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Preface ............................................3
The history of ARTE ....................4
Programme ....................................8
Programme schedules ............26
ARTE off-screen ........................28
The Channel ................................32
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T h e E u r o p e a n C u l t u r e C h a n n e l
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prefaceEurope is growing - so is ARTE
Jérôme Clément
Dr. Gottfried Langenstein
I n 2003 ARTE is moving on to a new stage in its development. Having celebrated its tenth anniversary in
2002, ARTE has decided to give new life to its programmes while pursuing the objectives laid down in its
statutes – objectives that have given it a strong image and high reputation well beyond the borders of France
and Germany. ARTE will continue to ensure that the small screen is a window looking out onto the real world.
More than ever before, ARTE will integrate cultural diversity into its productions and programme schedules.
Since 1992, when broadcasting began, ARTE has become a symbol for high quality cultural television,
recognised by both the general public and the press. Watched by a variety of viewers and received by
65 million European households, ARTE is modern, has a rallying force and is a model for international television.
However, ARTE is today faced with new challenges. In France as in Germany, the audio-visual landscape
is changing. Improved reception facilities (digital broadcasting in France, as well as a programme schedule
in Germany beginning at 2 pm) has incited us to be more creative in order to satisfy the expectations of our
viewers, and to continue to surprise and captivate them.
ARTE is a channel that, in accordance with its charter, is based on the following values “openness, respect
and warmth”. In addition to maintaining these three values in its future strategy and actions, ARTE has
two priorities for 2003: to prepare a new and bold schedule for 2004, featuring programmes that are both
innovative and accessible to the viewers, in the aim of gaining new audiences and to reinforce our European
engagement through ambitious programming. In order to accompany the political and economical develop-
ment of Europe, ARTE has an essential role to play. Now that Europe exists in the minds of its citizens, it
must play an active role in their lives. ARTE will endeavour to make this reality.
Jérôme Clément Dr. Gottfried LangensteinPresident Vice-President
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1988-19914 November 1988The French Government and the German federalstates or Länder (who are responsible for all broad-casting matters) declare that they intend to studyoptions for setting up a Franco-German culturechannel as a prelude for a channel devoted toEuropean culture, to be based in Strasbourg.
At the 52nd Franco-German summit, ChancellorHelmut Kohl and President François Mitterrandexpress their support for the project.
January 1989Jérôme Clément is appointed Presidentof La Sept.
2 October 1990On the eve of German reunification, representativesof the French Republic and the eleven WestGerman “Länder” sign an Interstate Treaty establishingthe foundation of a European Culture Channel.
13 March 1991ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH, is founded in Baden-Baden. Germany's two public service broadcasters,ARD and ZDF, each hold a 50% stake in its equity.Wolfgang Bernhard and Gert Opitz are appointedManaging Directors.
30 April 1991The European Culture Channel ARTE is constitutedas a European Economic Interest Grouping (G.E.I.E -Groupement Européen d'Intérêt Economique).The two members, La SEPT and ARTE Deutschland,enjoy parity. The President of the General Assemblyis Willibald Hilf and Vice-President is Daniel Toscandu Plantier. Jérôme Clément is appointed Presidentof the Management Board of ARTE G.E.I.E., withDietrich Schwarzkopf as Vice-President.
4 September 1991La Sept Cinéma is set up as a film-producingsubsidiary of La Sept.
199230 May 1992ARTE's first programmes are broadcast in France andGermany via satellite (TDF 1-2 and DFS1-Kopernikus)and cable.
September 1992
ARTE launches its first advertising campaign,“Laissez-vous déranger par ARTE” (Let ARTEchallenge you), based on an idea fromthe Parisian agency Audour, Soum, Larue.
28 September 1992ARTE becomes the fifth French terrestrial networkfed by the Telecom 2B satellite.
1 October 1992Dr. Hans-Günther Brüske succeeds WolfgangBernard as Managing Director of ARTE Deutschland.
19934 February 1993RTBF, Belgium’s French-language public broadcaster,becomes an associate member of ARTE G.E.I.E.
September 1993Around 30 million households in German andFrench-speaking areas can receive ARTE –11 million in Germany (33% of all households)and 14 million in France (80%).
29 September 1993Victor Rocaries, GeneralDirector of La Sept ARTE,succeeds Alain Maneval asARTE’s Programme Director.
29 November 1993Jour de fête written byand starring Jacques Tati,
wins a 4.5% share of the French market, attracting1.85 million viewers. It is the channel’s best resultin France in 1993.
1994May 1994A new advertising campaign conquers French bill-boards: “Ma télé a du talent !” (Television with talent!)
La Sept ARTE establishes ARTE Editions, which isresponsible for publishing and distributingvideos/DVDs and books on ARTE programmes.
6 November 1994The theme evening devoted to Heinz Rühmannobtains ratings of 3.3%. This is the most successfulscreening in Germany since the channel cameinto being.
31 December 1994ARTE is broadcast via the ASTRA 1 D satellite.
The history of ARTE
19952 January 1995The British advertising agencyLambie-Naim & Companydevelops a new logo forARTE, along with a newchannel design and graphicsguidelines. The logo is muchclearer and has a warmorange colour. Seven “idents”make the programme genreimmediately recognizable.
8 February 1995The television guideHörzu awards ARTEits Golden Camera“for the overall qualityof its programming”.
March 1995The TV guide Gong presents ARTE with the GoldenCable for Innovation.
9 April 1995André Berthomieu’s Mon cœur et ses millions(Sweet heart and millions) is the year’s highlight,attracting 9% of the French market.
6 July 1995ARTE G.E.I.E. and the Swiss public television SSRsign a cooperation agreement.
ARTE is broadcast via the EUTELSAT 2 F 1 satellite.
12 July 1995ARTE G.E.I.E. and the Spanishpublic-service channel TVE sign acooperation agreement.
26 October 1995The Tintin theme evening thrillsover 6 million European viewers.
199622 February 1996ARTE attains a French market share of 10%(over 2 million viewers) for the first time withGalères de femmes (Women in Perpetual Hell),a documentary by Jean-Michel Carré.
23 February 1996ARTE’s first German “audiodescription” film isbroadcast for blind and partially sighted people.
11 March 1996ARTE shows Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)by Volker Schlöndorff and attracts for the first timemore than one million German viewers.
28 April 1996Marvin J. Chomsky’s film Catherine the Greatmarks a historic success for ARTE in Germany,achieving a market share of 8%.
September 1996ARTE launches a new advertising campaign inGermany, conceived by the Düsseldorf agencyCastenow + Partner: “ARTE, sehen Sie selbst !”(ARTE – see for yourself!)
21 October 1996ARTE launches its website at http://www.arte-tv.com
9 November 1996The five Länder from eastern Germanybecome signatories of the InterstateTreaty of 2 October 1990.
2 December 1996ARTE G.E.I.E. and Poland’s public-service television channel TVP sign acooperation agreement.
199728 July 1997ARTE attains over 11% of the French market forthe first time with Roberto Benigni’s Il Mostro(The Monster).
October 1997ARTE Deutschland launches ARTE EDITION –German books, videos and CD-Roms featuringor complementing ARTE programmes.
199815 January 1998ARTE G.E.I.E. and the Austrian public-servicetelevision channel ORF sign a cooperationagreement.
14 March 1998From 2 pm, ARTE’s programmes arebroadcast daily via French digital packagesTPS and CanalSatellite.
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1998September 1998ARTE launches a newadvertising campaign inGermany in cooperation withMichael Conrad & Leo Burnett agencybased in Frankfurt am Main, with theslogan “ARTE – Was für ein Angebot!”(Look what ARTE has to offer!).
October 1998The Hot Bird Awards, the Oscars forEuropean satellite television, awardARTE the prize or the best channelin the Culture category.
15 October 1998From 2 pm, ARTE’s programmes arebroadcast via the Germanprogramme package ZDF-Vision.
December 1998A total of 65 million householdsthroughout Europe can now receiveARTE, 25.7 million in Germany and20.3 million in France.
