Arte
| Arte | |
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| Launched | 30 May, 1992 |
| Owned by | ARTE France & ARTE Deutschland |
| Audience share | 1.6% (October 2009, [1]) |
| Country |  France Germany |
| Language | French and German |
| Broadcast area | National; also distributed in  European Union |
| Replaced | La Cinq (Launched 1986, Closed April 12, 1992) La Sept (Launched 1989, Closed 1992) |
| Website | arte.tv |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| SECAM | Normally tuned to 5 (19:00 to 03:00) |
| PAL | not available |
| TNT | Channel 7 |
| DVB-T | Germany, wherever DVB-T coverage is present |
| Satellite | |
| CanalSat | Channel 7 |
| TNTSAT | Channel 7 |
| Orange TV | Channel 7 |
| Bis Télévisions | Channel 7 |
| TV Vlaanderen Digitaal | Channel 88 (French), Channel 139 (German) |
| SKY Italia | Channel 544 |
| AB3 (5°W) | 11590.00 V (DVB) 12606.00 V (SECAM, evenings) |
| Astra 1KR (19.2°E) | 10744H 22000 5/6 |
| Hotbird | 11623.00 V |
| Cable | |
| Unitymedia | Channel 280 |
| Kabel Deutschland | Channel 110 |
| Kabel BW | S2 (113 MHz) |
| Numericable (France) | Channel 7 |
| MC Cable | Channel 7 |
| UPC Austria | Channel 129 |
| UPC Tirol | Channel 060 |
| Naxoo | Channel 9 |
| Numericable (Bel., French) | Channel 7 |
| Numericable (Bel., Dutch) | Channel 37 |
| Numericable (Lux., French) | Channel 15 |
| Numericable (Lux., German) | Channel 55 |
| Ziggo | Channel 610 |
| Cablecom (Switzerland) | Channel 045 (digital CH-D) |
| HOT (Israel) | Channel 147 |
| IPTV | |
| T-Home Entertain | Channel 45 |
| Alice TV (Germany) | Channel 15 |
| Arcor Digital TV | Channel 14 |
| DartyBox | Channel 7 |
| Neuf Box TV | Channel 7 |
| Freebox TV | Channel 7 |
| Orange TV | Channel 7 |
| Alice TV (France) | Channel 7 |
| Bbox TV | Channel 7 |
| Belgacom TV (Wallonia and Brussels) | Channel 13 |
| Belgacom TV (Flanders) | Channel 60 |
| KPN | Channel 49 |
Arte (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne) is a Franco-German TV network. It describes itself as a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts. Its facilities are located in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, Strasbourg, France (headquarters) and Baden-Baden in Germany.
Because it is an international joint venture (an EEIG), programs cater technically to audiences from both countries. This implies double-titling, opposite-language subtitling and dubbing, hosts speaking both languages alternately and generally two separate audio tracks (available through DVB-T, satellite television and digital cable).
Arte began transmission in 1992, under socialist rule, filling frequencies left unused by the demise of La Cinq, the first French commercial television network (created in 1986). Arte has survived the 1993 transition to a right-wing government in spite of some fears, and quite a number of later changes, too.
Programs are created by Arte France formerly known as La Sept (theoretically La Société d'édition des programmes de télévision, but also a play on words, given that the name intuitively means the seventh network and indeed La Sept existed while the fifth network was still La Cinq; it made satellite television programs at the time) and by ARTE Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of the two main public German TV networks ARD and ZDF.
In France, in digital broadcast programming is available permanently (on digital cable, digital satellite and digital terrestrial television), but in analog broadcast, over the air only in the evening, as France 5 operates the frequencies during the day.
Arte is more popular in France (market share of about 5%) than in Germany (about 1%), but in Germany it has much more competition.
Arte is also available in Belgium, Austria, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland via cable.
Arte has also an on-line radio web site, called Arte Radio.
The Australian Special Broadcasting Service translates many Arte programs into English for broadcast on its own television network and overseas.
Many French-language Arte programs are also broadcast in Canada on the ARTV cable channel, partly owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (60%), Télé-Québec (25%) and Arte itself (15%).
On 1 July 2008, ARTE began broadcasting in HDTV (720p/50) via DVB-S2 on Astra. ARTE is now the second available 24-hour HDTV channel transmitting via satellite to their German and French audience, next to the German SKY pay TV HDTV channel.
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Programming
- Abenteuer Arte
- Arte Europa
- Arte Info - information program
- Arte Kultur - cultural program
- Arte Reportage - current affairs program
- Arte Themenabend - special topics show
- Bagdad, le bac sous les bombes / Die Jungs von der Bagdad-High - documentary film
- CHIC (arte) - fashion and style program
- Das Forum der Europäer - political discussion about Europe
- Denken erlaubt
- Die großen Sportduelle - a show about the greatest sports duels
- Die Nacht/La Nuit - late-night news
- Durch die Nacht mit...
- Geo 360
- Hippokrates
- Karambolage - a show about French/German customs
- Kurzschluss
- LOLA - women magazine
- Metropolis (arte)
- Mit offenen Karten/Le Dessous des Cartes - geopolitical documentary
- Maestro (arte)
- Memoquiz - recognition game shows
- Top of the Pops 70s - archive music show (a French and German equivalent of TOTP2)
- Tracks - music program
- WunderWelten
- Zapping International - a documentary about television around the world
- Breaking Bad - an American TV show - coming soon
See also
- European Institutions in Strasbourg
References
- ↑ Mediametrie.fr (French)
External links
- ARTE Website (French) (German) features a free VoD service for parts of the arte made TV-programs restricted by IP-address.
- ARTE Radio
- ARTE's non free VoD service
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