TV2 (TV Kettő) is a Hungarian free-to-air television channel operating since 4 October 1997, providing a large variety of programming.

Among its most popular self-produced shows were Megasztár ("Mega Star", an adaptation of American Idol or Pop Idol), and the daily prime time soap Jóban Rosszban, and US shows like Desperate Housewives, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Numbers, Heroes, Smallville, House M.D., Ghost Whisperer and Lipstick Jungle.

began broadcasting high-definition programs with a talent search, but due to the lack of capacity, it was not realized on MinDig TV until 2013.

Its parent company, the TV2 Group, which was formed in 2013 replacing MTM-SBS, operates a portfolio which includes TV2 and its 14 sister channels.

TV2 also operated Irisz TV, which timeshared with Chellomedia's Zone Club and was broadcast at primetime between 13 September 2004 and New Year's Eve 2006, and PRO4, which was launched on 3 January 2011, and was replaced by Mozi+ on 11 July 2016.

[6] At the same time, Andy Vajna, with the assistance of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and state-owned lender Eximbank, began negotiating with Simon and Dederick for the acquisition of the TV2 Média Csoport holding company.

That same year, TV2 won nearly a fifth of state advertising spending, four times more than RTL Klub, according to the independent Hungarian watchdog Mérték Media Monitor.

[10] After Vajna's death, József Vida, the chairman of savings bank Takarékbank, took over the TV2 Group through his Abraham Goldmann Investment Trust.

He was later joined by French-Bulgarian media professional Pavel Stanchev,[12] who has retained the station's political positions in favour of the government.

The merger generated heavy concerns about the station's independence as well as the increasing influence of pro-Orbán businessmen in Slovenian media, and its growing links with prime minister Janez Janša.