Keshet 12 () is an Israeli
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
television channel owned by
Keshet Media Group
Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company (), is an Israeli private mass media company headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones.
The company has operated Keshet Broadcasting, a ...
. It launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements for the outgoing
Channel 2.
History
Israel's
Channel 2 was operated by the
Second Authority for Television and Radio
The Second Authority for Television and Radio (, ''HaRashut HaShniya Le'Televizya VeRadio'') is an Israeli commercial television and radio authority, established in the wake of a law passed by the Knesset in 1990.
Besides conducting tenders and s ...
, but was programmed by two rotating companies,
Keshet Media Group
Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company (), is an Israeli private mass media company headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones.
The company has operated Keshet Broadcasting, a ...
and
Reshet
Reshet (, ''lit.'' "Network") is an Israeli television broadcasting and production company. It was one of the two concessionaires running the Israeli commercial television channel, Channel 2 from 1993 to 2017, and is running channel 13 alongsi ...
. As part of a larger series of reforms to Israel's broadcast system to increase diversity and competition, Channel 2 was shut down, and both concessionaires were granted their own, standalone channels; Keshet 12 officially launched on 1 November 2017, alongside
Reshet 13
Channel 13 () is an Israeli free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen t ...
. Programs were divided among the two channels. The Israel Television News Company continued to provide news programmes for both channels, with the main primetime bulletin simulcast by both channels, until 16 January 2019 when
HaHadashot 12
Hevrat HaHadashot () is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced for Keshet 12 by Keshet Media Group subsidiary Israel Television News Company (), Hadashot 12 (). Its flagship evening news bulletin is br ...
was established after the merger of Reshet 13 and Channel 10.
See also
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List of programs broadcast by Channel 2 (Israel)
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List of television channels in Israel
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HaHadashot 12
Hevrat HaHadashot () is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced for Keshet 12 by Keshet Media Group subsidiary Israel Television News Company (), Hadashot 12 (). Its flagship evening news bulletin is br ...
References
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Keshet Media Group
Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company (), is an Israeli private mass media company headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones.
The company has operated Keshet Broadcasting, a ...
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