{{short description|Canadian French-language pay TV channel}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Prise 2 | logo = Prise 2 logo (2018).svg | logo_caption = | launch_date = February 9, 2006 | closed_date = | picture_format = 1080i (HDTV) <br> 480i (SDTV) | network = | owner = Groupe TVA | country = Canada | area = National | headquarters = Montreal, Quebec | former_names = | replaced = | sister_channels = | website = {{URL|https://www.tvaplus.ca/prise2}} {{in lang|fr}} }} '''Prise 2''' (French: ''"Take 2"'') is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media.
Prise 2 broadcasts television series and films, primarily from Quebec and the United States, from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
Prise 2 has a logo similar to TV Land in the united states, despite having similar logos, they have the same television format(Which is broadcasting television series from the 1970s to the 1990s)
==History== thumb|Logo used from launch to December 2010|left thumb|Logo used from December 2010 to December 2018|left In October 2005, TVA Group was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Nostalgie'', described as "a national, French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking devoted to television and movie classics."<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2005/db2005-527.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-527] CRTC 2005-10-21</ref>
The channel was launched on February 9, 2006 as Prise 2.<ref>[http://www.showbizz.net/television/chaine_prise_est_lancee_aujourdhui-13430.html La chaîne Prise 2 est lancée aujourd'hui]{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Showbizz.net 2006-02-09</ref>
On August 27, 2012, Groupe TVA launched Prise 2 HD, a HD feed simulcasting the standard definition feed. It is currently available on Vidéotron, Bell Satellite TV and Bell Fibe TV.
==Programming== {{further|List of programs broadcast by Prise 2}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.tvaplus.ca/prise2}} {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Specialty television channels in Canada Category:French-language television networks in Canada Category:Television channels and stations established in 2006 Category:2006 establishments in Quebec
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