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{{Short description|Canadian French arts channel}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name              = Ici ARTV
| logo              = ICI ARTV.svg
| logo_caption      =
| logo_size         =
| launch_date       = September 1, 2001
| closed_date       =
| picture_format    = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br />[[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
| network           =
| owner             = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]<ref>http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht206.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| country           = Canada
| area              = National
| headquarters      = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| former_names      = ARTV (2001–2013)
| replaced          =
| sister_channels   = [[Ici Explora]]<br />[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]
| timeshift_service =
| website           = {{URL|http://ici.artv.ca|ICI ARTV}} {{in lang|fr}}
| online_serv_1  = [[RiverTV]]
| online_chan_1  = [[Over-the-top media service|Over-the-top TV]]
}}
'''Ici ARTV''' (stylized as '''ICI artv''') is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[French language]] [[specialty channel]] owned by the [[Canadian 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.
==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 Media|Bell Globemedia]], [[Arte]] (through Arte France, a joint venture of [[France Télévisions]], [[Radio France]] and [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA]], both historically and formerly known as the [[ORTF]] and the [[Government of France|French state]]) and [[:fr:L'Équipe Spectra|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.<ref>[http://www.showbizz.net/articles/20070922063504/canal_artv_radiocanada_espere_devenir_actionnaire_majoritaire.html  Canal ARTV: Radio-Canada espère devenir actionnaire majoritaire]; Showbizz.net; 2007-09-22 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> 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.<ref name='SRC'>{{cite news | title =Le minister Moore reticent au changement de nom de Radio-Canada | newspaper =Radio-Canada.ca | language =fr | publisher =Société Radio-Canada | date =June 5, 2013 | url = http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2013/06/05/005-changements-denomination-radio-canada-ici-james-moores-attend-explications.shtml | access-date = June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name='Branding Architecture'>{{cite web | title =New Brand Architecture | work =News Releases | publisher =CBC/Radio-Canada French Services | date =June 6, 2013 | url =http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/press/architecture-marque-radio-canada-e2.pdf | access-date =June 20, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200948/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/press/architecture-marque-radio-canada-e2.pdf | archive-date =September 23, 2015 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
On March 15, 2015, Arte sold its 15% interest in the channel, leaving the CBC as its sole shareholder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio-Canada a racheté les 15% que détenait Arte dans le réseau de programmes culturels ICI-ARTV {{!}} Jean-Marc Morandini |url=https://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-334282-radio-canada-a-rachete-les-15-que-detenait-arte-dans-le-reseau-de-programmes-culturels-ici-artv.html |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=www.jeanmarcmorandini.com |language=fr}}</ref>
===Distribution===
Although most licensed [[analog television|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 [[Direct broadcast satellite|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 (TV series)|Actors Studio]] called ''Viens voir les comédiens'', cultural news program ''ARTVStudio'', multiple visual art showcase programs and [[Bande dessinée|bande-dessinée]] show ''BDQC''. They also carry live captations of stage shows, [[Theater|plays]], concerts and ballet. ARTV also airs reruns of various [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] original series including ''[[Les Revenants (TV series)|Les revenants]]'', ''La galère'' and ''Musée Eden'' and nostalgic programming like ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story|Anne of Green Gables]]'', ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' and ''Le temps d'une paix''. Foreign series (''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'', ''[[Borgen (TV series)|Borgen]]'', ''[[Criminal Justice (British TV series)|Criminal Justice]]'') are also presented.
=== List of aired programs ===
* [[The L Word|Elles]] (The L Word)
* [[Inside the Actors Studio|L'Actors Studio]]
* Chic
* [[Visite libre]]
* [[Anne of Green Gables|Anne… La maison aux pignons verts]]
* [[Callas et Onassis]]
* [[Design]]
* [[La Vie, la vie]]
* [[Portraits]]
* [[Toute une soirée...]]
* [[Slings & Arrows]]
==Ici ARTV HD==
On May 3, 2008, ARTV launched a [[High-definition television|high-definition]] simulcast of itself called "ARTV HD".
==Logos==
{| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #aaa"
|- align=center
!height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | [[File:ARTV1.PNG]]
!height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | [[File:ARTV 2.png|130px]]
!height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | [[File:ARTV.svg|120px]]
!height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | [[File:ARTV HD.PNG|150px]]
!height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | [[File:ICI ARTV logo.png|150px]]
|-
!width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | 2001-2004
!width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | 2004-2010
!width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | 2010–2013
!width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | 2010-2013 (ARTV HD)
!width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | 2013-2016
|}
==See also==
* [[List of Canadian television channels]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://ici.artv.ca}} {{in lang|fr}}
{{CBC Television}}
{{Public broadcasting in Canada}}
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[[Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television networks]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001]]
[[Category:French-language television networks in Canada]]
[[Category:Cable television channels in Canada]]