ARTE is a leading European cultural broadcaster committed to delivering high-quality content across multiple platforms. As viewer habits evolved and digital channels multiplied, ARTE needed to modernize its data strategy to gain clearer insights into audience behavior and improve operational efficiency.
However, data was dispersed across customer platforms, web analytics tools, Oracle databases, and third-party APIs. To support informed decision-making and ensure regulatory compliance, ARTE launched an initiative to centralize and structure its data ecosystem.
A core principle guided this transformation: understanding audiences and optimizing operations requires unified, well-governed, and accessible data.
Challenges
ARTE’s fragmented data landscape created several obstacles:
- Siloed data across Oracle databases, APIs, web platforms, and third-party tools
- No unified view of datasets and metadata
- Difficulty ensuring data quality and prioritizing relevant insights
- Limited collaboration between technical and business teams
- Regulatory complexity, particularly regarding GDPR compliance
- Inefficient processes due to a lack of structured governance
The organization needed a centralized platform capable of integrating diverse data sources, structuring metadata, and involving both business and technical stakeholders in governance.
Why DataGalaxy
ARTE selected DataGalaxy based on three key criteria:
- Ability to centralize heterogeneous data sources into a single knowledge platform
- Native connectors enabling automated metadata integration
- Intuitive interface empowering both technical and non-technical users
This combination allowed ARTE to transform fragmented systems into a cohesive and collaborative data governance framework.
“DataGalaxy enables us to track changes to our data and ensure its quality and compliance with current regulations. Since implementing DataGalaxy, we’ve received a clear view of all our data in the cloud. Beyond the ease-of-use and functionality of the DataGalaxy platform, the support and proximity of the DataGalaxy teams allowed us to go even further in our data management journey.”
DataGalaxy implementation
ARTE began by integrating data from its Oracle databases, internal web platforms, APIs, and analytics tools using DataGalaxy’s native connectors.
The teams:
- Automatically populated metadata layers across systems
- Structured datasets within a centralized Business Glossary
- Built governance processes involving both IT and business stakeholders
- Developed dashboards and BI reports powered by standardized definitions
This structured approach created a single source of truth across previously siloed systems.
Outcomes
With DataGalaxy, ARTE is now able to:
- Centralize and document datasets from multiple platforms
- Ensure GDPR alignment and strengthen regulatory compliance
- Improve data quality and streamline collection processes
- Empower business and technical users with shared, trusted definitions
- Deliver 40 intuitive dashboards and 32 BI reports
- Generate actionable insights into audience behavior and operational performance
As a result, ARTE has transformed its data strategy, enabling more informed decision-making, optimized workflows, and greater confidence in data across the organization.
Key takeaway
Audience insight and operational excellence depend on unified, governed data.
By centralizing its data ecosystem and empowering cross-functional collaboration, DataGalaxy enables ARTE to turn fragmented information into trusted insights — supporting smarter decisions, regulatory alignment, and long-term digital performance.
