Arte (
Association relative à la télévision européenne) is a
Franco-German TV network, a European channel, that promotes programming in the areas of culture and the arts. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based
European Economic Interest Grouping, Arte GEIE, plus two member companies acting as editorial and programme production centres, Arte France in Paris (France) and Arte Deutschland in Baden-Baden (Germany). As an international joint venture (an EEIG), its programmes cater technically to audiences from both France and Germany. This implies double-titling, opposite-language
subtitling,
dubbing, hosts who speak both languages alternately, and two separate
audio tracks (through
DVB-T,
satellite television and
digital cable).