 The television station TV 2 , fully owned by the state since 2003 , is based in Odense . The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988 as a privately owned company , thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ( DR ) . Since 2007 , TV 2 has had about 1 @,@ 000 employees . Now operating six channels , TV 2 now broadcasts over 40 @,@ 000 hours of television programmes per year . 
