Hevrat HaHadashot ( he, חברת החדשות, lit=The News Company) is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced for
Keshet 12 by
Keshet Media Group
Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company ( he, קשת lit. "Rainbow"), is a private Israeli mass media company, which is headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones.
The company ...
subsidiary Israel Television News Company ( he, חברת החדשות הישראלית בע"מ, translit=Hevrat HaHadashot HaYisra'elit Ba'am, lit=Israeli News Company Ltd.), HaHadashot 12 ( he, החדשות 12, lit=
hannel'' 12 News). Its
flagship evening news bulletin is broadcast at 8:00 p.m.
IST, and anchored primarily by
Yonit Levi and
Danny Kushmaro
Danny Kushmaro ( he, דני קושמרו; born 10 May 1968) is an Israeli journalist, news anchor and television presenter.
Biography
Danny Kushmaro was born in Beer Sheva and grew up in the southern region of Israel. His parents immigrated t ...
. The company, originally the news department of
Channel 2 – where its bulletins were known as ''HaHadashot 2'' ( he, החדשות 2, lit=
''Channel2 News)) – was funded by
Keshet Media Group
Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company ( he, קשת lit. "Rainbow"), is a private Israeli mass media company, which is headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones.
The company ...
and
Reshet;
Telad also funded the company until it lost time slots on Channel 2 in 2005.
From the 1 November 2017 replacement of Channel 2 with
Keshet 12 and
Reshet 13
Channel 13 ( he, ערוץ 13), formally known as Reshet 13 ( he, רשת 13), is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by RGE Media Group and Reshet. It was launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements of the outgoing Channel ...
until 15 January 2019, its news programming was split between the two channels; ''HaTokhnit Hakalkalit'' () was broadcast on Keshet 12, and ''Layla Tov Israel'' () and ''Pgosh Et HaItonut'' () were shown on Reshet 13. The flagship bulletin was simulcast on both channels. During the period, The company's programmes did not cross-promote Keshet's and Reshet's television shows during this period.
After the 16 January 2019 merger between Reshet and
Channel 10, Keshet took full ownership of the company. Reshet took resources and programmes from Channel 10's news production company, which changed its on-air brand to ''
HaHadashot 13''.
Since 2000, HaHadashot 12's studios have been in the Kiryat HaTikshoret (Media Complex) of the Globus Group company in
Neve Ilan of the
Jerusalem corridor. Before that, they were at the Jerusalem Capital Studios () in the Beit Egged building in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
City. Prior to the 2017 relaunch, the company's programmes were presented from a temporary studio in Neve Ilan while the main studio was being renovated.
History
HaHadashot 12 was founded in 1993 with
Channel 2, which became one of its most-recognized symbols. The company's news is primarily viewed in Israel. It expanded beyond the evening news bulletin, and began airing programmes such as ''First Edition (מהדורה ראשונה, Mahadora Rishona)'', ''Six With (שש עם, Shesh im)'', ''Meet The Press (פגוש את העיתונות, Pgosh et HaItonut)'', ''Friday Studio (אולפן שישי, Ulpan Shishi)'' and ''The Economic Programme (תוכנית חיסכון, Tochnit Chisachon)''. The company faced competition from other TV channels, Internet websites, and radio.
1993–1997
Channel 2's three franchisees were Reshet, Keshet and
Telad. The company was founded to produce Channel 2's news broadcasts. Its first news broadcast, on 4 November 1993 from Jerusalem Capital Studios, was less than five minutes long and was anchored by
Ya'akov Eilon. As a result of Channel 2,
Channel 1 decided to move ''
Mabat'' to 8:00 pm, renovate its
Romema studios, create new introductions and extending ''Mabat'' to 50 minutes. Eilon Shalev was the company's first CEO.
When the company was founded, Shalom Kital said that instead of hiring Channel 1 reporters, he would hire radio and newspaper reporters. The first reporters were
Ya'akov Eilon,
Miki Haimovich, Guy Zohar, Dana Weiss,
Gideon Sa'ar, Rina Matsliah,
Oshrat Kotler
Oshrat Kotler (Hebrew: אושרת קוטלר; born 25 July 1965) is an Israeli journalist, television news presenter and author.
Biography
Kotler, born Levi, comes from a Sephardi family from Bulgaria which spoke Ladino. She has written several ...
, Emanuel Rozen and Aharon Barnea. After several years, reporters from Channel 1 (including Gadi Sukenik and Rafi Reshef) and (later)
Channel 10 were hired.
Channel 2's news broadcasts became popular, and attracted a larger audience than Channel 1 in May 1994. The competing channels covered terrorist attacks as breaking news, with uncensored depictions of body parts.