19991 January 1999Jobst Plog becomesthe channel’s firstGerman President.
3 February 1999ARTE G.E.I.E. andthe Finnish public-service broadcasterYLE sign a cooperationagreement.
16 June 1999ARTE wins the Banff TV Festival Global OutstandingAchievement Award in Canada, one of the highesttelevision honours.
1 September 1999For the first time ARTE’s programmes are transmitted24 hours a day in analogue mode by Belgian and Dutchcable networks.
20 December 1999ARTE breaks its viewer record in Germany:1.4 million people watch the Laurel & Hardy classicThe Music Box.
2000January 2000ARTE launches a new institutional advertising campaignin France with the assistance of Audour, Soum, Larue.The slogan is, “ARTE et fière de l’être !” (ARTE is proudto be ARTE!)
1 February 2000Dr. Gottfried Langenstein, Head of the InternationalAffairs Department of ZDF, succeeds Dr. Walter Konradas ARTE Chief Coordinator.
March 2000
ARTE launches a new advertising campaignin Germany, designed by the Hamburg-basedagency MacCann-Erickson. The slogan is,“ARTE erleben!” (Experience the ARTE adventure!)
16 March 2000ARTE programmes are broadcast round the clock viaARD’s digital package.
1 May 2000ARTE achieves all-time best viewer ratings of 18.5%in France with Robert Guédiguian’s feature filmMarius et Jeannette.
1 August 2000La Sept ARTE changes its name to ARTE France.
12 September 2000
Carole Bouquet’sportrayal of Bérénice,with Gérard Depardieuin the role of Titus,wins ARTE its highestratings for a theatricalproduction:1 220 000 Frenchviewers watch the play.
20011 January 2001The Polish public-service broadcaster TVPbecomes an associate member of ARTE G.E.I.E.ARTE gives itself a facelift. The new channel design,developed by the international agency Razorfish,is intended to draw ARTE and its viewers closertogether.
The history of ARTE
6 January 2001ARTE launches its afternoon schedule(2 pm - 7 pm), with new magazine formats(health, family, cooking, Europe, short films, etc.)broadcast in digital standard.
12 February 2001ARTE G.E.I.E. and the Dutch public-servicebroadcaster NPS sign a cooperation agreement.
20 March 2001Jérôme Clément begins another five-year termat the head of ARTE France.
21 March 2001The Austrian public-service broadcaster ORFbecomes an associate member of ARTE G.E.I.E.
3 May 2001The foundation stone of ARTE’s new headquartersin Strasbourg is laid, close to the Europeaninstitutions in Strasbourg.
7 July 2001ARTE receives the prestigious Carlo Schmid Prize in recognition of its contribution to promotingFranco-German relations.
29 September 2001A new evening schedule is introduced.It respects modified viewing habits withoutlosing sight of ARTE’s mission.
1October 2001Heiko Holefleisch succeeds Dr. Hans-Günther Brüske asthe Managing Director of ARTE Deutschland TVGmbH and ARTE’s Coordinator at the ZDF.
8 October 2001ARTE and the BBC sign a coproduction agreementwhich envisages cooperation on ten programmes.
11 October 2001ARTE breaks another record in Germany:1.6 million viewers watch Tom Tykwer’s Lola rennt(Run, Lola, run).
13 December 2001In Bremen, ARTE is fed into the analogue cablenetwork from 2 pm.
200213 February 2002Lower Saxony can watch ARTE on the analoguecable network from 2 pm.
3 April 2002ARTE is also fed into the analogue cable network inHamburg.
30 May 2002ARTE celebrates its10th anniversary withone week of specialprogrammes.
20 June 2002ARTE G.E.I.E. andthe Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT sign acooperation agreement.
4 August 2002The theme evening Marilyn Monroe is a greatsuccess, particularly in France. Certain programmesduring the evening attract 18% of the market.
9 September 2002The German Minister for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, presentsARTE with the Special Media Prize for DevelopmentPolicy.
1 October 2002ARTE is broadcast via the ASTRA 1 Csatellite on a new analogue frequency.12.5 million households with satellite cannow receive ARTE from 2 pm. To markthis development, ARTE launches alarge-scale advertising campaign inGermany.
20031 January 2003Jérôme Clément becomes the new Presidentof ARTE and Dr. Gottfried Langenstein the newVice-President. Prof. Jobst Plog, President ofthe NDR and the ARD, assumes the presidencyof the General Assembly. His Vice-President isRémy Pflimlin, General Director of France 3.
16 January 2003The “Forum Européen de Coppet”, comprisingthe University of Geneva, the “Fondation Denis deRougemont pour l’Europe” and the “Fondation pourl’économie et le développement durable des régionsd’Europe”, gives its first prize to ARTE to reward the fulfilment of the mission enshrined in its foundingstatutes.
22 January 2003ARTE commemorates the 40th anniversary of thesigning of the Elysée Treaty by German ChancellorKonrad Adenauer and French President Charles deGaulle with a series of special programmes.
28 April 2003ARTE G.E.I.E. is moving into its new headquartersnear to the European institutions.
programme
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T oday, ten years after its launch, it is as, or even more
important, that ARTE should be innovative and broad-
cast outstanding audio-visual productions at prime time:
high-quality documentaries and TV dramas, cinema films
from all over the world, theatre, music and dance
performances reflecting both modern and the classical
repertoires, and information about Europe for Europeans.
This is what our viewers ask for: the opportunity to see stars
like Carole Bouquet and Gérard Depardieu in Bérénice,
or Armin Müller-Stahl as Thomas Mann. They highly
appreciate excellent programmes such as the series about
Mohammed, and current affairs programmes on subjects
such as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Algeria,
which provide detailed information about the geopolitical
background of the latest headline conflicts.
But ARTE does not want to rest on its laurels and is
keen to move forward into areas that have not yet been
sufficiently explored. Terrestrial digital television should
become a reality in France in 2004, and with extensive
reception in German-speaking countries, the time is ripe
for change.
With over five hours of additional programming per day,
ARTE has acquired a new and unprecedented visibility,
which has also given a fresh impetus to the programme
schedules as a whole.
In order to meet the new challenges, a wide-ranging
internal reflection process has been undertaken. The
results will appear on the television screen in the next few
months: clearer programme schedules, more diversified
programming, more innovative formats, regarding TV
drama, for example, or current affairs magazines, with
programmes devised to be easily accessible to the
viewers. With these developments ARTE is striving to
obtain one of its major priorities: arousing the curiosity of an
ever-increasing number of viewers.
Victor RocariesProgramme Director
Easily AccessibleProgrammes
Victor Rocaries
theme evenings
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awards
From the very beginning, ARTE's theme eveningshave been a recognised hallmark of the channel,quickly imitated by other stations. They provide aninnovative approach to watching television. On threeevenings a week, we invite our viewers to take time towatch and understand.
Over ten years, there have been more than 1 500theme evenings. The 500th celebrated the “grandedame” of Paris, La Tour Eiffel; the 1 000th theprince of German poets, J.W. Goethe, and the1 500th the 40th anniversary of the Rolling Stones.Investigative, entertaining and always worth watching,such evenings offer an infinite range of subjects,featuring different audio-visual formats:
documentaries, reports, cinema films, TV drama etc.Each theme evening has its own distinctive flavour.Usually constructed around a main film, shown earlyin the evening, Thema on Sunday is family enter-tainment: The Great Invasions, Behind thescenes in the fashion industry, SherlockHolmes, Byzantium, Marilyn Monroe, JackieKennedy Onassis or The Cossacks.With a mix of reports and debates, Thema onTuesday focuses on current affairs, as well asimportant political, economic or scientific issues,such as Iraq, India, China, Agriculture inEurope, Natural Disasters or The DeathPenalty.
