Ici ARTV
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. 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 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.
ARTV (disambiguation)
ARTV may refer to:
ARTV (Chile)
ARTV is a private owned cable TV channel of Chile. It mostly airs cultural programming, such as the popular TV shows Endogao, Muchachas, and Caracas.
See also List of Chilean television channels