Despite their competition, both channels simulcast the signing of the
Israel–Jordan peace treaty
The Israel–Jordan peace treaty (formally the "Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan"), he, הסכם השלום בין ישראל לירדן; transliterated: ''Heskem Ha-Shalom beyn Yisra'el Le-Yarden'' ...
at the end of October 1994 and
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until ...
's funeral. Rabin was
assassinated
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ...
on 4 November 1995, two years after Channel 2 was founded. Dov GilHar (a Channel 2 reporter at the time) was a few meters away from the assassination, immediately sent a message to Roni Daniel and Aharon Barnea, and the company went into emergency mode. Yoram Arbel broke into Channel 2's broadcast from its
Telad studios, and told viewers about the assassination; Guy Zohar anchored the breaking story from a studio in Tel Aviv. Moshe Nusmaum announced the assassin's name a few minutes after
Ya'akov Eilon replaced Guy Zohar in Jerusalem Capital Studios. After the announcement of Rabin's death, Rafi Reshef anchored the broadcast all night.
CEO Nachman Shai understood that the competition hurt Channel 2 and Channel 1, and asked
Israel Broadcasting Authority
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; ) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017.
History
The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station '' Kol Yisrael'', which made its first broadcast as an independent s ...
CEO Mordechai Kirshenbaum to share resources. Kirshenbaum refused, and Channel 2's viewership increased. Six weeks after Rabin's death, the company bought amateur photographer Roni Kempler's videotape of the assassination for and re-aired it.
The company prepared to compete with Channel 1 during the
1996 election, its first. Reporters were placed at all party headquarters, and the prediction-poll results were announced at 10 pm; both channels were wrong.
In 1997,
Haim Yavin
Haim Yavin ( he, חיים יבין, born September 10, 1932), is an Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker. He was one of Israel's leading news presenters, associated with the job for so many decades that he was known as "Mr. Televisi ...
was replaced as anchor of Channel 1's ''Mabat'' by Geula Even.
Ya'akov Eilon and
Miki Haimovich anchored Channel 2's evening news. The company built new studios, and
two CH-53 helicopters crashed; seventy-three soldiers were killed. Both channels interrupted their broadcasts with the breaking news. A photographer accidentally filmed a soldier's bag with his name on it, painfully informing the soldier's family of his death.
1998–2002
Television audience measurement began in Israel on 15 February 1998, and the Israel Audience Research Board (IARB) began including the company's broadcasts on 5 July of that year. Channel 2's evening news received a 30–40 percent share of the audience, and other programs also had fairly high ratings. That year, the company launched a website with news updates, information about the company's programs, anchors, reporters and commentators and links to the desks, live video streams and featured items. The website was up for three years.
In 1999, the company covered its second
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
; its poll (conducted by Mina Tzemakh and the Dahaf Institution) correctly predicted the prime minister, and the company built a special studio for the telecast. That April, Haim Yavin returned to anchoring Channel 1's ''Mabat''. Channel 1 began airing ''19:30'', an early election-news programme; Channel 2 responded with ''World Order'', anchored by Arad Nir. In December 1999, a Millennium Studio with
holographics was built. The studio was demolished on 2 January 2000.
During the early 2000s, when Channel 2 was Israel most-watched, anchors changed and reporters joined. They included Carmel Lutzati,
Shelly Yachimovich, Oded Ben-Ami (2000),
Danny Kushmaro
Danny Kushmaro ( he, דני קושמרו; born 10 May 1968) is an Israeli journalist, news anchor and television presenter.
Biography
Danny Kushmaro was born in Beer Sheva and grew up in the southern region of Israel. His parents immigrated t ...
, Ehud Ya'ari (2001), Amnon Abramovich, Oren Weigenfled (2003) and Lilach Sonin (2004–2013). In 2000, the company moved to Kiriyat HaTikshoret in Neve Ilan. The evening news was extended from 30 to 45 minutes, and to an hour in 2003; the three-minute commercial break at the end of the programme became 12 minutes of interspersed commercials.
The
Second Intifada
The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinians, Palestinian uprising a ...
began in 2000, and the company prepared to cover news at odd hours in live reports from the field. The
Ministry of Communication planned to establish a dedicated 24-hour news channel; bidding began, and
Ya'akov Eilon (who left to join the competing company Hadashot Israel) was replaced by Miki Haimovich.
Hadashot Israel began producing Channel 10's news programmes. Plans for the news channel faded, and Eilon left Hadashot Israel to found Channel 10's independent news company in 2003. Channel 10's news, which aired at 19:00, was moved to 20:00 to compete with Channel 2's news.
Channel 2 began using
news tickers, and Himovich and
Dan Shilon anchored coverage of the
2001 Israeli prime ministerial election
Prime ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001 following the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak on 9 December 2000. Barak stood for re-election against Likud's Ariel Sharon.
