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| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Montreal,Quebec |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[1] |
| Sister channels | Ici Explora Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1, 2001 |
| Former names | ARTV (2001–2013) |
| Links | |
| Website | ICI ARTV(in French) |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| RiverTV | Over-the-top TV |
Ici ARTV (stylized asICI artv) is aCanadianFrench languagespecialty channel owned by theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (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.
Ici ARTV was licensed by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) asla Télé des Arts as a joint venture between theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),Télé-Québec,Bell Globemedia,Arte (through Arte France, a joint venture ofFrance Télévisions,Radio France andINA, both historically and formerly known as theORTF and theFrench state) andL'Équipe Spectra. The channel was launched on September 1, 2001 asARTV.
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 the CBC's French-language outlets around a single brand.[3][4]
On March 15, 2015, Arte sold its 15% interest in the channel, leaving the CBC as its sole shareholder.[5]
Although most licensedanalogue specialty services are not mandatory carriage on analogue cable systems and can be carried ondigital cable, in all French language markets, Ici ARTV is mandatory carriage on analogue cable that receives the highest number of subscribers. InEnglish language markets, this condition does not apply. In regard tosatellite 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.
Ici ARTV carries a variety of original programming related to arts and culture including popular TV review showC'est juste de la TV, a local version of theActors Studio calledViens voir les comédiens, cultural news programARTVStudio, multiple visual art showcase programs andbande-dessinée showBDQC. They also carry live captations of stage shows,plays, concerts and ballet. ARTV also airs reruns of variousRadio-Canada original series includingLes revenants,La galère andMusée Eden and nostalgic programming likeAnne of Green Gables,Little House on the Prairie andLe temps d'une paix. Foreign series (Girls,Borgen,Criminal Justice) are also presented.
On May 3, 2008, ARTV launched ahigh-definition simulcast of itself called "ARTV HD".
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