France 2

1963–1964	1964–1967	1967–1972	1972–1975	1975–1982
1982–1983	1983–1986	1986–1987	1987–1988	1988–1990
1982–1983	1983–1986	1986–1987	1987–1988	1988–1990
1990–1992
1990–1992	1992–2002	2002–2008	2008–2018	2018–present

Deuxième Chaîne de la RTF

1963–1964

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

RTF's second television network, RTF Télévision 2, started experimental broadcasts on December 21, 1963 and had its official start on April 18, 1964. A few months later, RTF was replaced by ORTF.

Deuxième Chaîne de l'ORTF

1964–1967

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

1967–1972

1972–1975

During the RTF/ORTF years, the channel used a series of 2s to distinguish itself from the first channel. The one seen above was taken from the channel's colour opening animation. La deuxième chaîne was the first French channel to start broadcasting colour in 1967.

• Satdish - RTF/ORTF

Antenne 2

1975–1982

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

In 1974, it was decided that the ORTF would be broken up into smaller entities, including three separate organisations for each of the TV channels. The third channel would be operated by Antenne 2. ORTF ceased to be at the end of 1974, and the channels changed their names on January 6. Antenne 2 went in a untraditional direction with a logo created by the painter Georges Mathieu.[1]

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The end of Antenne 2's opening animation

At the start and end of Antenne 2's broadcast day, there was an animation shown depicting seven flying men in blue coats. At the end of the animation, a large 2 would be revealed and the men would turn around to reveal the letters A, N, T, E, N, N and E written on their coats. The animation was created by Jean-Michel Folon and was accompanied by a sombre melody called played by oboe and orchestra. The melody was written by Michel Colombier and is called Emmanuel from his album Wings. The logo used in other parts of Antenne 2's presentation doesn't appear in this animation. The animation was used by Antenne 2 from its founding in January 1975 to September 1983.

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1982–1983

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This logo was used from September 17, 1982 to September 12, 1983.

1983–1986

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The end of Antenne 2's closing animation.

During this period, there was essentially two logos, one long logo with the full name, and a shorter with only the letter A and the number 2 in a circle. In September 1983, the flying blue men were replaced by an electronically animated opening. This opening animation would remain for most of the 1980s, even though a new logo was adopted in 1986.

• INA.fr
• Dailymotion: Interlude 1984
• Dailymotion: Interlude 1985/1986

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1986–1987

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BETTER LOGO NEEDED

In 1986, Antenne 2 introduced a new logo, consisting of a written A and a solid 2.

• Dailymotion: Interlude 1986/1987
• Dailymotion: Closing 1986

1987–1988

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BETTER LOGO NEEDED

New graphics came in 1987.

• Dailymotion: Jingle 1987
• Dailymotion: Clip from A2 1987
• Dailymotion: Trailer from 1989/1990

1988–1990

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BETTER LOGO NEEDED

1990–1992

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Antenne 2's last logo was adopted in 1990. It depicted a 2 on a blue plate.

France 2

1992–2002

On September 7, 1992, the organisations behind the two public television channels, Antenne 2 and FR3, merged to form France Télévision. The names were changed at the same time to France 2 and France 3, and both were given new logos and looks. The new identity for the two channels was created by Gédéon. They started at the numbers of the channels and went for a solution involving splitscreens. France 2's graphics focused on two vertical splitscreens, while France 3's graphics involved three horizontal splitscreens.

• MEDIA.lendodal.com: 1992 1993 1994

France 2 was given a new look about 1995, but this time it was done by the Spanish company Ostra Delta. This package kept the split-screen theme for the break bumpers.

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• MEDIA.lendodal.com: 1995 1996

Yet another graphics package was introduced about 1997 and created by View.

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• BUF.com
• MEDIA.lendodal.com: 1997 1998

On January 4, 1999, France 2 launched a completely new look. This time they went back to Gédéon for their graphics. The new break bumpers abandoned the split screen theme and instead featured dancers. They were done by choreographer Philippe Decouflé.

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• MEDIA.lendodal.com: 1999

The dancers went away February 14, 2000 in favour of new break bumpers, designed by Gédéon.

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• MEDIA.lendodal.com: 2000 2001

2002–2008

On January 7, 2002, France Télévisions introduced a new look across all its three channels. At the same times La Cinquème changed its name to France 5, in line with its two big sisters. The rebrand cost 2,3 million euros and was done by Gédéon. The new break bumpers for France 2 featured humourous illusions. These break bumpers were obviously popular, as France 2 decided to keep and add to them for most of the remaining decade.

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• MEDIA.lendodal.com: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008–2018

On April 7, 2008, France Télévisions introduced a company-wide image refresh, which included an updated logo and the addition of gradients to the logos of each channel. Although some new graphics were introduced and the logo was moved, this didn't change any fundamental elements of France 2's on-screen presentation.

• MEDIA.lenodal.com: 2008

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A high-defintion simulcast of France 2 launched in 2008.

50th Anniversary (2014)

On-screen bug

On January 5, 2009, France Télévisions stopped broadcasting advertising after 8 p.m. In place of the break bumpers, they would now show 20 second idents similar to those in the United Kingdom. The idents were based on two scenes shown side by side that were joined at the end. They were produced by an agency called Ultimatum. There will still be ads in the daytime until 2011, and as break bumpers, they used shorter versions of the idents.

On June 2, 2017, in reaction to Donald Trump withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, the on-screen logo was temporarily colored green (which is the color of the France 5 channel) as a message for saving the planet.

• BLOG.lenodal.com
• MEDIA.lenodal.com: 2009

2018–present

On January 28th 2018, France Télévisions introduced a new look for all of its services for the first time since 2002. This new look was designed by Paris-based agency Movement, who also designed the branding package for Franceinfo.

On-air bug

Live events bug