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ARTE: the television channelfor those with an enquiring mind

« ARTE, vivons curieux / so hab’ ich das noch nie gesehen» (ARTE, let's be curious! ). Our new slogan says it all. After all, how

can one expect to move forward, make progress, if one does not take an interest in other people? That has been ARTE's raison

d’être since its inception, as it still is – even more so, indeed – today. The world is going through a period of major change and

upheavals. Efforts to unite Europe are proceeding at a cautious pace. In such circumstances, the role of a television channel such

as ARTE must be to break down intellectual, moral and artistic barriers with programmes that open a window wide open on the

world. Programmes that look beyond the immediate horizon, to places where everything is different, where one encounters other

lifestyles, other ways of thinking, other beliefs.

The year 2004 is the year of European enlargement, a crucial year that will offer each and every one of us a chance to push back

the borders of our familiar universe. A powerful purveyor of knowledge, accessible to all, ARTE builds bridges between the diffe-

rent cultures and, at peak viewing times, screens films, documentaries and shows sourced from all over Europe – and even further

afield. In 2004, we shall be lending a particularly attentive ear to the European Union's new Member States, and looking long and

closely at Russia and the United States as these two countries become involved in their respective election processes; while the

Athens Olympics will provide a springboard for a voyage of discovery, an exploration of Classical Greece and the myths and

legends that are such an endless source of fascination for both young and old.

With its new 2004 schedule featuring discovery, culture and Europe more prominently than ever, ARTE hopes to facilitate the pro-

cess of becoming acquainted with the unfamiliar, to contribute to European integration, and to serve as a forum for the great deba-

tes of our day.

Jérôme Clément Dr. Gottfried LangensteinPresident Vice-President

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programme March 2004

New schedule, new programmes

We promised in 2003 that we would concentrate on developing a clearer, more viewer-friendly schedule. And we have kept thatpromise: since January 2004, our new schedule is prominently and extremely clearly displayed on everyone's screen.The evening schedule, like the afternoon schedule, is now arranged along clear, horizontal lines, based on programmes beginningat regular times. From Monday to Friday, for example, between 7 pm and 7:45 pm, ARTE shows a similar type of programme, easyto pick out and identify. From 7:45 pm to 8:15 pm, attention turns to the news. The early evening schedule takes viewers throughto about 10:30/10:45 pm. The later evening programmes end with the ARTE Late Night News, at around midnight.

A number of key-words describe the main themes of individual programmes:

> Discover the planet with ARTE Discovery, or by watching the Saturday prime time offerings, The Human Adventure and360° – GEO Report. Discover and share in different European lifestyles through the attractive docu-soaps screened at 8:15pm, Monday to Friday, and the young, original lifestyle programmes in the afternoon schedule.

> Keep up with the latest cultural developments. ARTE is an increasingly popular forum for artists and performers: there's lots ofmusic, dance and theatre, programmes on the visual arts and a wide range of other disciplines, mainly scheduled at the weekendwhen viewers are most in the mood for a bit of escapism. The new Culture Daily, shown daily between 8 pm and 8:15 pm, goesstraight to the heart of the current cultural scene in Europe, focusing on the most significant developments.

> A special place is reserved for analysis and interpretation of the news and world affairs, with the Tuesday Theme evening,the new ARTE Reportage slot on Wednesdays at 9:40 pm, and three news bulletins instead of one, at 6:45 pm, 7:45 pm and aroundmidnight.

Of course, a television channel consists of far more than just its programmes. It is also identified with the people presenting thoseprogrammes. This year, the familiar faces are joined by a number of newcomers: take a look through the next few pages and findout who they are!

ARTE: a Channel very much in tune with its time, working for a curious and demanding audience.

Victor RocariesProgramme Director

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Discovering and

understanding!

March 2004

Hallmarks of the Network since its inception andquickly imitated by other broadcasters, ARTE’stheme evenings are emblematic of a differentway of watching television. Entertaining, investi-gative, always enriching, they explore an infiniterange of subjects, drawing on all audiovisualgenres: documentaries, reports, feature films,fiction series and others.Three nights a week, television viewers can sitback to discover and understand. Each night inthe week has its own special colour.

DISCOVERING THE GREATLEGENDS OF OUR TIMEThema on Sunday • 8:45 pmUsually built around a big feature film screenedin the first part of the programme, Thema onSunday addresses a family audience, prefer-ring entertaining subjects that combine dreamsand excitement: Bugatti and his “Dream Cars”,the great cathedrals, Brazil’s legendary Copaca-bana, Jules Verne or Vampires.

UNDERSTANDINGTHE WORLD TODAYThema on Tuesday • 8:45 pmand Wednesday • 3:15 pm

Presented by Jürgen Biehle, Hervé Claude, Alexandra Gerlach, Daniel Leconte, Annie-Claude Elkaim

Focused on the contem-porary world, Thema onTuesday looks at societytoday and the big issues ofpolitics, society, economics,science, such as the progresstowards European enlarge-ment, elections in Russia andthe United States, modernslavery or the mystery ofsleep. Oncea month, the

format provides the frameworkfor the latest in the "De quoij'me mêle" (“It’s my business”)series, an open forum for studiodiscussion.

SHARINGCULTUREThema on Friday • 10:15 pmA thought-provoking companion guide to thepleasures of literature and the arts both pastand present. In 2004 Thema on Friday will betaking a close look at Salvador Dali, exploringThe Louvre and pursuing its enquiries into GreatCrime Films and Fiction in Europe...

> Awards (selected)

Martins’ passion

by Irene Langemann

FIPA-Gold, category “Music and perfor-

ming arts”, FIPA, Biarritz (January 2004)

The Revolution will not be televised

by Kim Bartly and Donnacha O’Brian

Golden Nymph Award for best current

affairs documentary, Monte Carlo

Television Festival, Monaco (July 2003)

Golden Space Needle Award for best

documentary, Seattle International Film

Festival (June 2003)

Rocky Award, Information and Current

Affairs Programs, Global Television

Grand Prix, Banff Television Festival,

Canada (June 2003)

Noble Virginsby Jerzy Sladkowski

Special Mention, category “non-Fiction”,

Prix Europa, Potsdam - Babelsberg

(October 2003).

Superflyby Julien Olivier and Philip Smith

Best Science Film at the Royal

Television Society Awards, London

(April 2003)

Children of Revolution

by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

1st Prize for German-Polish

Journalism, television category

(June 2003)

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cinema

Experiencingemotion!

March 2004

> Awards (selected)

Head on by Fatih Akin

Golden Bear, FIPRESCI Prize,

International Film Festival, Berlin

(February 2004)

Wild Side by Sébastien Lifschitz

Teddy Award for best feature film,

LVT - Manfred Salzgeber Prize,

Film Festival, Berlin (February 2004)

Good Bye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker

César for best movie from the

European Union, Paris (February 2004)

Goya Award for Best European Film,

Madrid (February 2004)

Best European Film, European Film

Awards, Berlin (December 2003)

German Film Prize for best full-length

feature, director, actor, supporting actor,

editor, photography and musical score,

Berlin (June 2003)

Dogville by Lars von Trier

European Director and European

Cinematographer prizes, European

Film Awards, Berlin (December 2003)

The Kite by Randa Chahal Sabbag

Silver Lion, Lanterna Magica Prize,

Venice Film Festival (September 2003)

Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman

Silver Hugo - Special Jury Prize,

Chicago International Film Festival, USA

(October 2002)

Jury Prize, International Critics’

Prize, Cannes Festival (May 2002)

The Man without a Past

by Aki Kaurismäki

Grand Prix for best actress,

Ecumenical Jury Prize, Cannes

Festival (May 2002)

Every member of the global film industry has avoice on ARTE. Twice a week in prime time, onMondays and Thursdays, plus a late-night sloton Wednesdays, the Network presents majorfilms, often in premiere screenings and always inthe original version with French subtitles. Two ofthe evening full-length features are shown asrepeats on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.Around a quarter of the films shown are copro-ductions: since its inception, ARTE has beencommitted to providing financial support totalented filmmakers. Moreover, a productionagreement between the ARD, the ZDF and ARTEenables six European coproductions to reach thecinema every year, including such successes asDogville or Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier(Golden Palm Award at Cannes), Intimacy byPatrice Chéreau (Golden Bear in Berlin), orMichael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher.

