-riaditelia-zanechali-iba-tie-prehlad | url-status=live }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.rtvs.sk/ Official website]
{{Television in Slovakia}}
Category:Mass media in Slovakia Category:Television channels in Slovakia Category:Television channels and stations established in 1970 Category:Television channels and stations established in 1993 Dvojka