Broadcast later in the evening, Thema on Thursdayconcentrates on exploring literature, the arts andthe great intellectual movements, with a wholepanoply of portraits and comprehensive documenta-ries, including The art of the guitar, PabloPicasso, Leo Tolstoy, Maurice Béjart, TheSurrealists and Orthodox Religion.
Critics Prize 2002 in the category"Television" for the editorial team of thetheme evenings, Berlin
China: The Secret of My Successby Jinchuan DuanSilver Wolf Award for bestdocumentary under 60 minutes, IDFA - International Documentary FilmFestival Amsterdam (November 2002)
Fortet Europa - It's a Pack of Liesby Andreas Rocksen Silver FIPA in the category“Reports about social matters”,FIPA, Biarritz (January 2002)
A Hungarian Passportby Sandra KogutPrize for best documentary,Week of Hungarian Cinema, Budapest(February 2002)Special mention, InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Rio deJaneiro – Sao Paolo (April 2002)Grand Video Prize, International Festivalof Split/Croatia (September 2002)
Algeria - The Dream of Sisyphus by Faouzia FekiriGolden FIPA in the category“Creative Documentary”, FIPA, Biarritz (January 2001)
Thema: Beyond the Millennium:Elsewhereby Nikolaus Geyrhalter Special Jury Prize, IDFA - InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Amsterdam(November 2001)
(Selection)
programmeEvenings for people with curiosityHervé Claude Alexandra Gerlach Daniel Leconte
cinema
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ARTE shows all kinds of films from around the world.Two films are shown at prime-time, on Monday andThursday, one later in the evening on Wednesday, andone silent movie every month. More than 700 shortfilms are presented each year in our magazine “Shortcircuit” on Monday evenings and Tuesday afternoons.
On Monday at 8:45 pm, ARTE shows contemporaryfilms, usually for their first viewing on the small screen,by directors such as Laurent Cantet, Michael Hanekeand Wolfgang Becker. On Thursdays, ARTE offers prime-time screenings ofworks by some of the great directors who have madean important contribution to the cinema over the pastdecades, including Roman Polanski, François Truffaut,Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Stanley Kubrick and ZhangYimou.
Late on Wednesday evening, ARTE features lesser-known filmmakers, whose films are distinctive, departingfrom the beaten track. And finally, one Friday a month, ARTE gives pride ofplace to the best silent movies, often screening oforiginal versions with restored music. In February and in May, Film Festival, a 30-minutemagazine screened at 8:15 pm and presented by ArielWizman and Loretta Stern, gives a day by day accountof the events at the two biggest film festivals in Europe:Berlin and Cannes.About a quarter of the films broadcast by ARTE areco-productions. From the early days, the channel hasbeen committed to giving financial support to talenteddirectors. Moreover, a co-production agreementbetween ARD, ZDF and ARTE results in six Europeanco-productions a year, with films such as Dancer inthe Dark by Lars von Trier and Intimacy by PatriceChéreau, winner of a Golden Bear at Berlin.And finally, the Cyril Collard Prize, worth 32 000 euros,gives a helping hand to budding film directors.
awardsThe man without a pastby Aki Kaurismäki Grand Jury Prize, Prize forbest actress (Kati Outinen),Ecumenical Jury Prize, CannesInternational Film Festival (May 2002)
Divine intervention by Elia Suleiman Jury Prize, International Critics Prize,Cannes International Film Festival(May 2002)
Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier Goya for Best European Film, Spain(January 2001)Independent Spirit Award for bestforeign film, Santa Monica/USA(March 2001)Bodil Prize for best actress (Björk),Copenhagen (March 2001)
Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau Golden Bear for best film,Silver Bear for best actress (Kerry Fox)and “Blue Angel” Prize, BerlinInternational Film Festival (Feb. 2001)Louis-Delluc Prize awarded by a juryof critics and personalities in the Frenchfilm industry, Paris (2001)
The Pianoteacherby Michael Haneke Grand Jury Prize, Prize for bestactress (Isabelle Huppert) and Prize forbest actor (Benoît Magimel), CannesInternational Film Festival (May 2001)Prize for best European actress(Isabelle Huppert), European Film Prize,Berlin (December 2001)
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programmeFilms from around the worldAriel Wizman and Loretta Stern
TV dramas
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ARTE devotes two nightly slots to TV drama, as wellas repeats during the afternoon and at night. Most ofour dramas are given their first TV screening onARTE, and about half of them co-produced by thechannel.
TV drama comes in several forms. ARTE has a parti-cular interest in such prestigious sagas as L’Algériedes Chimères (An Algerian dream), ThomasMann et les siens (Thomas Mann and hisfamily) and Les Alsaciens (The people ofAlsace). These co- productions are all a proof ARTE'sambitious policy in this field.
ARTE also likes to broadcast series of films, construc-ted around a strong basic theme. Each is entrusted toa different director who will interpret the theme in his orher own way. Masculin/Féminin (Male/Female),a series of ten films, focuses on male/female rela-tionships; 2000 vu par (2000 seen by) providedfootage of the minute leading from one millennium tothe next; Petites caméras (Little cameras) was acollection of low-budget films, using only DV cameras.
Most importantly, TV drama on ARTE represents thecreation of almost 200 TV films every year. Extremelyvaried in style, they draw their inspiration from the richcomplexity of life: emotion, suspense, action, socialrealities, racial conflict, the small pleasures in life andmajor personal dramas. ARTE does not only callupon the services of the most talented French andGerman directors, from Claire Denis or MaxFärberböck to Domink Graf or Erick Zonca, butemploys authors from all over the world – Europe,North and South America, the Near and Middle East,Africa, Asia – who have a wide variety of professionalbackgrounds. They all contribute their own particularinsight and narrative style, resulting in programmes ofa rare and appreciated diversity.
programme
Stories of the past and present
awardsHis brotherby Patrice Chéreau Silver Bear for the best direction, Berlin International Film Festival(February 2003)
Marie Bonaparte by Louis Gardeland François-Olivier Rousseau Grand Prix for best TV screenplay,FIPA, Biarritz (January 2003)
The State I am In by Christian Petzold Best Feature Film of 2001 and BestEditing (Bettina Böhler), Max OphülsFestival, Saarbrücken (January 2002)
The Manns - Novel of a Centuryby Heinrich Breloer Emmy Award 2002,30th International Emmy Awards Gala,New York (November 2002)Television Event of the Year, German Television Awards,Cologne (October 2002)Golden Nymph for best script,Monte Carlo Television Festival,Monaco (July 2002)Golden Gate Award in the category"Drama - Mini-series", San FranciscoInternational Film Festival SFIFF(May 2002)Adolf-Grimme Prize in gold for HeinrichBreloer (script/direction), HorstKönigstein (script), Gernot Roll (camera);actors: Armin Mueller-Stahl, MonicaBleibtreu, Jürgen Hentsch, VeronicaFerres, Sebastian Koch and Sophie Rois; Marl/Allemagne (March 2002)
(Selection)
documentaries
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With twelve evening slots, ARTE has reserved a specialplace for documentaries, which are largely neglectedon other channels.
In the early evening, programmes of discovery or aboutscience are aimed at a family: Nature andEnvironment (Monday), Archimedes (Tuesday)and Knowledge (Wednesday). On Thursday, inVoyages, Voyages, ARTE takes us on a sometimesunexpected trip around the world. On Saturdayevenings at 8:15 pm, Art & Culture explores themultiple facets of the world of culture, presenting worksof architecture, painting and design, as well as theircreators, in series such as Palettes, Design andArchitectures.
At 8:45 pm, from Monday to Thursday one week everymonth, ARTE screens a docu-soap, a serial formof documentary narrative. This alternates with 360° -GEO report which, in partnership with the magazineof the same name, presents natural phenomena andexplores unknown cities, regions and continents.
On Saturday evening no secrets escape from the eagleeye of the Discovery team, geography, archaeology,anthropology or history. Lovers of contemporary historynever miss History on Wednesdays at 8:45 pm.