Movies on MondayFirst Showing • 8:45 pmMovies on Monday features recent titles,mostly small-screen premieres, all having gainedcritical acclaim for their original, imaginative andsensitive approaches. The directing talentsrange from Pedro Almodóvar to Julie Bertucelli,Wolfgang Becker or Wong Kar Wai.

Movies on WednesdayDiscovery • 10:45 pmLate on Wednesday night, ARTE devotes aslot to film buffs with a passion for the lesserknown and often remote corners of worldcinema, but also for auteur filmmaking inEurope and the USA, the antithesis of mains-tream movies for the mass market.

Movies on ThursdaySee and See Again • 8:45 pmSee and See Again, on Thursday, hosts primetime screenings of the great directors who puttheir names to the film heritage of recent deca-des: classics of film noir, the Marx Brothers,Luchino Visconti, David Lynch, Claude Sautet,Denys Arcand, Akira Kurosawa, StanleyKubrick…

Short-circuit - The magazineTuesday • 12:15 am (twice a month)Wednesday • 12:30 amFriday • 3:15 pmOver 700 short films are shown every year inthe Short-circuit programme on Wednesdaynight, Friday afternoon and twice monthly onTuesday at 0:15 am.

Silent MovieThursday • 12:30 am (once a month)Once a month on Thursday night, ARTE givespride of place to Silent Movie gems. Most ofthe films are shown with restored prints andnew musical scores.

Film FestivalIn February and May Film Festival, a half-hour magazine programme at 8:15 pm pre-sented by Gérard Lefort and Loretta Stern,brings viewers a daily progress report on twoof Europe’s biggest film festivals: Berlin andCannes.

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TV drama

Experiencingemotion!

March 2004

> Awards (selected)

Since Otar left

by Julie Bertuccelli

César for Best First Feature,

Paris (February 2004)

His Brother by Patrice Chéreau

Silver Bear Award for Best Director,

Berlin International Film Festival

(February 2003)

Princesse Marie by Benoît Jacquot

Grand Prize for best teleplay, FIPA,

Biarritz (January 2003)

Froid comme l'été by Jacques Maillot

Italia Prize, category "Television films

and mini-series", Catania-Syracuse (Sicily)

(September 2003)

Shattered Glass by Chris Kraus

German Camera Award,

(Judith Kaufmann),

German Photography Awards,

Cologne (June 2003)

Bavarian Film Award 2002

for Best Young Film Director,

Munich (January 2003)

Mostly Martha by Sandra Nettelbeck

German film press association

award for Best Actress

(Martina Gedeck) (January 2003)

Prize for Best Actor (Sergio Castellitto)

and Silver Dagger award

(Martina Gedeck), Muscat

Film Festival, Oman (January 2003)

It is ARTE’s ambition to screen the best in televi-sion drama from France, Germany and Europe.Mostly screening for the first time, two thirds offeatured titles are coproduced by ARTE itself.All kinds of formats and subjects are included.ARTE gives a special place to prestige sagassuch as Les Alsaciens, Thomas Mann et les siensor L’Algérie des Chimères, all of which are amongthe flagship coproductions of its ambitious poli-cy. But television drama on ARTE also takes theshape of the nearly 200 mini-series episodeswhich are aired each year, drawing their inspira-tion from the rich tapestry of life, past and pre-sent: excitement, suspense, action, social reality,race issues, everyday satisfactions and majorpersonal crises. Directors commissioned by thechannel include some of France and Germany’sbiggest names, from Claire Denis, BenoîtJacquot, Max Färberböck to Dominik Graf orErick Zonca, plus filmmakers from much furtherafield: Europe, North and South America, theMiddle East, Asia and Africa. All bring their ownperspective, their personal style of writing, givingthe network’s Drama schedules a uniquely wide-ranging appeal, much appreciated by viewers.

TV drama on TuesdayTuesday • 10:45 pmTV dramas on Tuesday are intended tosurprise their young, curious audience.Original and contemporary in both form andcontent, they give a free rein to the imagina-tion, while staying within the bounds ofrealism, as in Playing “in the Company of Men”by Arnaud Depleschin, Oublie tout ce que jet’ai dit by Antonio Ferrera or Meurtrières byPepe Danquart.

TV drama on FridayFriday • 8:45 pmTV dramas on Friday nights have strongstories with hard-hitting emotional impact.Viewers are drawn into the lives and dreams,fears and desires of the characters.

Titles scheduled for 2004 include PrincesseMarie by Benoît Jacquot with CatherineDeneuve, Stauffenberg by Jo Baier, Wolfsburgby Christian Petzold, Agnes et ses frères byOskar Roehler, Zucker by Dani Lévy, La portedu soleil by Yousry Nasrallah with BéatriceDalle, Mostly Martha by Sandra Nettelbeck withMartina Gedeck, plus a new series featuringCatalan private eye Pepe Carvalho.

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documentaries

Discoveringthe world!

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Documentaries on ARTE are like one vast,multi-coloured, animated encyclopaedia: art,culture, history, science, technology, a rangeof tastes and colours to satisfy the curiosity ofall television viewers.

DISCOVERINGNEW HORIZONS

The Human AdventureSaturday • 8:45 pm and Sunday • 2 pmThe Human Adventure steps back in timeand around our planet, following the tracks ofits history and evolution. In 2004 subject fieldswill include archaeology, the great invasions,the conquest of the Poles and the world’shighest peaks.

360° - GEO Report Saturday • 9:40 pm and Sunday • 3 pm

Presented by:Simone vonStosch andSandrine Mörch

Focused strictly on the world today, 360° - GEOReport takes in all kinds of relevant fields on itsexciting journeys to the farthest corners of theplanet: wildlife conservation in Australia, panningfor gold in Siberia, marriage customs inMorocco, etc.

ARTE DiscoveryMonday to Friday • 2 pm and 7 pmThis early evening slot features subjects that arevaried and easily accessible: the oceans, pre-cious stones, space tourism, colours, hunting –entertaining and informative viewing for all.

DISCOVERING AND SHARINGTHE LIVES OF EUROPEANS

Docu-SoapMonday to Friday • 5:45 and 8:15 pmA cross between TV drama and fly-on-the-wallreporting, week by week Docu-Soaps take vie-wers right to the heart of the everyday lives of afamily or a group of friends or colleagues.Moving, funny, memorable, the series haveincluded titles like Samba for Singles, BonjourBéBé!, C’est nous, les filles de la marine, Si l’OMm’était conté, Good Morning Kabul.

RealityThursday • 10:15 pm ARTE looks life straight in the eyes: the work-place, ageism, social conflicts, militancy forcauses, the workings of the justice system, allseen through the real-life experiences ofEuropeans today – just some of the issues tac-kled by Reality.

KarambolageSunday • 8 pm ARTE takes a playful look at differences large andsmall between the French and the Germans.

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> Awards (selected)

The Nomi Song by Andrew Horn

Teddy Award for Best Documentary,

International Film Festival, Berlin

(February 2004)

Dark Side of the Moon by William Karel

Adolf Grimme Prize for William Karel,

Marl, Germany (March 2003)

Decomposition of the Soul

by Nina Toussaint and Massimo Iannetta

Audience prize of the city of Nyon

and Special Mention, International

Documentary Film Festival, Nyon,

Switzerland (April 2003)

FIPA silver Award, category

"Documentaries and creative essays",

FIPA, Biarritz, France (January 2003)

Masters and Slaves by Bernard Debord

Best documentary prize, Golden Gate

Awards Winners, San Francisco

International Festival (February 2003)

Justice in Rwanda by Martin Buchholz

Adolf Grimme Prize (Martin Buchholz),

Special competition, Marl, Germany

(March 2003)

S21 - The Khmer Rouge Killing

Machine by Rithy Panh

Critics Award, Prix FIPRESCI,

ARTE Prize, European Film Academy

Berlin (December 2003)

EXPERIENCE THE EMOTION

Feature-length documentaryMonday • 10:15 pmA flagship format for ARTE, the Feature-length documentary is often helmed by oneof the world’s most talented and committeddirectors in the field: Frederick Wiseman, VolkerKoepp, Helga Reidemeister, Jean-ChristopheRosé. Unusual works that often have much ofthe feel and scope of mainstream or fictionalcinema, these are documentaries that enhancethe viewer’s understanding of mankind and thehuman condition.

