Ici ARTV

See ARTV (disambiguation) for another meanings.

Ici ARTV (stylized as ICI ARTV) is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel specializing in the arts and culture including music, dance, theatre, visual arts, films and scripted television series.

History

ICI ARTV was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as la Télé des Arts as a joint venture between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Télé-Québec, Bell Globemedia, Arte and L’Équipe Spectra. The channel was launched on September 1, 2001 as ARTV.

In Fall 2007, L’Équipe Spectra sold its seven percent interest in the service to the CBC. CTVglobemedia also announced that it intended to sell its interest in the service to the CBC.^[2] The CRTC approved the transaction on June 20, 2008. In late 2010, Télé-Québec sold its interest to the CBC, bringing its total interest to 85%.

On December 10, 2013, the network was re-branded as ICI ARTV as part of a plan to unify CBC's French-language outlets around a single brand.^[3][4]

Distribution

Although most licensed analogue specialty services are not mandatory carriage on analogue cable systems and can be carried on digital cable, in all French language markets, ICI ARTV is mandatory carriage on analogue cable that receives the highest number of subscribers. In English language markets, this condition does not apply. In regard to satellite providers, Ici ARTV must be offered in a package that contains the greatest number of French language services.

These conditions were applied by the CRTC to ensure the success of the service and that it has the ability to produce programs to fulfill its mandate as an arts and culture service.

Programming

Ici ARTV carries a variety of original programming related to arts and culture including popular TV review show C'est juste de la TV, a local version of the Actors Studio called Viens voir les comédiens, cultural news program ARTVSTUDIO, multiple visual art showcase programs and bande-dessinée show BDQC. They also carry live captations of stage shows, plays, concerts and ballet. ARTV also airs reruns of various Radio-Canada original series including Les revenants, La galère and Musée Eden and nostalgic programming like Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie and Le temps d'une paix. International acquired series (Girls, Borgen, Criminal Justice) are also presented.

List of aired programs

• Elles (The L Word)
• L'Actors Studio
• Chic
• Visite libre
• Anne… La maison aux pignons verts
• Callas et Onassis
• Design
• La Vie, la vie
• Portraits
• Toute une soirée…
• Slings and Arrows

Ici ARTV HD

On May 3, 2008, ARTV launched a high-definition simulcast of itself called "ARTV HD".

Logos

2001-2004	2004-2010	2010–2013	2010-2013 (ARTV HD)

See also

• List of Canadian television channels

References

External links

• Official website (French)

Public broadcasting in Canada
Television	National English-language CBC CBC News Network CBC North CBC Television Documentary BBC Worldwide1 BBC Canada2,3 BBC Kids3 French-language Radio-Canada Ici ARTV2,3 Ici Explora Ici Radio-Canada Télé Ici RDI TV5 Québec Canada2 Unis2 Provincial English-language Knowledge Network TVOntario French-language Télé-Québec TFO
Radio	CBC CBC Radio One CBC Radio 2 CBC Radio 34 Radio-Canada Ici Radio-Canada Première Ici Musique
Non-profit	CFTU-DT CFTV-DT CJRT-FM CKUA Radio Network
Former	CBC/Radio-Canada Bande à part4 CBC Parliamentary Television Network Access Saskatchewan Communications Network
Proposed	CBC/Radio-Canada CBC-2 Télé-2
1Foreign broadcaster. 2Partially privately owned. 3Partially foreign-owned. 4No terrestrial broadcasting.