Later on Monday evening, the Feature length docu-mentary is one of the channel's flagships. On Fridays,Reality digs deep into people's life experiences. Laterin the evening, Profiles presents a European creator.
At midnight on Saturday, in Late night vision,viewers get a chance to see original works of a highlyindividual nature.
In addition to the extremely strong emphasis on co-productions, which account for 80% of programmesbroadcast, ARTE also awards several prizes: the prizefor the best German documentary at the DuisburgFestival, for example, and the ARTE Prize for the bestEuropean documentary at the European Film Awards. In2002, the channel celebrated its 500th Feature lengthdocumentary at a series of international festivals,including Leipzig, Copenhagen, New York and Taipei.
programmeEyes wide open on the world
awardsDecomposition of the Soulby Massimo Ianetta and Nina Toussaint Silver FIPA in the category “CreativeDocumentary”, FIPA, Biarritz 2003
Gambling, Gods and LSD by Peter Mettler Grand Prix UBS and Prix du JeunePublic, International Film Festival “Visionsdu Réel” in Nyon/Suisse (April 2002)3sat Documentary Prize for bestGerman-language documentary,Duisburg Film Week (November 2002)
Once Upon a TimeThere was Chechnya by Nino Kirtadze Adolf Grimme Prize in Gold,Marl/Germany (March 2002)
Fellini – I’m A Born Liar by Damian Pettigrew Rocky Award for best Arts Documentary,Banff Television Festival, Banff/Canada(June 2002)
On Hitler’s Highwayby Lech Kowalski Special Jury Prize, IDFA - InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Amsterdam(December 2002)
BELLARIA - As long As We Live!by Douglas Wolfsperger Grand Prix, Monte Carlo TelevisionFestival, Monaco (July 2002)Prix Europa in the category“Non-Fiction”, Berlin (October 2002)Silver Plaque for best documentaryfeature, Chicago International FilmFestival 2002 (October 2002)
(Selection)
Alexandre Adler
live andperformingarts
From the very beginning, ARTE has always taken akeen interest in the performing arts and in performers.Theatre, ballet, classical music, variety acts, jazz andopera, all are given a showcase on ARTE.
On Sunday at 7 pm, Maestro invites viewers toattend concerts or master-classes given by inter-nationally renowned artists. Series are dedicated togreat female voices, black divas, great chefs orvirtuoso pianists.
On Sunday at 8:15 pm, Dance, a programme intro-duced in 2001, provides an overview of currenttrends in choreography, looking at everything fromIndian dancing to flamenco including AngelinPreljocaj, Nicolas le Riche and Joachim Schlömer.
On Tuesday at 11 pm, Music Planet 2Nite,presented by Ray Cokes, is a showcase for the latesttrends in the world of rock and pop, rap, world musicand jazz, from Angélique Kidjo to Marianne Faithfull.
Each Wednesday at 9:45 pm,Musica paints the portraitof a composer, musician,dancer or choreographer suchas Alfred Brendel, IgorStravinsky, Vaslav Nijinskyor Glenn Gould.
The magazine Tracks, onFriday at 7 pm, takes a look atavant-garde musical trends.
On Saturday, Metropolis crosses borders, repor-ting on the current cultural scene in France, Germany,but also elsewhere in Europe and around the world.
ARTE also gives its viewers the possibility to expe-rience the exciting atmosphere of live musical anddance events. ARTE broadcasts prestigious eventsfrom venues around Europe. Dance celebration!was broadcast from Lyons, and Rossini's LeVoyage à Reims (The journey to Reims),directed by Dario Fo, from Helsinki.
On eight Thursday nights every year, Comediashows the best of the world of theatre: recentprogrammes include Nobody by Sasha Waltz, andAriane Mnouchkine's Tambours sur la digue(Drums on the dyke).
awardsRavi Shankar: Between two worlds by Mark KidelSilver FIPA in the category“Music and perfoming arts”,FIPA, Biarritz (January 2002)
Hamletby Peter Brook Golden FIPA in the category“Music and perfoming arts”,FIPA, Biarritz (January 2002)
Faustby Peter Schönhofer, Thomas Grimm Bavarian Television Prize,Munich (May 2001)
Russia’s Wonder Children by Irene Langemann Golden Gate Award “Merit Winner”in the category “The Arts”, San FranciscoInternational Film Festival SFIFF(April 2001)
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programmeSempre appassionato Ray Cokes
afternoonprogrammes
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ARTE has an audience up until 7 pm. In France, thisaudience is made up of viewers subscribing to the TPSand Canal Satellite packages, or households withdigital satellite reception. In Germany over 15 millionhouseholds with analogue access via Astra 1C or, incertain Länder, via cable networks can view ARTE.
Early in 2000, ARTE launched a number of afternoonmagazine programmes. Inspired by everyday life inEurope, the programme content is diverse, touchingtopics such as health, life-style and new trends in eve-ryday family…
ARTE Europa is an encounter with the different menand women who make Europe what it is.
As you like it, Kaleido-scope and The little snobtake the time to look at a wholevariety of different lifestyles.
Creation – offers an introduction to the world of artthrough the perspective of a particular artist.
Behind the headlines takes a look back at currentevents one year on.
With Great sporting duals ARTE gives its viewersthe opportunity to share in the excitement of memora-ble combats opposing some of the great names oftennis, judo, fencing and athletics.
Biography, gives viewers the possibility to learnabout some of today's public figures and their lives:Franco Knie, Paul Bocuse, Isabella Rossellini, etc.
LOLA is ARTE's magazine for women. It is presentedby Enie van de Meiklokjes and Lio.
Table manners gives anoverview of culinary customsand traditions throughoutEurope.
Family album, Tell mewhat you have... and Tiny tots provide an insightinto family life around the world.
Sample for trends, Megafor science and Absolute fornews are three different youth
Hippocrates is a healthmagazine that analyses thepriorities of Europeans concerning health and well-being.
programmeClose-up on the way we live LioEnie van de Meiklokjes
news
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ARTE offers a fresh perspective of current affairs with itsnew programmes which open up to new horizons.
Each evening, ARTE shows the news headlines 7 pm,and ARTE Info (7:45 pm - 8:15 pm) gives an in-depth analysis the main events of the day seen froma European point of view. The programme is prepa-red by a team of French and German journalistsand presented from the studios in Strasbourgalternatively by a French or a German journalist. Ouroffices in Paris and Berlin provide coverage of newsin the two capitals. The news of the day is put intocontext and given a European perspective. ARTEInfo gives priority to subjects transcending eitherFrench or German domestic interests and encou-rages a plurality of views.
The first part of the programme provides informationabout the news of the day. This is followed by anin-depth analysis of subjects neglected by traditionalnews programmes.
The news team is always ready to re-arrange its sche-dule to keep viewers informed of breaking news.Recently, for example, ARTE broadcast live fromVersailles and Berlin the main events marking the40th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty. And ARTE Infowas present in the European Parliament for the crucialdebates about the enlargement of the European Union.
Following ARTE Info, from Monday to Thursday,(8:15 pm - 8:45 pm), in alternance with our docu-soaps, and 360° - GEO report, ARTE-Reportagetakes a closer look at current affairs.
On Saturday from 7 pm, The European forum,presented by Anne-Sophie Mercier and MatthiasBeermann, is debate programme about subjectsmaking the headlines in Europe, including old-age pensions, health and the ecology. Later inthe evening, Talking Maps, ARTE’s geopoliticalmagazine, focuses on subjects of international eco-nomic or political importance, such as Tibet, theUnited States or Senegal.
programmeAt the centre of European events
awardsLost face by Jose Serra MateuGrand Prix for the best camera, Junior Jury Prize, International Reportage Festival FIGRA, Le Touquet/France (March 2003)
Who was Omar Ben Noul,from Algier to Guben and back by Jörg Krause Franco-German Journalism Award,Main Prize in the category “TV reports between 2 and 10 minutes”Paris (June 2001)
A step backwards by Pierre-Olivier François Franco-German Jounalism Award,Special Prize in the category “Televisionof the Franco-German Council ofCulture” Paris (June 2001)
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Gérard Saint-Paul and the anchormen of ARTE Info Anne-Sophie Mercier Matthias Beermann
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All of the channel's various activities converge on theOn-Air Department, which is responsible for preparingand broadcasting programmes. It comprises a numberof different services:The Broadcasting Preparation Service receives pro-grammes and their different language versions,ensuring that broadcast cassettes conform to techni-cal standards.