UNDERSTANDING THE WORLDPAST AND PRESENT

History on WednesdayWednesday • 8:45 pm and Friday • 4:40 pmThe dedicated slot for history in general andcontemporary history in particular, providing aspace for individual and collective memory. In2004, History on Wednesday will be lookingin detail at the Normandy landings, Rwanda,Greece, Russia, the United States...

SHARING CULTURE

Art & CultureSaturday • 8:15 pmArt & Culture explores cultural movementsand artistic expression in all its forms, past andpresent: the fine and applied arts, craft anddesign, with series such as Palette, Design orArchitecture.

Late night visionSaturday • 12:00 amThis offbeat slot offers the late-night vieweroriginal works that take a highly personalapproach, frequently in unusual formats.

Tuesday • 12:15 am(once a month)Night owls follows two people, often withvery different outlooks and backgrounds, whotour a city together for a night, engaging in afree and frank discussion of their lives andsources of inspiration: Hanna Schygulla andOskar Röhler, Barbara Hendricks and HenningMankell, …

Focusing on one core theme at a time – the car,the home, the hero, etc. – Exhibition takes theviewer on an entertaining, multi-faceted journeythrough all the genres of contemporary creativity:plastic arts, video art, video games, industrialdesign, architecture, underground filmmaking,graphic arts and design, performance art, streettheatre.

A workshop for television creation, The nightis a space dedicated entirely to video art,experimental filmmaking and videos by plasticartists.

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Sharingculture!

live andperforming arts

March 2004

> Awards (selected)

Pascal Dusapin, a Man of Music

by Michel Follin

FIPA-Silver, FIPA, Biarritz

(February 2004)

Tracks”7 d’or” Prize for Best Music

programme, Paris (November 2003)

John Adams: the death of Klinghoffer

by Penny Woolcock

Italia Prize, category “Performing Arts”

(September 2003)

Susheela Raman and Cheb Mami

by Richard Valverde

Silver Rose award, Golden Rose

Festival, Montreux, Switzerland

(May 2003)

Black Spring by Benoît Dervaux,

choreographed by Heddy Maalem

Best dance for camera prize,

Dance on Camera Film Festival,

New York (January 2003)

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Taking a close interest in the performing arts is anatural part of ARTE’s mission. Theatre, ballet,classical music, variety, jazz, opera – this is aspace open to all disciplines and all trends.

MusicaSaturday • 10:40 pmMusica takes a behind-the-scenes look atartistic creation, profiling artists and followingmajor opera and ballet productions: GeorgesBalanchine, Sergiu Celibidace, The Abductionfrom the Seraglio, Arabella, Loungta, the Horsesof the Wind. Six operas will also be broadcastlive in prime time.

MetropolisSaturday • 11:30 pm and Sunday • 5:45 pmThe magazine programme Metropolis offers around-up of news from the world of culturefocused on all its aspects, from current fictionto new media, via film, photography, music andthe visual arts.

MaestroSunday • 7 pmMusical performance is at the core ofMaestro, which treats the television audienceto concerts by established artists of renownand rising young virtuosi – Edith Piaf, RiccardoMuti, 50 million Chinese pianists – all excellingin the classical or contemporary repertoire.

DanceSunday • 8:15 pmPresented by Annette GerlachDance presents outstandingdancers and their work, both pastand present, from great classicalballet to contemporary choreography, from ball-room dancing to hip-hop, from musicals tobaton marching, from the punk processions ofKarole Armitage to the Kleine Meditationen überdrei Elemente by Frank Nierman.

TracksThursday • 11:15 pm and Saturday • 5:45 pmTracks is the magazine that keeps viewers inthe groove of the latest trends, lifestyles andavant-garde artistic experiments.

ComediaSaturday • 3:15 pmThe theatre takes pride of place in Comedia,the new weekly round-up of drama and stagearts, with a regular look at theatrical profes-sions, and broadcasts of recorded performan-ces. Eight times a year the programme alsohosts a prime time live performance of a play,on Thursdays.March 2004

DiscoveringEuropean life!

afternoonprogrammes

March 2004

> Awards (selected)

Tell me what you have…

Nomination for the Adolf Grimme

Award 2004

Sebnitz – a perfect story by Johann

Feindt and Max Thomas Mehr

Bavarian Television Award,

Munich (May 2003)

Herlinde Koelbl’s camera

by Joel Ström

Best Editor (Joel Ström), documentary

category, German, Camera Prize awards,

Berlin (June 2003)

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From 2 to 7 pm, ARTE’s magazine programmespresent new features on aspects of everyday lifein Europe, plus highlights from the previous eve-nings’ viewing. In France this part of the schedu-le is still available only to TPS and CanalSatellitesubscribers and viewers with digital satellitereception, while in Germany the afternoon pro-grammes can already be seen by more than90% of television households.

BiographySaturday • 2 pmBiography features intimate portraits oftoday’s leading personalities: Richard Branson,Jeanne Moreau, George Soros...

CreationSaturday • 2:45 pmCreation is a revealing look at artists at work intheir studios and workshops, inviting viewers toexplore the world of dance, architecture, musicand drama...

Life stylesSaturday • 5:15 pmKaleidoscope takes the camera to where peo-ple live and work. Tell me what you have… isa fly-on-the-wall look at the daily lives of fami-lies in the six continents.

CookeryWednesday and Sunday • 5:15 pmTable manners and Wine-tasting take us on ajourney to meet our European neighhours stop-ping off wherever people enjoy living and eating,be it in Switzerland, Sicily or Tunisia.

LOLAMonday • 2:45 and 6:15 pm

Presented by Lioand Enie van de Meiklokjes Impertinent, original and modern, LOLA, isARTE’s magazine, for women of all ages every-where.

Science and Health Tuesday • 2:45 and 6:15 pmHippocrates is a check-up for Europeanhealth issues, from back-ache to the curativeproperties of Aloe Vera. Mega explores thehuman body with an approach that is bothaccessible and entertaining.

Great sporting duelsTuesday • 5 pmGreat sporting duels looks back at sportting“legends in their own lifetimes”, seen in theircultural and historical backgrounds.

AbsoluteWednesday • 2 and 6:15 pmAbsolute provides a platform for young peoplewho care, dare and speak out.

Family lifeThursday • 2:45 and 6:15 pmFamily Album compares notes on the pro-blems and solutions of our European neigh-bours in the field of education and the family.Childhood step by step charts children'sintellectual and motor skills as they grow up.School stories reports on Europe’s schools.

March 2004

news

Understandingthe world today!

March 2004

From 2004, ARTE is expanding its news andcurrent affairs coverage, unravelling the com-plexities of the world around us.

ARTE Info6:45 pm • 7:45 pm • 12:15 amPresented by Nathalie Georges,William Irigoyen, Simone von Stoschand Jürgen Biehle

ARTE Info is the news bulletin prepared by thechannel’s newsroom team under editor-in-chiefGérard Saint-Paul. It offers a European per-spective on the essentials of international cur-rent affairs. ARTE Info prioritises subjects witha transnational dimension, taking extreme careto give space to all of the interested parties’points of view. Twin editorial offices in Paris andBerlin ensure day-to-day coverage of events inthe nations’ capitals.

The European ForumSaturday • 7 pm andMonday • 5 pmPresented byAnne-Sophie Mercierand Matthias Beermann

The European Forum invitesa personality to take the floor, sharing in and dis-cussing the issues which directly concern thepeople of Europe, like pensions, health care,immigration and GMO).

