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 Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

and adjacent areas.Lancement RTI 2 à Bouaké : le discours de Madame le Ministre de la Communication Porte-Parole Adjoint du Gouvernement
/ref> As Canal 2, the channel's transmitter covered a radius of 50km, with limited programming on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30pm. 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. 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). The impulse for the creation of a regular second channel was given to Amadou Thiam,

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, pr ...

's former ambassador of the Ivory Coast to

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. In the early 2000s, TV2 was an affiliate of the French service of

TVAfrica TVAfrica was a pan-African television network founded in 1998 by former advertising executive Dave Kelly alongside sports broadcaster Berry Lambert. The network relayed up to 80% of its content to private television stations in sub-Saharan Africa ...

, the continental television network that existed between 1998 and 2003. La Première was a sports affiliate. 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,'' Toutes les télés du monde'', Ivory Coast, ARTE France and Point du Jour, 2008 a writer who was TV2's director from 2006 to 2011. It was introduced as part of a new schedule in March 2008. In April-May 2009, TV2's transmitter had its power cut, with its transmitter having less than 4 kW of power. The channel was rebranded RTI 2 in 2011; in Easter 2014 it started broadcasting its over-the-air signal to

Bouaké Bouaké (or Bwake, N'Ko script, N’ko: ߓߐ߰ߞߍ߫ ''Bɔ̀ɔkɛ́'') is the second-largest list of cities in Ivory Coast, city in Ivory Coast, with a population of 740,000 (2021 census). It is the seat of three levels of subdivisions of Ivory ...

in the central area of the country, up until then the signal was limited to Abidjan. In May 2016, Didier Bléou was appointed its new director. He was followed in 2025 by Mariam Coulibaly.

References

{{reflist Television stations in Ivory Coast 1983 establishments in Ivory Coast Television channels and stations established in 1983