The Scheduling Service provides the Control Roomwith a complete programming schedule (programmes,continuity elements and on-screen design). TheControl Room makes sure that broadcasting goesahead smoothly.
When we move into our new headquarters, theBroadcasting Preparation Service will undergo an
important technological revolution. The presenttransmission system, involving broadcast cassetteswill switch over to digital servers, controlling storage,verification and broadcasting of programmes.
The On-Air Department is also responsible for the on-screen promotion and presentation of programmes. Itdesigns and produces trailers to inform viewers aboutour programmes, announcing forthcoming highlightsas well as linking the various programmes. To markARTE's 10th anniversary in 2002, the On-Air Departmentcommissioned Hélène Guétary to produce 25 shortsequences recalling the best of the channel's pastprogrammes.
Over the last year, the department has developed aclose collaboration with the school of decorative arts inStrasbourg, which has contributed actively to the crea-tion of new “idents” for ARTE's on-screen identity,based on the three central values enshrined in ARTE’scharter: “openness, respect, warmth”.
ARTE is also committed to helping blind and partiallysighted people to enjoy its programmes. It is a pioneerin the field of “audiodescription”, a technique whichadds a special commentary to films, explaining theon-screen action as well as the landscapes and otherdetails. ARTE has made 70 such films since audio-description was introduced in 1996.
awards
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On-Air Department:a technological revolution
Christmas on-screen design“Decorating Christmas” by Entropie / Irene ProductionSilver Award, “Best thematic campaign”,PROMAX EUROPE, Seville (April 2002)First Prize, “Best thematic on-screendesign, Presentation 2002” , EBU (European Broadcasting Union), Mainz (May 2002)
Trailer: Charles Trenet by Lorenzo Recio SpectacleSilver Award, “Best trailer,Category musical programme”,PROMAX EUROPE, Seville (April 2002)
Credits: ARTE “Les Clés de la ville”(The Keys to the City) by Fabio PurinoEyes & Ears-Award, “Best SoundDesign and Composition, CategoryTelevision”, Munich Media Festival(October 2002)
Trailer: Documenta by Conny Unger and Fabio Purino Eyes & Ears-Award, “Best SoundDesign and Composition, CategoryProgramme”, Munich Media Festival(October 2002)
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ARTE faces the challenge of producing and broad-casting in several languages on a daily basis.Depending on the requirements of each programme,a number of different techniques is used, inclidingsubtitling, dubbing, voice-over, or commentary. Thechannel developed a complex language adaptationsystem for major live events, such as opera, theatreand festivals. These techniques allow ARTE to bringthe the original versions of different works to life infront of its viewers, without 200 different languages and dialects are used in the3500 programmes broadcast each year by ARTE. Allof them must be translated into French and Germanfor our viewers. In certain cases, viewers with a ste-reo TV set, or a satellite receiver can also watch ourprogrammes in a different language (e.g. the originallanguage version).
The most recent surveys reveal that both French andGerman audiences consider ARTE as one of the mostinformative television channels. They feel that ARTE canbest be described in terms of quality, in-depth analysis,creativity and objectivity. (1)
French viewers particularly appreciate the originalnature and the variety of its programmes, whileGerman viewers tend to focus on ARTE's interna-tional characteristics, and its original slant on currentaffairs. Both countries agree, however about onething: ARTE gives access to the world of culture.
Public awareness of the channel remains highly satis-factory in France (95%), while in Germany it hasadvanced, up from 85% in 2000 to 90% in 2002.
Commercials shown on the major German publicchannels and an important advertising campaignhave helped speed up this encouraging trend.
Viewing figures also increased in 2002. Almost13 million viewers watched ARTE every weekin both countries, 9.1 million in France, 3.6 million inGermany, compared with 12.1 million in 2000.
(1) Ipsos survey, 2001
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ARTE is constantly improving its Internet site. Ayear ago, the channel surprised users with a newon-screen design, improved navigation and extracontent. In the meantime, the growing convergencebetween television and the Internet has been furtherfuelled by ever-increasing possibilities for viewingvideos of programme extracts.
ARTE's Internet site is attracting more and moresurfers: last year, the number of visits was up by50%. 15,000 people a day are now consulting thedetailed information available at www.arte-tv.com.
The home page has changed the most. Withoutneglecting the aesthetic and expressive merits offull-screen visuals, it now enables visitors to see at aglance what new subjects are available on line, aswell as our main programmes. With just one click, thewhole range of contents is available.
Apart from a detailed overview of ARTE’s program-mes and practical information about the channel, thewebsite offers a considerable range of backgroundmaterial about programme highlights. The content isdivided into four sections: “History, Politics andSociety”, “Art and Music”, “Cinema and TV Drama”and “Science and Discovery”.
arte-tv.com is also a way of contacting us, of takingpart in “chats” with experts, of subscribing to ARTE'snewsletter, participating in games, and much more!
So, let yourself be tempted! On the Internet, just likeon the TV screen, ARTE opens up new horizons!
On the Internetwww.arte-tv.com:There's more to life than television…... there's the Internet, too!
www.artepro.comthe website for professionals
In 2002, ARTE launcheda new site aimed specificallyat people with a professionalinterest in the channel: peopleworking in film and television,the press, Internet,culture and education,as well as commercialand institutional partners.
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Very early in its history, ARTE France adopted a consis-tent policy regarding publications associated with pro-grammes. Video cassettes and books have now beenjoined by DVDs based on, or complementing, ARTE'sprogrammes.
ARTE Vidéo ARTE Vidéo pursues an ambitious policy in the field ofcinema and documentaries. In particular it makesadvantage of the unique possibilities offered by the DVDformat, such as supplementary footage, interactivepotential and chapters. The catalogue gives an oppor-tunity to discover or see again films that are representa-tive of programmes broadcast by ARTE. It includessome of the great film classics, featuring the work of B.Keaton, C. Chaplin and A. Kurosawa, as well as worksby more recent masters of the cinema such as W.Wenders and J. Rivette. The release of collections ofwork by such internationally appreciated artists is aregular and eagerly-awaited event. Young talent too isrepresented, synergies with the channel's broadcastingpolicy for films providing a platform a platform for new-comers such as Laurent Cantet or Aki Kaurismaki. DVDdocumentaries feature artistic heritage as presented inprogrammes such as Palettes, Contacts (photogra-phy), and Architecture. Works by leading documen-tary filmmakers in the fields of archaeology(Alexandria), music (Music Planet), the theatre
(Drums on the dyke), and geopolitics (Talkingmaps) complete this wide range of choice.
Considerable public interest in the idea of building up a“DVD library” has resulted in an impressive success forARTE Vidéo's policies, with releases as varied as theDVDs “From Superman to Spider-Man” and“Kurosawa”, about archaeology, and the VHS“Mohamed”.
Books, cassettesand DVDs
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ARTE Editions ARTE Editions offers a highly diversified range of pro-ducts, with over a hundred often innovative works thatshed an alternative light on topics dealt with on screen.A particular case in point is Le Diable (The devil)by Robert Muchenbled, a magnificent production pre-senting different perceptions of Lucifer – a fascinatingfollow-up to the theme evening devoted to the subject.