ARTE ReportageWednesday • 9:40 pm and Thursday • 4:45 pm

Presented by: VladimirVasak and Andrea FiesARTE Reportage seeks toenhance our understanding ofthe major issues facing ourplanet. To contextualise and

aid analysis of the topics addressed, the inter-national news magazine backs up its frontlinereports with in-depth historical background andthe vital facts of geopolitics, geography andeconomics.

Culture DailyMonday to Saturday • 8 pm

Presented byAnnette Gerlachand Florence Dauchez

Culture Daily explores culturein Europe today, exhibitions,street art and theatre, the new

trends and titles from the film and publishingworld, etc. Columnists contribute their own per-sonal reactions to film, the visual arts, theatreand literature.

Talking MapsWednesdays • 10:30 pmAuthor & presenter: Jean-Christophe Victor

Talking Maps provides vie-wers with geopolitical analy-sis of international issues andconflicts, Vietnam, Europe’sfrontiers, genocide in all itsforms...

ARTE EuropaFridays • 2:15 and 6:15 pmARTE Europa sets out to meet the men andwomen of Europe today, the new MemberStates of the European Union, Islam inEurope…

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Spécial EuropeEuropa Spezial

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On-air Department

The role of the On-Air Department is to design,prepare and schedule ARTE's programmes.Organised around four interlinked sectors: on-screen design - promotion, scheduling, broad-casting preparation and broadcasting, the On-Air Department is staffed by technical andcreative professionals.The move into the new headquarters buildinghas brought major technological change, withthe switch from the world of analogue to that ofdigital television: the necessary changes haveresulted in an upgrading of the various taskscarried out by the On-Air Department, the aimbeing to achieve more effective working proce-dures and provide enhanced viewing comfortfor our audiences. To accompany the new programme schedule,the On-Air Department has developed a newchannel design, working in conjunction with theMunich-based VELVET agency for the image,and the NOVAPROD agency in Paris for theacoustic design.This new on-screen design is based on theideas of consistency, warmth and curiosity, ourobjective being to reinforce ARTE's visual andsound identity and, at the same time, inspire agreater sense of involvement and improve legi-bility and accessibility.March 2004

Broadcasting simultaneouslyin several languagesProducing and broadcasting in several langua-ges is a challenge ARTE faces on a daily basis. Depending on the requirements of individualprogrammes, a number of different techniquesare used, including subtitling, dubbing, voice-overs and voice-off commentaries – providedby the Subtitling / Dubbing service – or, in thecase of discussion programmes, simultaneousinterpretation may be provided by theLanguage service. The channel has developed a complex langua-ge adaptation system for major live events,such as opera, theatre and festivals. Thesetechniques ensure that what ARTE viewershear is a faithful reflection of the original text.200 different languages and dialects are usedin the 3500 programmes broadcast each yearby ARTE. Each is translated into French andGerman for our viewers. In addition, when pro-grammes are broadcast in more than one lan-guage, viewers with a stereo TV set or a satel-lite receiver can choose which language ver-sion to watch (possibly preferring the originallanguage version, where available).

Television audiencesThe most recent surveys reveal that bothFrench and German audiences consider ARTEas one of the most informative television chan-nels. They feel that ARTE can best be describedin terms of quality, in-depth analysis, creativityand objectivity. French viewers particularlyappreciate the original nature and the variety ofits programmes, while German viewers tend tofocus on ARTE's international characteristics,and its original slant on current affairs. Bothcountries agree, however about one thing:ARTE gives access to the world of culture.In 2003 overall audience ratings for ARTE inFrance rose by 13%. In Germany, althoughtechnical conditions for reception were serious-ly affected by the new transponder, the Networkwas pleased to note that by the end of 2003over 90% of German households were able toreceive ARTE via an analogue signal from 2 pmdaily.

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Afternoon schedule

LOLA Scienceand Health (3) Absolute Family life (4) ARTE Europa

Biography The HumanAdventure*

Creation

360° –GEO Report*

ComediaFeature lenght*

Life styles (1) Cookery (2)

The EuropeanForum*

Great sportingduals

Tracks* Metropolis*

ARTE Info

TV drama*

Docu-Soap*

LOLA Scienceand Health (3) Absolute Family life (4) ARTE Europa

Feature lenght* Themaon Tuesday*

Cookery (2)

TV drama* Short-circuit -The magazine*

ARTEReportage *

Historyon Wednesday*

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14:45

15:00

15:15

17:15

17:45

18:45

18:15

15:45

16:00

16:30

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Theme evenings Documentaries and Magazines

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ARTE off-screenMarch 2004

Internetwww.arte-tv.comARTE is more than television!ARTE is committed to making high-quality, ori-ginal content available to viewers and users viathe Internet as well. Key features of the TVschedule are presented on the website in grea-ter depth and variety. Within the four main sub-ject areas of "History, Politics and Society","Film", "Art & Music" and "Science &Discovery", comprehensive dossiers are provi-ded on the most important programmes.Naturally, the website also lets you contact thetelevision station, take part in expert forums,subscribe to the ARTE Newsletter, play in prize-winning games and much more.

Just click along to arte-tv.com !

www.arteradio.comCreated in French, this site offers a selection ofcreative and entertaining listening associatedwith ARTE television programmes.

www.artepro.comThe ARTE website for professionals Online since October 2001, it is mainly intendedfor audio-visual professionals and for journalists.After initially focusing on the activities of ARTEFrance, ARTE Pro is gradually becoming the pro-fessional site of the ARTE group. The site reportson current developments on the production front(awards, films being shot, partnership agree-ments, appointments, etc.) in the various pro-gramme sectors: TV Dramas, Cinema,Documentaries, the Live and Performing Arts,Europe, Discovery and Knowledge, the LatestCultural Events.

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Books and DVDsVery early on, ARTE deliberately set out toassociate publishing and broadcasting. Today,books and DVDs extend the reach of ARTE'sflagship programmes and enhance the chan-nel’s visibility through landmark print and multi-media offerings.

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Visit theARTE online

shop:www.arte-tv.com

ARTE Vidéo

ARTE Vidéo pursuesan ambitious policy infilms and documenta-ries. Benefitting fromthe unique features ofthe DVD format – extrafootage, interactive po-tential and chapters –the DVD film catalogueis an incentive to dis-cover, or return to, works which are characteris-tic of ARTE's programming. Epoch-makingmovies by Keaton, Ozu and Oshima can befound alongside the films of contemporary mas-ters like Chéreau and Resnais. Attractively pac-kaged collections of these world famous artists’work are always a highlight in the release sche-dule. Younger talent is not forgotten either andsynergies with the channel's film and fictionpolicy give extra exposure to directors likeArnaud Despechlin or Aki Kaurismaki. Docu-mentaries on DVD feature the artistic heritagepresented in programmes like Palettes, Con-tacts, Architecture. Geopolitics, archaeology,theatre, music and the works of renowned filmmakers specialised in historical documentarieslike Amos Gitaï or Raymond Depardon roundout this wealth of material.This editorial policy is designed to cater to thepublic's desire to build up an ideal DVD libraryand explains the popularity of DVDs as differentas Martin Scorcese – le cinéma américain (theAmerican movie), The Kurosawa collection, LeDessous des Cartes (Talking Maps) or The manwithout a past.

ARTE EditionsARTE Editions features about a hundred origi-nal works which put the broadcast programmesinto a different perspective. This year's output isan excellent illustration of ARTE's diversity.Détail Forsythe takes a unique look at a choreo-grapher who is regularly featured by the channel,Le Roman de Marie Bonaparte will back up theacclaimed fictional work broadcast in the spring,Catherine Breillat provides a clearer understan-ding of the artistic choices of one of ARTE'sfavourite film directors. Finally, in co-operationwith Glénat, ARTE will publish the comic stripwhich won first prize in the highly successfulFirst European Comic Strip competition whichattracted 600 entries from all over Europe.