The third and last prime mini ...
. After the election, Haimovich and Gadi Sukenik began anchoring the evening news. The
HaShidur HaMefutzal incident occurred on 2 March 2002, triggering criticism of the company. At the end of the year, Haimovich announced that she was moving to Channel 10.
Yonit Levi and
Oshrat Kotler
Oshrat Kotler (Hebrew: אושרת קוטלר; born 25 July 1965) is an Israeli journalist, television news presenter and author.
Biography
Kotler, born Levi, comes from a Sephardi family from Bulgaria which spoke Ladino. She has written several ...
vied to anchor the news with Sukenik; Shalom Kital's chose the inexperienced, 25-year-old Levi, who anchored her first programme on 22 December 2002.
2003–2006
Ilan Ramon was scheduled to return to earth after 15 days in space as Israel's first astronaut at the beginning of 2003, and Channel 2 prepared a special broadcast to commemorate
Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the upper North American Pacific coast and the female personifi ...
's arrival; Ramon's father was invited to the studio. The shuttle
exploded while reentering the atmosphere, and Ramon's father received news of the tragedy in the studio. Arad Nir, who reported live from
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
, said in 2009 that it was the hardest broadcast of his career.
At the beginning of 2003, Gadi Sukenik and
Yonit Levi anchored the evening news for the company's fourth
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
. During the
Iraq War
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, image ...
, the company replaced the programme's graphics and briefly cooperated with the internet portal
MSN
MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.
The Microsoft Net ...
to present its featured video articles.
In 2005, weatherman Danny Roup announced his move to Channel 10. Channel 1 weatherman Danny Deutch moved to Channel 2 to replace Roup. In April,
the Second Authority for Television and Radio
The Second Authority for Television and Radio ( he, הרשות השניה לטלויזיה ורדיו, ''HaRashut HaShniya Le'Televizya VeRadio'') is an Israeli commercial television and radio authority, established in the wake of a law passed by ...
bid for two Channel 2 franchisees.
Keshet and
Reshet won the bid, and Telad stopped broadcasting and funding the news company. The company's deficit increased to . At the end of August, after the
Israeli disengagement from Gaza, the company changed its graphics for the third time since 2000. The graphics (made for the event) aired until 27 August, when they were replaced by new graphics. That year, Channel 10's audience began to surpass Channel 1's. Shalom Kital remained as CEO.
The company changed studios for a week in 2006 (using the slogan "Israel chooses 2"), purchased a 3D graphics system and collaborated with
Reshet's satirical ''
Mishak Makhur'' for its fifth
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
broadcast. That year, a
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
committee chose it to operate the
Knesset Channel. In June, the
Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council gave the company a 10-year contract for the Knesset Channel.
2007
After 12 years as CEO, Shalom Kital resigned and was replaced by executive editor Avi Weiss. On 1 August, Gadi Sukenik anchored his last evening news programme;
Yonit Levi anchored the news alone, replaced occasionally by Danny Kushmaro. Channel 10 morning-show anchor
Tamar Ish-Shalom
300px, Tamar Ish-Shalom interviewing Secretary of State John Kerry on Iran nuclear weapon, April 2015
Tamar Ish-Shalom (Hebrew: תמר איש-שלום) is an Israeli journalist and television presenter. She currently serves as a newsanchor for ...
became a London correspondent in October 2007, and then an anchor. She moved to Channel 10's evening news in 2011.
Channel 10 evening-news editor Gut Suderi replaced Boaz Stembler and
Liran Dan
Liran Dan is an Israeli government official and media executive. He was the Director of Communications at the Prime Minister's Office and Chief Media Adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. He announced his resignation in March 2 ...
in September. Stembler then edited ''Friday Studio'' before resigning. In October, the company spent on a new studio. At the beginning of the month, ''Friday Studio'' anchor Aharon Barnea announced that he would move to Washington, D.C. as a correspondent.
Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the al ...
anchored ''Friday Studio'' until January 2012.
2008–2012
At the beginning of April 2008, the company announced an agreement with
El Al
El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (, he, אל על נתיבי אויר לישראל בע״מ), trading as El Al (Hebrew: , "Upwards", "To the Skies" or "Skywards", stylized as ELAL; ar, إل-عال), is the flag carrier of Israel. Since its inaugural ...
to produce a 30-minute news programme for El Al passengers. On 17 April of that year, it began broadcasting on the
Keshet and Reshet websites. That month, the company began producing a daily news bulletin at 13:00 anchored by Oren Wiegenfeld. In September, it introduced a webpage on
Keshet and Reshet websites.
