True Movies 2 is a satellite

Satellite

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 and cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 channel

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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, it is available on Freesat

Freesat

Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008...

 channel 303 and Sky channel 322, and is the second channel from Moving Movies Ltd., majority owned by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels

Chart Show Channels

CSC Media Group are a UK-based satellite television channel provider, named after the defunct The Chart Show. CSC evolved from the original Chart Show production company Video Visuals. They own 16 channels all of which are advertising funded and FTA...

). It was launched on 20 March, 2006 and is a spinoff channel from True Movies 1 which was launched on 29 April, 2005. True Movies 2 initially broadcast for two hours in the early morning, from 4am to 6am by timesharing with POP, a children's cartoon channel

Animated cartoon

An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...

. The service was later extended to 24 hours a day.

True Movies 2 is aimed especially at a female audience with its movies dedicated to true life drama

Drama

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s, which are mostly made-for-TV movie

Television movie

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s.

Reception of the channel does not require any special Sky or Freesat equipment nor subscription, any free to air receiver can pick up the channel.