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the channelMarch 2004

CoproductionAgreements

(BBC, SVT)

CooperationAgreements

(SRG SSR idée suisse,TVE, YLE, NPS)

AssociationContracts

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Consolidated Budget2004

mio. Euro

Investments ......................5.63Operating costs ..............79.06Programmes ................238.25Broadcasting ..................27.35

Total .................... 350.29

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Theme evenings ............31.15

Documentaries ..............43.61

Magazines ......................29.44

TV dramas ......................22.93

Live and performingarts ..................................15.54

Cinema............................30.42

News ..............................11.04

Programme trailers ..........1.69

2nd language version ......14.44

Production costs ..............7.61

Development trust andcopyright payments........21.07

Miscellaneous ..................9.31

Total .................... 238.25

Structure

The ARTE groupARTE is a European public-service culture tele-vision channel. Its originality lies in the fact thatit targets audiences of different linguistic back-grounds, specifically French and German.It is composed of three entities: The Headoffice in Strasbourg; and the two members(responsible for programme production anddelivery), ARTE France in Paris and ARTEDeutschland TV GmbH in Baden-Baden.Currently, its two members, ARTE France andARTE Deutschland TV GmbH, provide three-quarters of ARTE’s programming, in equal pro-portions. The remainder comes from ARTEG.E.I.E.

The two members are responsible for submit-ting programme proposals and then supplyingthe Head Office with the programmes approvedby the Programme Committee. They jointlyfinance and control Head Office operations inStrasbourg while speaking for their own inter-ests in the Decision-making and Advisorybodies of the ARTE G.E.I.E.

Budget

ARTE is financed, in France as in Germany,through the television licence fee. The channel is not permitted to show com-mercials, but may seek other ways of develo-ping its own sources of income, in particularby attracting sponsorship.

ARTE G.E.I.E.

ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH (50%)Shareholders: ARD (50%), ZDF (50%)

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ARTE France (50%)France Télévision (45%), French State (25%),

Radio France (15%), INA (15%)March 2004

Head OfficeARTE G.E.I.E.ARTE (Association Relative à la Télévision Euro-péenne) was founded on 30 April 1991 as aEuropean Economic Interest Grouping (G.E.I.E.*).It is composed of two equal Members: ARTEDeutschland TV GmbH and ARTE France. Article 2 of the contract establishing ARTEG.E.I.E. defines its role: "The objective of thisgrouping is to devise and make television pro-grammes which, in a broad sense, are culturaland international in character and conducive topromoting understanding and rapprochementbetween the nations of Europe, and to broad-cast these or to authorise their broadcasting viasatellite or other means."The Head Office in Strasbourg, which includesthe decision-making and advisory bodies ofARTE G.E.I.E., adopts the programming strate-gy, approves programme proposals and carriesout programme planning. It is responsible forbroadcasting and on air promotion and provi-des the language services required for bilingualtransmission. It also produces news, variousmagazine programmes and some of the themeevenings. In addition to this, ARTE G.E.I.E.works with its members to plan, coordinate andimplement press and public relations activities,the development of its website and is responsi-ble for relations with the European partners.

* The purpose of a European Economic Interest Grouping(G.E.I.E., Groupement Européen d’Intérêt Economique) is topromote cross-border cooperation and facilitate or developthe economic activity of its members. Subject to Europeanand not national legislation, its flexible legal structure ena-bles its members to group part of their activities whilst retai-ning their legal and economic independence.

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The Board of Management

The Board is responsible for the channel's ope-rations and reports regularly to the GeneralAssembly. It has four members: the President,the Vice-President, the Programme Directorand the Administrative Director appointed for afour-year mandate. Representatives of ARTEFrance and ARTE Deutschland may be invitedto attend "extended Board meetings".

President: Jérôme ClémentVice-President: Dr. Gottfried LangensteinProgramme Director: Victor RocariesAdministrative Director: Wolfgang Bernhard

PROGRAMMESProgramme Director:Victor RocariesDeputy Programmme DirectorTheme evenings:Hans Robert EisenhauerProgramme planning, mediaresearch and coordination ofexchange of internationalprogrammes: Annie BataillardNews: Gérard Saint-PaulTV dramas and Cinema:Prof. Dr. Andreas SchreitmüllerDocumentaries: Jacques LaurentDocumentaries and magazines:Kornelia TheuneLive and performing arts:Laurent AndrèsBroadcasting and programmepromotion: Henri L'HostisProduction and Subtitling/dubbing: Peter Felger

ADMINISTRATIONAdministrative Director:Wolfgang BernhardDeputy Administrative DirectorLegal services:Jean-Louis HaineauxHuman Resources:Béatrice BlondelFinance: Laurent EhresmannTechnical services:Jacques Van HoolandData processing: Gérard GeyerLanguage services:Elisabeth KroneLogistics: Pierre Le MorvanOrganisation: Carmen Lebold

STRATEGICDEVELOPMENT ANDCOORDINATIONDirector: Dr. Hans-Walter SchliePress & PR: Claude-Anne SavinMarketing and Sponsoring:Paulus G. WunschMulti-media: Sabrina NennstielHead of Management Office:Claire IsambertCommunications Officer:Tobias GerlachMarch 2004

The new headquartersbuildingOn 13 October 2003, ARTE inaugurated itsnew headquarters, located right next door tothe buildings of the European institutions inStrasbourg. Coming eleven years after ARTEwas launched, this event was a reflection of thesuccess of a channel that has become an esta-blished feature on the European audio-visualscene, a celebration of a fruitful friendship bet-ween France and Germany, and a consecrationof an enthusiastic and resolutely open-mindedapproach to the idea of Europe.

On an 8,400 m2 site, the Franco-German teamled by architect Hans Struhk, working togetherwith Strasbourg-based partners Maechel.Delaunay.Yund, has produced a building ofgreat architectural simplicity, occupying a sur-face area of some 4,800 m2. Visitors using themain entrance enter a four-storey-high atriumwhere light, glass, wood and steel predomina-te. Such is the structure's transparency, the skyis visible through both the glass roof and theentirely glazed façade. Working areas (some450 work stations) are grouped harmoniouslyaround two internal courtyards – the atrium,and the hanging garden area above the studios– which constitute natural meeting places andprovide natural light.

Construction costs (25.6m euros) and ancillarycosts (4.9m euros) have been financed in parti-cular by reimbursable advances of funds fromthe Urban Community of Strasbourg, theGeneral Council of the Bas-Rhin region and theRegional Council of Alsace, as well as contribu-tions from ARTE France and ARTE Deutschland.

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Human ResourcesARTE G.E.I.E. has 365 permanent members ofstaff. It also relies heavily on the services offreelance journalists, show-business professio-nals working on a contract-by-contract basis,people on limited duration employmentcontracts or work-based training contracts,work-experience interns, and other serviceproviders: numbers here vary as a function ofrequirements.

In 2003, the average age of people working forARTE G.E.I.E. was around 38. 62 % were fema-le, 38 % male; 71 % were French, 26 %German, 3% were of other nationalities. 73 %of the men and 62 % of the women held exe-cutive positions.

A survey of ARTE’s employees carried out in 2002revealed that they identified strongly with thechannel and largely approved of its objectives.

Due to ARTE's multicultural structure, the taskof encouraging staff to adhere to a commoncorporate culture and a common corporateidentity poses a considerable challenge – but achallenge the group intends to work on. Impro-vements in the management of human resour-ces and in internal communications within thegroup, and increased contacts between thevarious entities making up ARTE should helpensure that these objectives are achieved.

The electronic newsletter ZOOM was designedto strengthen internal cohesion within the ARTEgroup and promote shared objectives and acommon sense of purpose. It explains mana-gement’s strategic choices and reports on thework of different departments and units withinARTE.

