City Belgrade First air date July 31, 1992 Website arttv.rs (defunct) | Founded December 1991 Last air date October 31, 2016 | |
TV Art was a privately owned television station in Serbia. Self-financed, without subscriptions or other subsidizing,
History
TV Art was established in 1991 and began broadcasting on July 31, 1992. When it started broadcasting, it was called Kanal Kulture (English: Cultural Channel or Channel of Culture). Art TV was covering the Belgrade metropolitan area, Vojvodina including Novi Sad, and several bigger towns in Serbia. Roughly 3,500,000 people were able to receive the program. The station specializes in art and culture in the broadest sense. The programming encompasses editor's offices for film, theatre, music, visual arts, applied arts, science, education, documentaries and daily cultural events. The program was on air 24 hours a day. After Art TV lost its license from Republic Broadcasting Agency (RRA), but continues as a cable-only station. Art TV also had a radio station of the same name, but it, too, was closed by RBA.
Last program was aired on 31 October 2016, then television shuts down after 25 years of operation.