It broadcasts at a national level and also serves to target Italian youth, aimed primarily at a male audience.

[2] The peculiarity of the schedule of Italia 2 for the first year consisted in its division into "zones", where each of them has a thematic character; amongst these, worthy of note is the U-Zone, made by the channel's viewers through their amateur videos.

On September 2, 2012, the channel was to be restyled, which should have been called Italia .2, but in fact, it never materialized despite Mediaset announcing it with some promos broadcast during the summer of 2012.

The schedule of the channel reflects this logic: it is composed of television series, films, animated shows (some first-run), music, and sporting events, in addition to the revival of some of the TV programs of Italia 1, to which the network is affiliated.

[7] Programming on Italia 2 currently includes the following: In past, Italy 2 has broadcast some important sporting events: the Formula E races, the FIFAe Nations Cup and the boxing matches of the Championship One.

From 2011 to 2013 the official voice of the promotions of Italia 2 was by the dubber Paolo de Santis, while from 2014 it was by Gianluca Iacono.