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REPRESENTATIVESOF ARTE FRANCE

Rémy PflimlinGeneral Director of France 3

Laurence FranceschiniDeputy Director for PublicEnterprises and EconomicAssistance in the Directoratefor Development of the Media,Office of the Prime Minister

Delphine Geny-StéphannActing Director of Treasury Affairsat the Ministry of Finance

David KesslerGeneral Director of the “NationalCentre of Cinematographie” (CNC)

Nicolas SeydouxChairman and General Managerof Gaumont, Deputy Chairmanof the Supervisory Boardof ARTE France

Jean RozatGeneral Director of ARTE France

REPRESENTATIVES OFARTE DEUTSCHLAND

Prof. Jobst PlogPresident of NDRPresident of ARD

Prof. Peter VoßPresident of SWR Chairmanof the Board of Associatesof ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH

Fritz RaffPresident of SR

Markus SchächterPresident of ZDF

Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen EberleDirector “Legal Services“ of ZDF

Dr. Frank D. FreilingDirector “International Affairs“of ZDF

ASSOCIATEMEMBERS

RTBFJean-Paul PhilippotGeneral Manager

ORFDr. Monika LindnerGeneral Director

TVPJan DworakChairman of the Board of Directors

General AssemblyThe General Assembly, which meets four timesa year, takes fundamental decisions of strate-gic importance to the channel, approves theBusiness Plan and appoints not only the Boardbut also top managerial staff in Strasbourg. Thetwelve delegates - six German and six French -represent the two Members in the ARTE grou-ping. The associate partners - RTBF, TVP andORF - have an advisory role.

President: Prof. Jobst PlogVice-President: Rémy Pflimlin

LaurenceFranceschini

DelphineGeny-Stéphann

David Kessler

Nicolas Seydoux

Jean Rozat

Prof. Peter Voß

Fritz Raff

Markus Schächter

Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle

Dr. Frank D. Freiling

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Advisory ProgrammeCommitteeThe Advisory Programme Committee meets fourtimes a year. Its task is to advise the Board andthe General Assembly on programming issues.Germany and France each select eight eminentfigures from the arts and academic and politicallife to take part. The associate partners partici-pate without voting rights.

President: Thierry Le Roy,Member of the Conseil d’Etat

Vice-President: Klaus Rüter,Secretary of State

Programme CommitteeThe Programme Committee determines thechannel’s editorial policy and prepares theprogramme schedule for submission to theGeneral Assembly. It meets in Strasbourgevery month to select programmes from theproposals submitted by Members.

The Programme Committee is chaired by theProgramme Director and comprises three fur-ther representatives from Head Office inStrasbourg, two representatives each from theFrench and German Members and, in an advi-sory capacity, a representative from eachassociate partner.

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REPRESENTATIVESOF ARTE G.E.I.E.

Victor RocariesChairman of the ProgrammeCommittee, Programme Director,Member of the Board ofManagement of ARTE G.E.I.E.

Hans Robert EisenhauerDeputy Programme DirectorHead of the "Theme evenings"programme unit

Annie BataillardHead of programme planning,media research and coordinationof international programmeexchanges

Gérard Saint-PaulHead of News and current affairs

REPRESENTATIVESOF ARTE FRANCE

Jean RozatGeneral Director

Alain WiederDirector of Coordination

REPRESENTATIVES OFARTE DEUTSCHLAND

Dr. Klaus WengerGeneral Director of ARTEDeutschland and ARTE-ARD Coordinator

Heiko HolefleischGeneral Director of ARTEDeutschland and ARTE-ZDFCoordinator

EUROPEAN PARTNERSin an advisory capacity

TVP: Marta CyranRTBF: Serge DzwonekTVE: Cecilia Fernández MedinaORF: Petra GruberYLE: Riitta PihlajamakiSRG SSR idée suisse:Tiziana Mona

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SUPERVISORY BOARD Chairman: Bernard-Henri LévyPhilosopher and writerVice-Chairman: Nicolas SeydouxChairman of Gaumont

EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman: Jérôme ClémentDirector General: Jean RozatDeputy Director General,Administrative Director,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

INTERNATIONALRELATIONS Michel AnthoniozAndré de Margerie

PROJECTMANAGEMENTJean RozatProgramme coordination:Alain WiederProject coordination:Richard MarchandResearch unit:Claire DoutriauxPaul Ouazan

PROGRAMME UNITS Documentaries: Thierry GarrelEurope, society and geopolitics:Sylvie JézéquelCultural news:Dana HastierDiscovery and knowledge:Hélène Coldefy TV dramas:François SauvagnarguesCinema: Michel ReilhacLive and performing arts:Gabrielle Babin GugenheimCoordination Talking Maps:Laurène L’Allinec

COMMUNICATION Marie-Danièle Boussières

SUBSIDIARIESOF ARTE FRANCE

ARTE France Cinéma

Chairman: Jérôme ClémentExecutive Director General:Michel Reilhac

ARTE FranceDéveloppement

Chairman: Jérôme ClémentDirector General:Emmanuel Suard

ARTE/COFINOVA

The French Member

ARTE FranceARTE France produces, coproduces and pur-chases programmes for ARTE. Production poli-cy focuses primarily on promoting original,high-quality audio-visual work. With its com-missions making a decisive contribution tosustaining a whole network of independentproducers, ARTE France plays a significant role

in the film and television industry, both inFrance and across Europe.

ARTE France employs 215 people, and alsorelies on non-permanent staff. Representing avariety of different professions, all contribute toachieving the channel's objectives and identifywith the values enshrined in the Charter. With amajority of executives (68%), and of women(73%), the average age of employees is 39.

Three subsidiaries have also been set up: thefilm production company ARTE FranceCinéma, which in turn has recently joined theSOFICA scheme by the creation of a subsidiaryARTE/COFINOVA, strengthening its supportfor filmmaking, and the audiovisual productionand publishing company ARTE FranceDéveloppement, which markets home videosand DVDs under the ARTE Vidéo brand, most-ly of ARTE France productions.

ARTE France itself uses the ARTE Editionslabel to sell books and multimedia productsassociated with its programmes.

ARTE France plays an active role in the Frenchtheme channels Histoire and Festival.

On an international level, ARTE France hasshare-holdings in TV5 and Canal FranceInternational. Supplying these channels with itsprogrammes enables ARTE to reach a wider-ranging international audience. ARTE France isalso a partner in the Canadian cultural televi-sion venture ARTV. And ARTE France workswith various European countries through co-productions and programme exchange.

Jean Rozat

Jérôme Clément

Bernard-Henri Lévy

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The German Member

ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH ARTE Deutschland, the German member ofARTE G.E.I.E., reflects the federal structure ofpublic broadcasting in Germany. The ARD andZDF, state broadcasting stations, are sharehol-ders in ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH, based inBaden-Baden. They produce or acquire theprogrammes which constitute the Germancontribution to ARTE telecasts. While the ZDFaccounts for 50% of the German share andsupplies all genres, including cinema features,TV dramas, documentaries and theme eve-nings, theatre and opera productions, ARD hasestablished an arrangement whereby its indivi-dual stations focus on different specialities. Thisoptimally capitalizes on the resources existingin the regional members of the network.Programme proposals and their implementationare the responsibility of the ARTE coordinator atthe ZDF and the ARTE liaison officers at eachstate channel in the ARD chain. They collabora-te closely with editors in their own studios,ARTE Deutschland programme coordinationand programme staff at ARTE G.E.I.E. The qua-lity programmes produced in this manner areusually transmitted as premieres.

ARTE Deutschland is also in charge of execu-ting programme events for the press and thegeneral public as well as planning and imple-menting marketing campaigns in Germany.These promotional operations and Internetactivities both concentrate on enhancingARTE’s image as a European informationmedium and on cooperation with cultural insti-tutions throughout the Federal Republic. Thisinteraction creates a cultural network whichencompasses all sectors of creativity, rangingfrom literature through opera to intellectuallychallenging films.

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SHAREHOLDERSMEETINGChairman: Prof. Peter VoßSWR DirectorDeputy Chairman:Markus SchächterZDF Director

MANAGEMENT Manager:Dr. Klaus WengerHeiko HolefleischProgramme Coordination andGeneral Policy:Peter WienProgramme Management and Law:Christoph M. WeberProgramme Marketing and Press:Thomas P. SchmidAdministration: Armin Breger

ARTE COORDINATORSAND LIAISON OFFICERS ATGERMAN BROADCASTINGSTATIONS

> ARDARTE Coordinator: Dr. Klaus WengerARTE Liaison Officersat ARD Stations:BR: Jochen KölschHR: Peter FeurichMDR: Ingrid HofmannNDR: Ulrike DotzerRBB: Dr. Hannelore WolffRB: Gerhard WidmerSR: Dr. Vera Meyer-MatheisSWR: Peter LatzelWDR: Dr. Sabine Rollberg

> ZDFARTE Coordinator:Heiko Holefleisch

PROGRAMMEADVISORY COUNCILCHAIRPERSONS

Rosemarie Kelter, ARDDr. Andreas Fuchs, ZDF

Prof. Peter Voß

Dr. Klaus Wenger

Heiko Holefleisch

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EuropeanPartners

March 2004

Over the past years, the ARTE G.E.I.E. has signed a numberof Cooperation Agreements and Association Contracts.They testify to ARTE’s objectives of integrating new partnercountries into its organisation and of broadcasting pro-grammes that bring Europe’s rich heritage to the fore. Theresources allotted to international coproductions are mana-ged attentively by ARTE G.E.I.E.

