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Arutz HaYeladim (, The Children's Channel; Formerly: Arutz Shesh (ערוץ 6) ''channel 6'') (no relation to the British The Children's Channel) is an Israeli children's
The channel was first launched on November 8, 1989, as a part of Israeli cable's trial broadcasting prior to the 1990 official launch. At first, the channel broadcast only two hours a day, and in its first two years it was based primarily on purchased programs. In 1991, the channel began broadcasting shows with hosts and presenters. These segments grew to bigger live shows over the years, providing a few of the presenters their tickets to stardom. The channel's growing popularity among children also led to many educational campaigns, regarding issues such as safety and tolerance.
In 1996, following the passing of the ICP Agreement in the Knesset, the channel's content was transferred to the control of the new company "Noga Tikshoret" ("Venus communication"), and the channel updated its contents to more interactive nature while also adding more original programs - a direction that the channel is following to this day.חזית חדשה בין HOT ל-yes: חברת הכבלים ביקשה משטרום להגדיל מספר הערוצים שבבעלותה
/ref> Oded Menashe, the last of the "original" presenters from the channel's first years, left in 2005 after 14 years; at the time, no presenter had stayed longer at the channel. As of 2012, Menashe's record was surpassed by Tal Mosseri, who joined the channel in 1997 and left in mid-2015 after 18 years as a presenter. Besides Menashe, Mosseri and Kobi Machat, who joined the channel in 2000 and left in early 2012 after 12 years as a presenter, none of the other presenters, past or present, has ever stayed in the channel for more than nine consecutive years. The channel followed several formats over the years, with hosts and cartoons. Early shows featured Michal Yannai, who was at the beginning of her career as a children's presenter, following in the footsteps of other female hosts like
Official Site
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channel owned by RGE Group, through subsidiary NOGA Communications Limited. It was one of the first cable channels in Israel, along with Arutz HaMishapa, Arutz HaSratim and Arutz HaSport. It is aimed for children ages 7–14.
History
The channel was first launched on November 8, 1989, as a part of Israeli cable's trial broadcasting prior to the 1990 official launch. At first, the channel broadcast only two hours a day, and in its first two years it was based primarily on purchased programs. In 1991, the channel began broadcasting shows with hosts and presenters. These segments grew to bigger live shows over the years, providing a few of the presenters their tickets to stardom. The channel's growing popularity among children also led to many educational campaigns, regarding issues such as safety and tolerance.
In 1996, following the passing of the ICP Agreement in the Knesset, the channel's content was transferred to the control of the new company "Noga Tikshoret" ("Venus communication"), and the channel updated its contents to more interactive nature while also adding more original programs - a direction that the channel is following to this day./ref> Oded Menashe, the last of the "original" presenters from the channel's first years, left in 2005 after 14 years; at the time, no presenter had stayed longer at the channel. As of 2012, Menashe's record was surpassed by Tal Mosseri, who joined the channel in 1997 and left in mid-2015 after 18 years as a presenter. Besides Menashe, Mosseri and Kobi Machat, who joined the channel in 2000 and left in early 2012 after 12 years as a presenter, none of the other presenters, past or present, has ever stayed in the channel for more than nine consecutive years. The channel followed several formats over the years, with hosts and cartoons. Early shows featured Michal Yannai, who was at the beginning of her career as a children's presenter, following in the footsteps of other female hosts like
Tzipi Shavit
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Early life
Shavit was born in ...
and Rivka Michaeli. The programs became known for its simple and educational format, where Michal sometimes received guests on the show, and also interacted with puppet characters. The programs was an audience favourite during the 1990s. This helped to raise Michal's profile, making her popular with children, and with spin-off products that sold almost as well as those of Ha-Comedy Store. After Einat Erlich left the channel to work at Channel 2 in 1995, After 1996, more hosts were used, including Nimrod Reshef; better known as Nimi Nim and Erez Ben Harush.
The channel aired clips from various animation departments over the years, including Hasbro
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, Warner Bros.
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, Nickelodeon
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, DIC Entertainment
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and Mattel
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, as well as some anime
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.
Cartoon Network
In 2010,Cartoon Network
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became a television block on the channel appearing weekdays 11AM to 2PM, showing kids' shows from the channel dubbed in Hebrew. This happened because Cartoon Network's pan-European version was no longer available in Israel, having been removed years before the block's launch. The block was ended in 2019, when yes
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Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* Young Eisner Scholars, in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Appalachia, US
* Young Ep ...
bought the rights of the shows.
Presenters
Current presenters
* Hezi Din (since 2013) * Kevin Rubin (since 2019) * Orel Tzabari (since 2020) * Yarden Vizel (since 2020) * Reef Neeman (since 2021) * Omer Hazan (since 2021) * Maya Tzafir (since 2021) * Tal Mosseri (1997–2015; 2022–present)Former presenters
* Sendi Bar * Yael Bar Zohar * Adi Ezroni * Oded Menashe * Efrat Rayten * Michal Yannai * Tom Baum * Liron Revivo * Oded Paz * Ben Zini * Anna Zak * Tom Avni * Amir Fryszer Guttman * Gil Sassover *Itai Segev *Dana Dvorin *Shahar Sorek *Dana Marmor * Sofi Tsedaka * Rodrigo Gonzales * Yael Abecassis * Roni Duani *Sharon Zur *Einat Erlich * Kobi Machat * Adi Himelbloy *Meyrav Feldman *Avigail Arieli * Or Meir *Lee Biran *Sharon Durani * Nimrod Reshef * Dori Teper *Lior Halfon * Michael Aloni * Dan Toren *Liat Achiron * Erez Ben Harush * Mehereta Baruch-Ron *Didi Duksin * Miki GevaSee also
* List of programs broadcast by Arutz HaYeladimReferences
External links
Official Site
{{Television in Israel Television channels in Israel Children's television networks Television channels and stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Israel Cartoon Network Childhood in Israel Arutz HaYeladim Words and phrases in Modern Hebrew