Ici ARTV (stylized as ICI artv) is a

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French language specialty channel owned by the

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(known in French as Société Radio-Canada). The channel broadcasts 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

(CBC),

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, Bell Globemedia,

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(through Arte France, a joint venture of

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and INA, both historically and formerly known as the ORTF and the

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) 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. Canal ARTV: Radio-Canada espère devenir actionnaire majoritaire
Showbizz.net; 2007-09-22 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.

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

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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,

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, concerts and ballet. ARTV also airs reruns of various

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original series including '' Les revenants'', ''La galère'' and ''Musée Eden'' and nostalgic programming like '' Anne of Green Gables'', ''

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List of aired programs

* Elles (The L Word) * L'Actors Studio * Chic * Visite libre * Anne… La maison aux pignons verts * Callas et Onassis *

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* La Vie, la vie *

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* 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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ici Artv Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television networks Television channels and stations established in 2001 French-language television networks in Canada Analog cable television networks in Canada