Association Contracts have been signed with the follo-

wing channels:

RTBF ((Belgium), in February 1993 – Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française

RTBF is the public service broadcaster of the FrenchCommunity in Belgium. It has three television terrestrial TVprogrammes and six radio stations.www.rtbf.be

TVP (Polen), in January 2001 Telewizja Polska

TVP 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 2001Österreichischer Rundfunk

ORF consists of the two television channels ORF 1 and ORF 2as well as of an international, 4 national and 9 local radiostations.www.orf.at

These agreements commit ARTE and its associate mem-bers to a substantial volume of coproductions; the contrac-ting parties also provide each other a certain number of theirown programmes. Associate members participate inARTE's decision-making and advisory bodies, with the pre-sence of one member in a consultative capacity.

In addition to this, Cooperation Agreements have beensigned with the following channels:

(Switzerland), in July 1995SRG 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 1995Televisión Española SA

TVE includes the channels La Primera, La 2 and TVEInternacional.www.rtve.es/tve

YLE (TV1) (Finland), in February 1999Yleisradio Oy

YLE consists of the both national channels TV1 and TV2(YLE FST broadcasts programmes in Swedish language ontwo channels), as well as of six national, twenty regional andfour Swedish-language radio stations.www.yle.fi

NPS (Pays-Bas), in February 2001Nederlandse Programma Stichting

NPS, produces cultural programmes for the public chan-nel NOS (Nederlandse Omroep 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) andARTE France, have signed Coproduction Agreementswith two other public service broadcasters, thus reinforcingthe proportion of European coproductions.

BBC (United Kingdom), in October 2001British Broadcasting CorporationIn the United-Kingdom, these programmes are broadcastedon the new digital channel BBC FOUR, which was launchedat the beginning of 2002, and whose programme philoso-phy is close to that of ARTE.www.bbc.co.uk

SVT (Sweden), in June 2002 – Sveriges TelevisonThe Swedish Television consists of the four

national SVT1, SVT2, SVT24, SVT Extra and the digitalEuropean channel SVT Europa. www.svt.se

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Broadcasting

More and more viewers can watch ARTE.Analogue transmission of ARTE's program-mes, between 7 pm and 3 am, is providedthrough the Atlantic Bird 3 and Hot Bird satel-lites. Signals are then received terrestrially, bycable, or via individual receivers.Analogue transmission is also provided aroundthe clock via the ASTRA satellite and via theCANALSATELLITE, TPS and ARD digital pac-kages.In 2003, more than 185 million viewers wereable to watch ARTE programmes in Europe, i.e.more than 77 million households (compa-red with 36 million at the end of 1994).

In France90 % of viewers in France can receive ARTE,predominantly via the terrestrial network, i.e.20.7 million households. The NICAM system(allowing programmes to be received in stereo,and sometimes in another language version) isalready operational in about forty towns and isavailable to some 12.5 million households. 3.4million homes also receive ARTE programmesby cable, and 4 million directly via satellite.

In Germany More than 90% of viewers in Germany canreceive ARTE: 20 million households have cableand 12.5 million have a satellite receiver.

Analogue transmission of ARTE programmesis undertaken 24h/24, using the ASTRA 1Csatellite (10994 MHz) and via the various cablenetworks.Thanks to the advances on the broadcastingfront of the past two years, 100% of householdswith a satellite receiver and 90% of householdswith cable now receive ARTE programmes from2 pm to 3 am.

Partner Countries• In Belgium, ARTE is accessible to 98% of

households with cable (3.8 million house-holds).

• In Switzerland, ARTE is broadcast in Frenchand German by most cable networks, to atotal of 2.6 million homes.

• In Spain, a selection of ARTE’s program-mes is broadcast terrestrially by La 2. ARTEis also broadcast on the cable network.

• In Austria, 80% of cable networks carryARTE’s programmes (950 000 homes). ARTEcan also be received by satellite by 1.2 millionhouseholds.

• In Poland, 20% of homes can receive ARTEby satellite (440 000 of 2.2 million house-holds).

• In Finland, 32% of homes can already recei-ve ARTE by satellite (80 000 of 270 000 hou-seholds). It is also accessible to some 15 000households on various cable networks.

• In the Netherlands, where the cable networkis being developed, 600 000 households cur-rently receive ARTE.March 2004

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Analogue Broadcasting Digital Broadcasting

Satellite 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

Frequency 12,606 V 11,079 V 10,994 H 10,834 V 11,837 H 11,568 V

Standard SECAM PAL PAL DVB DVB DVBou PALplus (Viaccess)

Audio subcarries 5.80 (J17) 6.60 (50µs) 7.02-7.20 (Panda) 27500 ksymb/s 27500 ksymb/s 22000 ksymb/s(MHz) 7.02-7.20 (Panda) 7.38-7.56 (Panda) FEC 3/4 FEC 3/4 FEC 3/4

7.38-7.56 (Panda)

Programme 5,80 F 6,60 F 7,02-7,20 G ServPID 1704 ServPID 28019 ServPID 9019with bilingual 7,02-7,20 F 7,38 G ServPID 420 ServPID 401 VidPID 167sound (MHz) 7,38 - 7,56 G 7,56 F AudPID 430 AudPID AudPID 136/137

402/403Programme 5.80 F 6.60 F 7,02-7,20 (L-R) F G Fin stereo 7,02-7,20 F 7.38-7.56 (L-R) G F G

7.38-7.56 G G

On-screen F F G F G Fsubtitles

Encoded G (p. 150) 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) 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 7 pm - 3 pm 7 pm - 3 pm 2 pm - 3 pm 24h/24 24h/24 24h/24times

F: French version • G: German version

Other CountriesARTE is also broadcast on some of the cablenetworks in other countries: Luxembourg(90% of homes with cable televion), Rumania,but also in Bulgaria, Estonia, Denmark,Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia,Norway and Sweden.

In Mid and Eastern Europe state broadcasters,which have signed a cooperation agreementwith ARTE France, currently propose a selec-tion of ARTE’s programmes to their viewers. Allover Europe, and further afield, especially inthe Mediterranean, ARTE is watched by alarge number of viewers equipped with satellitedishes.And finally, since April 2002, ARTE can bereceived in twenty French-speaking Africancountries via the LE SAT digital package

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21 Oct.1996ARTE on Internet:http://www.arte-tv.com

9 Nov.1996Signature of theInterstate Treaty of2 October 1990 bythe 5 EasternGerman “Länder“.

Octobre 1997Launch of ARTEEditions by ARTEDeutschland TVGmbH: German books,videos and CdRomson ARTE programmes.

1 August 2000La Sept ARTErenamed ARTE France.

30 May 200210th anniversary ofARTE with one weekof special programmes.

22 Janv. 200340th anniversaryof the signing of theElysée Treaty witha series of specialprogrammes.

13 Oct. 2003Inauguration of the newARTE headquarters inStrasbourg, close tothe EU Institutions.

1 February 2000Dr. GottfriedLangenstein, Head ofthe International AffairsDepartment of the ZDF,appointed ARTE ChiefCoordinator, succeedingDr. Walter Konrad.

20 March 2001Jérôme Clémentre-appointed Presidentof ARTE France foranother 5 years.Jean Rozat appointedManaging Directorof ARTE France.

