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SVT2, until 1996 TV2, is one of two television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden....

SVT2, until 1996 TV2, is one of two television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden. It was started by Sveriges Radio in 1969 and is complementing the programmes in SVT1. Debate persisted throughout the 1960s of launching a second Swedish television channel was discussed. Some wanted the new channel to be commercial, but it was decided that Sveriges Radio would operate the second channel as well. TV2 began broadcasting on 5 December 1969. On July 1, 1987 the channels were changed, with Kanal 1 becoming a station only broadcasting programmes produced in Stockholm and TV2 (the Sweden-Channel) reverting to programming produced across Sweden. The two channels were supposed to compete within the same company. For many years, TV2 had been the most watched channel in Sweden. A typical early evening on the station would include talk shows from different cities around the country, followed by regional news and Rapport, the most watched news programme in the country. However, by 1994, commercial rival TV4 had become the largest channel. With increasing competition from commercial channels, SVT joined its channels together again and renamed them as SVT1 and SVT2 in 1996. The