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2x2 is a Russian television channel. Founded in 1989, it was the first commercial TV station in the Soviet Union (USSR). The channel shut down in 1997, and resumed broadcasting in 2003. Since then, the channel predominantly broadcasts foreign animated TV series, including children's television series, anime and adult animation shows (similar to the American channel Adult Swim).

The channel has 4-hour versions for broadcasting in other regions of Russia (+0 MSK, +2 MSK, +4 MSK, +7 MSK).

History
The channel began trial broadcasting in July 1989 on the frequency of Moscow Programme of the Central Television, becoming the first commercial channel in the history of the USSR and Russia. Full broadcasting began on 1 November 1989. Initially, the basis of the TV channel's broadcast network was made up of half-hour and more advertising blocks, modern Soviet and Western music videos, cartoons, and TV series.

Broadcasting of 2x2 on Channel 3 ended on 9 June 1997 (it replaced TV Center and Moscow 3), moving to the decimeter band, on Channel 51, where it broadcast with extremely low-quality content and a predominance of "shop on the couch". In 2003, the channel has shifted to 60 TVK, after which 50% of the broadcast channel 2x2 took the re-broadcasting of Fashion TV, but after 2 years in the etheric grid once again started to dominate the "shop on the couch”.

Since 1 April 2007, under this name, an animated Russian channel has been broadcasting, aimed at an adult audience at the age of 14–44 years old.

Since 2014, the channel has been part of the holding company Gazprom-Media. As of April 2017, it employs 45 people.

Programming

 * List of programs broadcast by 2x2