In 2009, the company offered YouTube users an opportunity to ask election contestants questions, which the contestants answered on a special broadcast. For the
2009 election broadcast, anchored by
Yonit Levi, the company collaborated with
Keshet's satirical show ''
Eretz Nehederet''.
Channel 9 ended its six-and-a-half-year agreement with the company at the beginning of March 2009, and the latter discontinued some of its programmes due to budget cuts. A world weather forecast on some programmes attracted more advertising revenue.
''Young Edition'', news for young people anchored by Gidon Oko, premiered in May 2011. ''Election System'' a daily programme anchored by Udi Segal and Dana Weiss with in-depth coverage of the
2013 elections
The following elections were occurred in the year 2013.
Asia
* 2013 Armenian local elections 26 May, 17 November, and 8 December 2013
* 2013 Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013
* 2013 Bangladeshi presidential election 22 April 2013
...
, premiered in November 2012. The following month, ''Six With'' and ''Meet The Press'' were cancelled and the evening news was shortened to 45 minutes as a result of in budget cuts. After ten days, a change in the Second Authority law enabled the company to reduce the cuts to .
2013–2016
On the 2013 election night, the company again collaborated with Keshet's ''
Eretz Nehederet'' and Yonit Levi anchored the broadcast. It was the most-watched programme since audience measurements began.
In May 2013, Dany Kushmaro was chosen to anchor ''Friday Studio''; Dana Weiss was chosen to anchor the weekend news, and Rina Matzliah began anchoring ''Meet The Press''. The company collaborated with
Arutz HaYeladim in October of that year to produce ''Young Edition'' as a 20-minute daily program with the weekly Channel 2 Friday edition. The company celebrated its 20th anniversary the following month, airing promos with important events it reported, and replaced its midnight bulletin with a nightly news programme. Yonit Levi went on
maternity leave, and was replaced by Keren Marciano and Danny Kushmaro.
The average audience measurement was 29.4 percent during
Operation Protective Edge
The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ),
was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territories, Pale ...
in July 2014, the company's best July ever and its strongest month in 15 months. The channel had its first debate between the prime-ministerial candidates before the
2015 elections
The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015.
Africa
* 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015
* 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015
* 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015
* 2015 Burundi ...
on 26 February, receiving a 30.6-percent audience share. On election night, the evening news was broadcast from a transparent studio on the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
plaza; the programme was watched by 37.7 percent of the audience.
2017–present
On 9 May 2017, the
Israel Broadcasting Authority
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; ) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017.
History
The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station '' Kol Yisrael'', which made its first broadcast as an independent s ...
announced that it would cease broadcasting at the end of the week. The channel was replaced with
Kan, on channel 11. At the time, Channel 2 operated on channel 22; the Educational Television Service operated on channel 23, the Sports Channel on 55, the Knesset channel on 99, and Channel 10 on 10. The major Israeli channels soon re-formed and moved to other channels. Keren Marciano went on maternity leave, and Dana Weiss anchored the evening news with
Yonit Levi and Danny Kushmaro.
Shortly before Channel 2 split, the company rebranded itself as "The News (''HaHadashot'')" and its content moved to
Keshet 12 and
Reshet 13
Channel 13 ( he, ערוץ 13), formally known as Reshet 13 ( he, רשת 13), is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by RGE Media Group and Reshet. It was launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements of the outgoing Channel ...
in
HD. During construction of a new studio in
Neve Ilan, broadcasts began originating from a temporary studio at the same location on 25 September 2017. Broadcasting from the new studio began on 1 November, after the Channel 2 split.
Most broadcasts aired on both channels, except for ''The Economic Program'' (aired on Keshet 12) and ''Good Night Israel'' and ''Meet The Press'' (aired on Reshet 13). To cover breaking news, the channels can join the HaHadashot 12 broadcast or remain with regular programming.
On 31 October 2017, Channel 2's last evening news programme aired; Danny Kushmaro introduced the company's new studio, and Yonit Levi was in the temporary studio. The following day, HaHadashot 12 began broadcasting on Keshet 12 and Reshet 13. The company lost its contract for the
Knesset Channel to Channel 10 on 1 August 2018.
Notable anchors
*
Yonit Levi
*
Danny Kushmaro
Danny Kushmaro ( he, דני קושמרו; born 10 May 1968) is an Israeli journalist, news anchor and television presenter.
Biography
Danny Kushmaro was born in Beer Sheva and grew up in the southern region of Israel. His parents immigrated t ...
*
Ya'akov Eilon (former)
*
Miki Haimovich (former)
*
Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the al ...
(former)
See also
*
HaHadashot 13
References
External links
*{{official website
Channel 2 (Israeli TV channel)
Television production companies of Israel
Israeli television news shows
Channel 12 (Israel) original programming