ARTE 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 and ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH.
Located in Strasbourg, in the European quarter, ARTE GEIE’s head office is responsible overarching programme strategy, broadcasting, multilingual workflows, and co-ordinates the
communication activities. It also produces 20% of the programming, including news bulletins and co-productions with its European partner broadcasters. It is financed equally by ARTE France and ARTE Deutschland, which provide the majority of the programmes and are represented in ARTE GEIE’s the decision-making bodies.
ARTE France
ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH
Partnership and Cooperation Agreements
The agreements of ARTE GEIE with other European public service broadcasters demonstrates ARTE’s commitment to broadcast programmes that bring Europe’s creativity and diversity to the fore.
ARTE also co-produces groundbreaking programmes with other television channels throughout the world, including the US public service broadcaster PBS with which ARTE has signed an agreement to co-produce documentaries.
Development of coproductions, exchange of programmes and participation in ARTE's decision-making and advisory bodies in a consultant capacity
Development of coproductions with ARTE and participation in Programme Committee meetings in an advisory capacity