Un siècle de photos defamille (A century offamily photos) takes amoving look at how familyphotos have evolved overthe years – an subject thatwe're all familiar with! As forthe Algerian tragedy, Lechoix des larmes (Thechoice of tears) comple-ments the documentaryLa Pacification (Pacifi-cation) broadcast by ARTEin 2003.
This venture into the field of publishing, which reflectsthe diversity of ARTE’s approach to broadcastingin terms of both its form and its content, is provingsuccessful: in 2002, for example, Christophe dePonfilly's book, Massoud l’Afghan (Massud ofAfghanistan), achieved sales of no less than80 000 copies.
In collaboration with a number of prestigious co-publishers, ARTE is creating new collections: a literarycollection, A la croisée, centred on figures whoseindividual destinies closely reflect that of Europe. Aselection of film scenarios, including La Répétitionby Catherine Corsini and Amos Kollek's Fiona, isavailable in the “Scénars” collection, and, finally, thereare the “book-records”, which pay tribute to variousgreat musicians and composers by providing a com-pendium of rare documentary material, photographsand personal recollections.
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ConsolidatedBudget 2003in %
Programme ....................................230.31
Operating costs ................................80.13Broadcasting ....................................27.79
Investments ......................................18.72
Total (in Mio. Euros) ................356.95
ConsolidatedProgramme Budget for 2003 in Mio. EurosTheme evenings ................................34.56
Documentaries ..................................32.60
Magazines ........................................22.83
TV Dramas ........................................23.94
Live and performing arts ....................17.87
Cinema ............................................28.55
News and current affairs ....................11.78
Programme trailers ..............................1.70
2nd language version ..........................13.64
Production costs ................................7.00
Development trustand copyright payments ....................21.13
Miscellaneous ..................................14.73
Total ....................................230.33
Structure
ARTE G.E.I.E.
ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH (50%)Associates: ARD (50%), ZDF (50%)
CoproductionAgreements
(BBC, SVT)
CooperationAgreements
(SRG SSR idée suisse,TVE, YLE, NPS)
AssociationContracts
(RTBF, TVP, ORF)
ARTE France (50%)France Télévision (45%), Etat (25%),
Radio France (15%), INA (15%)
The ARTE group ARTE is a European public-service culture televisionchannel. Its originality lies in the fact that it targetsaudiences of different linguistic backgrounds, specifi-cally French and German.
It is composed of three entities: The Head office inStrasbourg; and the two members (responsible forprogramme production and delivery), ARTE France inParis and ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH in Baden-Baden. Currently, its two members, ARTE France andARTE Deutschland TV, provide three-quarters of theARTE programming, in equal proportions. The remain-der comes from ARTE G.E.I.E.
The two members are responsible for submitting pro-gramme proposals and then supplying the Head Officewith the programmes approved by the ProgrammeCommittee. They jointly finance and control Head Officeoperations in Strasbourg while speaking for their ownintersts in the Decision making and Advisory bodies ofthe ARTE G.E.I.E.
Budget ARTE is financed, in France as in Germany, through thetelevision licence fee. The channel is not permitted toshow commercials, but may seek other ways of deve-loping its own sources of income, in particular by attrac-ting sponsorship.
ARTE G.E.I.E.ARTE (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne)was founded on 30 April 1991 as an EuropeanEconomic Interest Grouping (G.E.I.E.*). It is composedof two equal Members: ARTE Deutschland TV GmbHand ARTE France.
Article 2 of the contract establishing ARTE G.E.I.E. defi-nes its role: "The objective of this grouping is to deviseand make television programmes which, in a broadsense, are cultural and international in character andconducive to promoting understanding and rapproche-ment between the nations of Europe, and to broadcastthese or to authorise their broadcasting via satellite orother means."
The Head Office in Strasbourg, which includes theDecision making and Advisory bodies of ARTE G.E.I.E.,adopts the programming strategy, approves programmeproposals and carries out programme planning. It isresponsible for broadcasting and on air promotion andprovides the language services required for bilingualtransmission. It also produces news, various magazineprogrammes and some of the theme evenings. In additionto this, ARTE G.E.I.E. works with its Members to plan,coordinate and implement press and public relations acti-vities, the development of its website and is responsiblefor relations with the European partners.
The purpose of a European Economic Interest Grouping (G.E.I.E.*)is to promote cross-border co-operation and facilitate or developthe economic activity of its members. Subject to European andnot national legislation, its flexible legal structure enables itsmembers to group part of their activities whilst retaining theirlegal and economic independence. * Groupement Européen d’Intérêt Economique
The Board ofManagement The Board is responsible for the channel's operationsand reports regularly to the General Assembly. It has fourmembers: the President, the Vice-President, theProgramme Director and the Administrative Director. Representatives of ARTE France and ARTE Deutschlandmay be invited to attend "extended Board meetings".
President: Jérôme Clément Vice-President : Dr. Gottfried LangensteinProgramme Director: Victor Rocaries Administrative Director: Wolfgang Bernhard
ProgrammeProgramme Director: Victor RocariesTheme evenings: Hans Robert EisenhauerDeputy Programmme Director
Programme planning, media researchand coordination of exchange of internationalprogrammes: Annie BataillardNews: Gérard Saint-PaulTV dramas: Prof. Dr. Andreas SchreitmüllerCinema: Prof. Dr. Andreas SchreitmüllerDocumentaries: Jacques LaurentDocumentaries and magazines:Kornelia TheuneLive and performing arts: Laurent AndrèsBroadcasting and programme promotion:Henri L'HostisProduction and Subtitling/dubbing:Peter Felger
Administration
Administrative Director: Wolfgang BernhardLegal services: Jean-Louis HaineauxDeputy Administrative Director
Finance: Laurent EhresmannHuman Resources: Rémy BauerTechnical services: Jacques van HoolandData processing: Gérard GeyerLanguage services: Elisabeth KroneLogistics: Pierre Le Morvan
StrategicDevelopmentand CoordinationDirector: Dr. Hans-Walter SchlieHead of Management Office:Claire IsambertStrategic planning: Dr. Sunna Altnöder Communications Officer: Tobias GerlachInternational development:Dr. Hans-Walter SchliePress & PR: Claude-Anne SavinCentral editorial unit: Sabrina NennstielMarketing and Sponsoring:Paulus G. WunschInternet: NN
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Eleven years after its launch in May 1992, ARTE is in theprocess of moving into its new Headquarters. Thissymbol of the channel's success is also a testimony ofits future success. The new building is surrounded bythose of various European institutions based in Stras-bourg, and is a testimony of the tremendous supportARTE receives from its French and German partners.
ARTE's new Headquarters in Strasbourg, situated just afew metres from the European Parliament, is a buildingof 100 metres long by 50 metres and 20 metres high,offering around 14,350m2 of floor space. It is builtaround a central courtyard with a glass roof, and itaccommodates two studios, the control room, editingsuites, sound studios, graphics suites and the maintransmission and reception centre. It contains every-thing that ARTE needs to broadcast its programmes,including news production, programme links as well aslive or recorded programmes from its studios.
A Franco-German team of architects under the leader-ship of Hans Struhk, who has already built offices forother television companies in Germany, was commis-sioned to construct ARTE's new headquarters.
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HumanResourcesARTE G.E.I.E. has 370 permanent members of staff. Italso employs some 450 people on a non-permanentbasis: including professionals working on a contract-by-contract basis, free-lance journalists, and peoplewith a short term contract. Every year, ARTE G.E.I.E.gives between 120 and 135 students, mostly fromFrench or German universities, the opportunity of workexperience course.
At the end of 2001, the average age of people workingfor ARTE G.E.I.E. was 37. 63 % were female, 37 %male; 72 % were French, 24 % German, 4% haveother nationalities.
A survey of ARTE’s employees carried out in 2002revealed that they identified strongly with the channeland largely approved of its objectives.
Due to ARTE's complex structure, the task of encoura-ging staff to adhere to a common corporate culture anda common corporate identity poses a considerablechallenge - but a challenge the Group intends to workon. Improvements in the management of humanresources and in internal communications within theGroup, and increased contacts between the variousentities making up ARTE should help ensure that theseobjectives are achieved.