1 October 2001Heiko Holefleisch appoin-ted Managing Director ofARTE Deutschland TVGmbH and ARTE’sCoordinator at the ZDF,succeeding Dr. Hans-Günther Brüske.

1 January 2003Jérôme Clément and Dr.Gottfried Langensteinappointed Presidentand Vice-President ofARTE, Jobst Plog(President of theNDR and ARD),

and Rémy Pflimlin(General Director ofFrance 3) appointedPresident and Vice-President of the GeneralAssembly.

15 January 1998Cooperation agreementORF, Austrian public-service televisionchannel.

3 February 1999Cooperation agreementYLE, Finnish public-service broadcaster.

1 January 2001Cooperation agreementTVP, Polish public-service broadcaster.

12 February 2001Cooperationagreement NPS,Dutch public-service broadcaster.

21 March 2001Cooperation agreementORF, Austrian public-service broadcasterbecomes.

8 October 2001Cooperationagreement BBC.

20 June 2002Cooperation agreementSVT, Swedish public-service broadcaster.

January 2001New channel design(agency Razorfish)including some lively“idents” linking the pro-grammes and intendingto draw ARTE and itsviewers closer together.

October 2002Large-scale campaignin Germany to advertisethe new analoguefrequency on whichARTE is broadcast viathe ASTRA 1C satellite.

October 2003Campaign “ARTE auf 8”(agency McCann-Erickson) to bring viewersto programming ARTEon the key 8 of theirtelevision set

January 2004A new wind blows onARTE : new design(agency Velvet), newprogramme schedules,

new slogan “vivonscurieux” “so hab’ ich dasnoch nie gesehen” (ARTE, let's be curious!).

14 March and15 October 1998Broadcasting from2 pm via French (TPSand CanalSatellite) andGerman (ZDF-Vision)digital packages.

January 2001Launch of the afternoonschedule (2 – 7 pm),with new magazineformats (health, family,cookery, Europe, shortfilms, etc. broadcast indigital standard.

September 2001New evening schedulecloser to modifiedviewing habits withoutlosing sight ofARTE’s mission.

December 2001-2004Analogue broadcasting24 hours a day via cablenetworks in mostGerman “Länder”:ARTE now accessibleto 90% Germanhouseholds from2 pm.

January 2004ARTE enriches itsprogrammes, makes itsschedule clearer andmore coherent and callson the viewers’ curiosity.

March 2004

Published by ARTE G.E.I.E.

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Photo copyrights:

P. 5: Jérôme Clément (© Martin Bernhart); Gottfried Langenstein (© ZDF/ Carmen Sauerbrei)

P. 7: Victor Rocaries (© Martin Bernhart)

P. 9: Javier Solana, High Representative for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (© ARTE France); Peter Fonda andDennis Hopper in Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper (© Sony Pictures Television International); Alexandra Gerlach (© ARTE),Jürgen Biehle (© Frédéric Langel), Hervé Claude (© Stéphane Louis), Daniel Leconte (© Kate Barry); La Théorie de SigmundFreud (© ARTE France)

P. 11: Victoria Abril in Kika by Pedro Almódovar (ARD / © DEGETO); Loretta Stern and Gérard Lefort (© Frédéric Maigrot);Katrin Saß, Maria Simon, Daniel Brül and Khamatova in Goodbye, Lenin! by Wolgang Becker (© WDR)

P.13: Anna Mougladis in Léo, en jouant dans la compagnie des hommes by Arnaud Depleschin (ARTE France / © Simon Meyen /Why Not Productions), Güther Maria Halmer and Senta Berger in Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet by Manfred Stelzer (ZDF /© Christian A. Rieger); Catherine Deneuve in Princesse Marie by Benoît Jacquot (ARTE France / © Pierre Thoretton / G. World);Moritz Bleibtreu and Niels Brunckhorst in Lammbock by Christian Zübert (WDR / © Senator Film)

P.15: Aralbay and his eagle (ARTE © Medienkontor FFP); Simone von Stosch and Sandrine Mörsch (© Stéphane Louis); Astrid Bock,soldier of the International Security Force in Good morning Kabul (ARTE / © Michael Kappeler / DPP); fish bench, HatterasCape, North Carolina (WDR / © Sigurd Tesche 2003)

P.17: John, Bob and Ted Kennedy (ARTE France / © JFK); Niki de Saint Phalle (TSR / © Giulio Pietromarchi); Le Cirque by GeorgesSeurat (ARTE France / © Claude Gaspari)

P. 19: Niels Arestrup and Océane Mozas in Une nuit arabe at the Théâtre du Rond Point (ARTE France / © Brigitte Enguerand); AnnetteGerlach (© Stéphane Louis); Riccardo Muti directs P. I.Tchaïkovski (© BR); Qian Yi in Peony Pavillon by Tang Xianzu directed byChen Shi Zheng (ARTE France / © Catherini Ashmore)

P. 21: Luis Figo playing for Real Madrid against FC Barcelona on 3rd March 2001 (ARTE France / © Francotte-L'équipe);Lio (© Charlotte Schousboe); Enie van de Meiklokjes (© Stéphane Louis); Marin Jancic with a lobster (© ZDF)

P. 23: Gérard Saint Paul, Nathalie Georges, William Irigoyen, Jürgen Biehle, and Simone von Stosch (© Stéphane Louis);Anne-Sophie Mercier and Matthias Beermann (© Stéphane Louis); Vladimir Vasak and Andrea Fies (© Stéphane Louis);Annette Gerlach and Florence Dauchez (© Stéphane Louis); Jean-Christophe Victor (© Stéphane Louis), European Union flagon background of metal scaffolding (© Audiovisual library of the EU Commission); Logo for the Special Europe (© ARTE)

P. 24-25: Shooting in the studios of ARTE, New centre of ARTE Info in ARTE headquarters, Make-up of Nathalie Georges, Corridor ofARTE headquarters in Strasbourg (© Frédéric Maigrot)

P. 27: Professional of the audiovisual industry (© Audiovisual library of the EU Commission)

P. 35: Jérôme Clément (© Martin Bernhart); Gottfried Langenstein (© ZDF/ Carmen Sauerbrei); Victor Rocaries (© Martin Bernhart);Wolfgang Bernhard (© Frédéric Langel); meeting of the General Assembly to which the Management Board reports(© Martin Bernhart)

P. 36-37: New ARTE headquarters in Strasbourg (© Patrick Bogner); Wolfgang Bernhard visiting the building site of the new ARTEheadquarters (© ARTE); view from the conference room of ARTE headquarters over the European Parliament(© Patrick Bogner); Inauguration of the new ARTE headquarters (© Frédéric Maigrot)

P. 38-39: Members of the General Assembly (© Martin Bernhart) except Fritz Raff © Uli Barbian, and Markus Schächter © ZDF /Carmen Sauerbre); meeting of the Programme Committee chaired by Victor Rocaries (© Martin Bernhart);News centre of ARTE Info (© Frédéric Maigrot)

P. 40-41: Headquarters of ARTE France in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Paris (© ARTE); Bernard-Henri Levy (© Ed. Grasset / J.-C. Marmara);Jérôme Clément (© Martin Bernhart); Jean Rozat (© Martin Bernhart); Headquarters of ARTE Deutschland TV GmbHin Baden-Baden (© ARTE); Peter Voß (© Martin Bernhart); Klaus Wenger (© Frédéric Langel); Heiko Holefleisch(© Martin Bernhart)

P. 43: Map of Europe superimposed on crowd photo (©Audiovisual library of the EU Commission)

P. 45: Node in ARTE headquarters (© Patrick Bogner)

P. 46-47: Signature of the agreement constituting ARTE on 30th April 1991 in Strasbourg (© AMS/City of Strasbourg); Rémy Pflimlin,Jobst Plog, Michel Thenault, Peter Müller, Gottfried Langenstein and Jérôme Clément inaugurating the new ARTE headquarterson 13th October 2003 (© Frédéric Maigrot); Jobst Plog (© Martin Bernhart); Gottfried Langenstein (© ZDF/ Carmen Sauerbrei);Signature of an Association Contract between TVP, the Polish public-service broadcaster, and ARTE (© ARTE)

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