LRT Plius

Lithuanian television station

Television channel

LRT Plius
Programming

Country	Lithuania
Picture format	16:9 SD, HD
Ownership
Owner	LRT
Sister channels	LRT televizija LRT Lituanica
History
Launched	16 February 2003; 21 years ago (16 February 2003)
Former names	LTV2 (2003–2012) LRT Kultūra (2012–2018)
Links
Website	www.lrt.lt
Availability

Streaming media
LRT mediateka	http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/tiesiogiai/lrt-plius

LRT Plius is a Lithuanian television station owned and operated by LRT. LRT Plius was launched on 16 February 2003 as 'LTV2', then changed its name to LRT Kultūra on 28 July 2012. The station's name was changed on 1 October 2018 to LRT Plius.

History

Channel was created in February 2003, at the start it was only shown in Vilnius and Kaunas. In 2005 the channel started to be broadcast in all Lithuanian territory.^[1] 2003-2007 broadcast všį „Kauno radijas ir televizija“ created TV shows about Kaunas city.^[2]

On 1 December 2009 analogue terrestrial broadcasting was discontinued.

Until 27 July 2012 the channel was called LTV2, also it was called "Lietuvos Televizijos: Antrasis Kanalas" (Lithuanian Television: Second Channel). On 27 July 2012, the channel was renamed as LRT Kultūra.

On 1 September 2017 HD broadcasts were started. On 1 October 2018 the channel was renamed as LRT Plius.

Slogans

2003–2012: „Tavo kultūros kanalas“
2017–2018: „Čia Lietuva. Čia LRT Kultūra“
2018–2019: „Kultūra, kinas, sportas, dokumentika“

Logos and identities

LTV2 logo (2003—2012)
LRT Kultūra logo (2012—2018)
LRT Plius HD logo (2018–2022)

References

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20040603145658/http://www.lrt.lt/tv/about2/
^ http://kauno.diena.lt/dienrastis/kita/kauno-radijas-ir-televizija-skaiciuoja-paskutinius-menesius-43454