The electronic newsletter, Zoom, was designed tofacilitate the exchange of information within the ARTEGroup. Zoom provides information on the activities ofthe channel’s various departments and units. It alsoreports on major political and societal debates.Chatrooms offer employees a platform to exchangepoints of view on a wide variety of subjects facingARTE.
GeneralAssembly The General Assembly, which meets four times ayear, takes fundamental decisions of strategicimportance to the channel, approves the BusinessPlan and appoints not only the Board but also topmanagerial staff in Strasbourg.
The twelve delegates - six German and six French -represent the two Members in the ARTE grouping.The associate partners - RTBF, TVP and ORF -have an advisory role.
President: Prof. Jobst PlogVice-Preident: Rémy Pflimlin
Representativesof ARTE France Rémy PflimlinGeneral Director of France 3
Laurence Franceschini Deputy Director for Public Enterprises andEconomic Assistance in the Directorate forDevelopment of the Media, Office of thePrime Minister
Delphine Geny-StéphannActing Director of Treasury Affairs at theMinistry of Finance
David Kessler General Director of the “National Centre ofCinematographie (CNC)”
Jean RozatGeneral Director of ARTE France
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Representatives ofARTE Deutschland Prof. Jobst PlogPresident of NDRPresident of ARD
Prof. Peter VossPresident of SWRChairman of the Board of Associates ofARTE Deutschland TV GmbH
Fritz Raff President of SR
Markus SchächterPresident of ZDF
Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen EberleDirector “Legal Services“ of ZDF
Dr. Frank D. FreilingDirector “International Affairs“ of ZDF
AssociateMembersRTBF Gérard LovériusTelevision Director
ORFDr. Monika LindnerGeneral Director
TVPRobert KwiatkowskiChairman of the Board of Directors
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Prof. Jobst Plog Rémy Pflimlin
Representativesof ARTE G.E.I.EVictor RocariesProgramme Director and Memberof the Board of ManagementPresident of the Programme Committee
Annie BataillardHead of Programme planning,media research and exchangeof international programmes
Hans Robert EisenhauerHead of the programme unit“Theme evenings” andDeputy Programme Director
Gérard Saint-PaulHead of News and current affairs
Representativesof ARTE FranceJean RozatGeneral Director of ARTE France
Emmanuel SuardHead of Development
Representatives ofARTE Deutschland Dr. Klaus WengerGeneral Director of ARTE Deutschlandand ARTE-ARD Coordinator
Heiko HolefleischGeneral Director of ARTE Deutschlandand ARTE-ZDF Coordinator
European Partners with an advisory capacityRTBF : Serge Dzwonek ORF : Petra GruberTVP : Marta CyranSRG SSR idée suisse : Tiziana MonaTVE : Cecilia Fernández MedinaYLE : Riitta PihlajamakiNPS : Carel Kuyl
AdvisoryProgrammeCommitteeThe Advisory Programme Committee meets fourtimes a year. Its task is to advise the Board and theGeneral Assembly on programming issues. Germanyand France each select eight eminent figures fromthe arts and academic and political life to take part.The associate partners participate without votingrights.
President: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich HommesProfessor of Philosophy, University of Ratisbonne/Germany
Vice-President: Hélène WaysbordGeneral Inspector and adviser for cultural affairs,French Ministry of Culture
ProgrammeCommittee The Programme Committee defines the channel'seditorial policy and draws up a draft programmeschedule. It meets in Strasbourg each month toselect programmes among the proposals submittedby the Members.
The committee consists of the Programme Directoras chair, three more representatives of Head office inStrasbourg, two representatives each from theFrench and German Member and, in an advisorycapacity, a representative from each associatepartner. Representatives from other European part-ners are invited to attend as the need arises.
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The French UnitARTE FranceARTE France produces, co-produces and purchasesprogrammes for ARTE. Production policy focusesprimarily on promoting original, high-quality audio-visual work and independent producers. Thisapproach enables ARTE France to play a significantpart in the French and European film and televisionindustry.
ARTE France employs 211 people and has twosubsidiaries: ARTE France Cinéma, dedicatedto making feature films, and ARTE FranceDéveloppement, an audio-visual production and
publishing company which markets videos andDVDs, mostly drawn from ARTE France’s output,under the ARTE Vidéo label.
ARTE France itself uses the ARTE Editions label tosell books and multimedia products associatedwith its programmes.
ARTE France plays an active role in the French themechannels Histoire, Festival and Mezzo.
On an international level, ARTE France has a share-holding in TV5 and Canal France International.Supplying these channels with its programmesenables ARTE to reach a wider-ranging internationalaudience. ARTE France is also a partner in theCanadian cultural arts television venture ARTV. AndARTE France works with various European countriesthrough co-productions and programme exchange.
Board of DirectorsChairman: Bernard-Henri Lévyphilosopher and writer
Managing Directors/Executive Board: President: Jérôme ClémentGeneral Director: Jean RozatDeputy General Director, AdministrativeDirector and Director of Coordination:Christian VionDevelopment:Emmanuel SuardHuman Resources:Catherine Fabian-SautterLegal Services: Pascale OttaviFinance: Eric GarcinHead of the Management Office: Muriel GuidoniCultural Development:Angélique Oussédik
Programme UnitsProject Director: Jean RozatTheme Evenings: Alain WiederDocumentaries: Thierry GarrelMagazines: Sylvie JézéquelTV dramas: Pierre ChevalierCinema : Michel ReilhacLive and performing arts:Gabrielle Babin GugenheimCoordination “Talking maps”:Laurène L’Allinec
InternationalRelationsMichel AnthoniozAndré de Margerie
CommunicationMarie-Danièle Boussières
Subsidiariesof ARTE FranceARTE France CinémaPresident:Jérôme ClémentDeputy General Director:Michel Reilhac
ARTE France Développement President:Jérôme ClémentGeneral Director:Emmanuel Suard
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Board of Associates:Chairman: Prof. Peter VossPresident of SWR
Vice-Chairman: Markus SchächterPresident of ZDF
Managing Directors:Dr. Klaus Wenger – Heiko Holefleisch
Programme coordination and General strategy:Peter Wien
Programme administration and Legal services:Christoph M. Weber
Programme marketing and Press:Thomas P. Schmid
Administration: Armin Breger
ARTE-Coordinatorsin the differentGerman companies:> ARD• ARTE Coordinator: Dr. Klaus Wenger• ARTE Programme Managers
in the ARD companies:BR: Jochen KölschHR: Peter FeurichMDR: Ingrid HofmannNDR: Ulrike DotzerORB: Dr. Geri NasarskiRB: Gerhard WidmerSFB: Ulrich AnschützSR: Dr. Vera Meyer-MatheisSWR: Peter LatzelWDR: Dr. Sabine Rollberg
> ZDF• ARTE Coordinator: Heiko Holefleisch
AdvisoryProgrammCommittee: President :Prof. Dr. Wolfgang BergsdorfChancellor of the University of Erfurt
Vice-President : Jürgen Grimmingfree-lance journalist
The German Unit ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH is owned and controlledby the public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF. Theten television broadcasting stations that make up theARD supply 50% of the German programme input,according to a fixed quota, while the other 50%comes from ZDF. The 40 or so employees of ARTEDeutschland coordinate the programme contributionsof its associates, from programme proposals, viafunding, right through to the supply of programmesto ARTE G.E.I.E. ARTE Deutschland represents theinterests of the German side when it comes to strategicdeliberations regarding the further development ofARTE, and initiates new programmes from its associa-tes. Many of these programmes are presented to ARTEviewers as first screenings; examples that can be giveninclude the feature film Lola rennt (Run, Lola, run)which was not only a major success in the cinema, andthe multi-part Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundert-roman (The Manns - Novel of a Century) whichreceived many awards.
