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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
Issy-les-Moulineaux

Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in France in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. On January 1, 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communaut? d'agglom?ration Arc de Seine along with the other communes of Chaville, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray....
 near Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (headquarters) and Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe ....
 in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
.

Because it is an international joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 (an EEIG
European economic interest grouping

A European Economic Interest Grouping is a type of Juristic person created on 1985-07-25 under European Community Council Regulation Council Regulation No....
), programs cater technically to audiences from both countries.






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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
Issy-les-Moulineaux

Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in France in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. On January 1, 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communaut? d'agglom?ration Arc de Seine along with the other communes of Chaville, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray....
 near Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (headquarters) and Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe ....
 in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
.

Because it is an international joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 (an EEIG
European economic interest grouping

A European Economic Interest Grouping is a type of Juristic person created on 1985-07-25 under European Community Council Regulation Council Regulation No....
), programs cater technically to audiences from both countries. This implies double-titling, opposite-language subtitling and dubbing
Dubbing (filmmaking)

In film production, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. The term most commonly refers to voices recorded that do not belong to the original actors and speak in a different language from the one in which the actor is speaking....
, hosts speaking both languages alternately and generally two separate audio track
Audio track

The audio track is in some respects interchangeable with sound track. The subtle differences between the two which are acknowledged by some include:...
s (available through DVB-T
DVB-T

DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting ?? Terrestrial; it is the Digital Video Broadcasting European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television....
, satellite television
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
 and digital cable
Digital cable

Digital cable is a type of cable television Distribution using digital video compression. The technology was developed by Motorola....
).

Arte began transmission
Transmission (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, transmission is the process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired or wireless....
 in 1992, under socialist rule, filling frequencies left unused by the demise of La Cinq, the first French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 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
La Sept

La Sept was a France television Broadcasting and production company created on 23 February 1986 to develop cultural and educational programming for transmission via the TDF 1 communications satellite....
 (theoretically La Société d'édition des programmes de télévision, but also a word play, 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
ARD (broadcaster)

ARD , is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in West Germany in 1950 to represent the common interests of the new, decentralized post-war broadcasting services — in particular, the introduction of a joint television network....
 and ZDF
ZDF

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television television channel based in Mainz. It is run as an independent non-profit agency established by joint contract between the States of Germany ....
.

In France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, in digital broadcast programming is available permanently (on digital cable
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
, digital satellite
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
 and digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television

Digital Terrestrial Television is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional Antenna instead of a satellite dish or cable connection....
), but in analog broadcast, over the air only in the evening, as France 5
France 5

France 5 is a public Television network in France, part of the France T?l?visions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is la cha?ne de la connaissance et du savoir ....
 operates the frequencies during the day.

Arte is more popular in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (market share of about 5%) than in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 (about 1%), but in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 it has much more competition.

Arte is also available in Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 and Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 via cable.

Arte has also an on-line radio web site, called Arte Radio.

The Australian Special Broadcasting Service
Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is one of two government-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and List of Australian television channels, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
 translates many Arte programs into English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 for broadcast on its own television network
SBS Television

SBS Television is a service of the Australian Special Broadcasting Service, providing a nation-wide network of digital and analogue television services....
 and overseas.

Many French-language Arte programs are also broadcasted in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 on the ARTV
ARTV

ARTV is a Canada French language cable television specialty channel specializing in the arts and culture; including music, dance, theatre, visual arts as well as films and scripted television series....
 cable channel, partly owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , a Canada crown corporation, is the country?s national public radio and television broadcaster. In French, it is called la Soci?t? Radio-Canada ....
 (60%), Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec

T?l?-Qu?bec is a French language public television educational television network in the Canada province of Quebec. It is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec....
 (25%) and Arte
Arte

Arte 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....
 itself (15%).

Programming

  • Abenteuer Arte
  • Arte Europa
  • Arte Info - information program
  • Arte Kultur - cultural program
  • Arte Reportage - current affairs program
  • Arte Themenabend - special topics show
  • 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
    Karambolage (ARTE)

    Karambolage is a television show whose goal is to decrypt particular elements of French and German daily life. The show is 12 minutes long and is broadcast on the France-German television station Arte....
     - a show about French/German customs
  • Kurzschluss
  • LOLA
    Lola

    Lola Racing Cars is a racing car engineering company founded in 1961 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, England. Lola started by building small front-engined sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world....
     - women magazine
  • Metropolis (arte)
  • Mit offenen Karten/Le Dessous des Cartes
    Mit offenen Karten

    Le Dessous Des Cartes is a weekly broadcast on geopolitics from the Franco-German Arte channel. The show make great use of map as visual support....
     - geopolitical documentary
  • Maestro (arte)
  • Memoquiz - recognition game shows
  • Top of the Pops 70s - archive music show (a French and German equivalent of TOTP2
    TOTP2

    TOTP2 is a British television music show broadcast on BBC Two, showing archive footage from the long-running Top of the Pops show, some dating back to January, 1964 when the program first aired on British television....
    )
  • Tracks - music program
  • WunderWelten
  • Zapping International - a documentary about television around the world


See also

  • European Institutions in Strasbourg
    European Institutions in Strasbourg

    There are a range of European Institutions in Strasbourg , the oldest of which dates back to 1815. In all, there are more than twenty different institutions based in the Alsace city....


External links

  • features a free VoD service for parts of the arte made TV-programs restricted by IP-address.