The multi cultural European channel, ARTE G.E.I.E., broadcasting programs 24x7 to France, Germany and the rest of Europe chooses BCE as the general contractor for the installation of their complete tapeless HD workflow.

The project consists of the migration to HD of the existing news and production studios, 20 editing suites and the playout including 2 control rooms with a multilingual Dolby surround system and a HD/SD simulcast.

BCE will also create a fully tapeless workflow between all the departments of ARTE, ensuring the complete compatibility of the contents between all entities. The workflow will also be able to release content for multimedia platforms, such as Internet websites, and be flexible to new media integration.

Finally, BCE will also install a Media Asset Management in order to optimize the work for the production area.

About ARTE G.E.I.E
ARTE, the European culture channel - www.arte.tv
The public-service television channel ARTE acts as a showcase for the rich cultural diversity of Europe. Its purpose is « to conceive and produce television programmes which, in a broad sense, are cultural and international in character and conducive to promoting understanding and rapprochement among Europe’s nations ». ARTE’s policy is to broadcast high-quality national and international co-productions in cinema, drama and documentaries as well as news, live and performing arts. Based on an Agreement between France and Germany, ARTE is composed of three entities, the headquarters in Strasburg and two members, ARTE France in Paris and ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH in Baden-Baden. The channel is financed through the television licence fee in both countries. ARTE is broadcast simultaneously in French and German all around Europe. Moreover, it has entered into Agreements with other public service broadcasters like, for instance, RTBF in Belgium, TVP in Poland, ORF in Austria, SRG SSR Idée Suisse in Switzerland, YLE in Finland, BBC in the United-Kingdom, SVT in Sweden and ERT in Greece. ARTE is a strong brand with a high public profile and excellent image. With its focus on the Future and Europe it stands out from other channels and makes an important contribution to legitimizing licence fee financed broadcasting. Its exceptional creativity and the high quality of its programmes are the foundation for ARTE’s success and uniqueness – now and in the future.
More info on:  www.arte.tv