In addition to this, ARTE Deutschland is also responsiblefor holding programme events for the press and thepublic, as well as for planning and conducting marketingmeasures for Germany. It publishes books, videos,DVDs and CD-ROMS under the ARTE EDITION label,which cover and complement ARTE programmes. Afurther focal area of its work is the ARTE website whichaccompanies ARTE’s broadcasts, where it contributesdossiers on the programmes supplied by the Germanmember.
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European PartnersOver the past years, the ARTE G.E.I.E. has signed a number ofCooperation Agreements and Association Contracts. They testifyto ARTE’s objectives of integrating new partner countries into itsorganisation and of broadcasting programmes that bringEurope’s rich heritage to the fore. The resources allotted to inter-national co-productions are managed attentively by ARTE G.E.I.E.
Association Contracts have been signed with the followingchannels:
RTBF (Belgium), in February 1993Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté françaiseRTBF is the public service broadcaster of the French Communityin Belgium. It has three television terrestrial TV programmes andsix radio stations.www.rtbf.be
TVP (Polen), in January 2001 - Telewizja PolskaTVP includes the two terrestrial channels TVP1 and TVP2, thesatellite channel TV Polonia as well as 12 regional channels.www.tvp.pl
ORF (Austria), in March 2001 - Österreichischer RundfunkORF consists of the two television channels ORF 1 and ORF 2as well as of an international and six national radio stations.www.orf.at
These agreements commit ARTE and its associate membersto a substantial volume of coproductions; the contractingparties also provide each other a certain number of their ownprogrammes. Associate members participate in ARTE's deci-sion-making and advisory bodies, with the presence of onemember in a consultative capacity.
In addition to this, Cooperation Agreements have beensigned with the following channels:
SRG SSR idée suisse (Switzerland), in July 1995 SRG SSR idée suisse is the holding company of the publicchannels TSR, SF-DRS et TSI. www.srg-ssr-idee-suisse.ch
TVE (Spain), in July 1995 - Televisión Española SATVE includes the channels La Primera, La 2 and TVE Internacional.www.rtve.es/tve
YLE (TV1) (Finland), in February 1999 - Yleisradio Oy YLE consists of the both national channels TV1 et TV2 (YLEFST broadcasts programmes in Swedish language on twochannels), as well as of six national, twenty regional and fourSwedish-language radio stations. www.yle.fi
NPS (Pays-Bas), in February 2001Nederlandse Programma StichtingNPS, Fondation Néerlandaise de Programmes, produces cul-tural programmes for the public channel NOS (NederlandseOmroep Stichting). www.nps.nl
In addition, ARTE G.E.I.E., together with ARTE Deutschland(the regional companies of the ARD and of the ZDF) and ARTEFrance, have signed Coproduction Agreements with twoother public service broadcasters, thus reinforcing the propor-tion of European coproductions.
BBC (United Kingdom), in October 2001British Broadcasting CorporationIn Great Britain, these programmes are broadcasted on thenew numeric channel BBC FOUR, which was launched at thebeginning of 2002, and whose programme philosophy is closeto that of ARTE. www.bbc.co.uk
SVT (Sweden), in June 2002 - Sveriges Televison The Swedish Television consists of the four national SVT1,SVT2, SVT24, SVT Extra and the digital European channel SVTEuropa. www.svt.se
Analogue transmission of ARTE’s programmes, bet-ween 2 pm and 3 am, is carried out using three satel-lites. Signals are received terrestrially, by cable, or viaindividual receivers. ARTE is also broadcast aroundthe clock on the German digital package of the ARD,as well as the French packages of TPS andCanalSatellite.
More and more viewerscan watch ARTEIn the year 2002 more than 150 viewers in Europecould receive ARTE, 70 million housholds, comparedwith 36 million at the end of 1994.
In France 90% of French households receive ARTE, predomi-nantly via the terrestrial network (20.5 million house-holds), but also by cable (3,4 million houiseholds).4 million households receive ARTE directly via satellite.
In Germany More than 90% German households have the tech-nical possibility to receive ARTE. 19 million Germanhomes are subscribers, and a further 12.5 millionhave satellite receivers.The analogue transmissionbetween 2 pm and 3 am is carried out using thesatellite ASTRA 1C (10994 MHz).
In the German Länder of Bremen, Hamburg andLower Saxony, and in Vienna and a number of otherAustrian cities, ARTE is transmitted in analogue modevia cable between 2 pm and 3 am. All German cablenetworks should be delivering ARTE programmes tohomes as of 2 pm by the end of 2003.
Partner Countries • In Belgium, ARTE is accessible to 98% of house-
holds with cable (3.8 million households).
• In Switzerland, ARTE is broadcast in Frenchand German by most cable networks, to a total of2.6 million homes.
• In Spain, a selection of ARTE’s programmes isbroadcast terrestrially by La 2.
• In Austria, 80% of cable networks carry ARTE’sprogrammes (950 000 homes). ARTE can also bereceived by satellite by 1.2 million households.
• In Poland, 20% of homes can receive ARTE bysatellite (440 000 of 2.2 million households).
• In Finland, 32% of homes can already receiveARTE by satellite (80 000 of 270 000 households),but it will soon be available on various differentcable networks.
• In the Netherlands, where the cable networkis being developed, tests are being carried out indifferent regions (2.5 million households).
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Analogue Broadcasting Digital BroadcastingSatellite Atlantic Bird 3 Hotbird Astra 1 Hotbird Astra 1 Astra 1
Programme - - - TPS ARD Digital CanalSatellitepackage (coded) (uncoded) ( uncoded)
Orbital position 5° West 13° East 19,2° East 13° East 19,2° East 19,2° East
Fréquence 12,606 V 11,079 V 10,994 H 10,834 V 11,837 H 11,568 V
Standard SECAM PAL PAL DVB DVB DVBor PALplus (Viaccess)
Audio 5.80 (J17) 6.60 (75µs) 7.02-7.20 (Panda) 27500 ksymb/s 27500 ksymb/s 22000 ksymb/ssubcarries 7.02-7.20 (Panda) 7.38-7.56 (Panda) FEC 3/4 FEC 3/4 FEC 5/6(MHz) 7.38-7.56 (Panda)
Programme with 5,80 F 6,60 F 7,02 - 7,20 G ServPID 1704 ServPID 28049 ServPID 9019bilingual sound 7,02-7,20 F 7,38 G ServPID 420 ServPID 401 VidPID 167(MHz) 7,38-7,56 G 7,56 F AudPID 430 AudPID 402/403 AudPID136/137
Programme5.80 F 6.60 F 7,02-7,20 (L-R) F G F
in stereo7,02-7,20 F 7.38-7.56 (L-R) F G7,38-7,56 G A
On-sceen F F G F G Fsubtitles
Encoded G (p. 150) G (p. 150) G (p. 150) G (p. 150) G (p. 150)subtitles F (p. 151) F (p. 151) F (p. 151) F (p. 151) F (p. 151)
Teletext G+F (Hi-Text) G+F (Hi-Text) G+F (Hi-Text) G+F (Hi-Text) G+F (Hi-Text)
Broadcasting 2 pm - 3 am 7 pm - 3 am 2 pm - 3 am 24h/24 24h/24 24h/24times
Other Countries ARTE is also broadcast on some of the cable net-works in other countries: Luxembourg (90% ofhomes with cable televion), Rumania (50%), butalso in Bulgaria, Estonia, Denmark, Hungary,Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Norway andSweden. Negotiations are currently being held withvarious cable operators in Portugal.
In Mid and Eastern Europe state broadcsters, whichhave signed a cooperation agreement with ARTEFrance, currently propose a selection of ARTE’sprogrammes to their viewers.
All over Europe, and further afield, especially in theMediterranean, ARTE is watched by a large numberof viewers equipped with satellite dishes.
And finally, since April 2002, ARTE can be receivedin twenty French-speaking African countries via theLE SAT digital package.
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