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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi during a Knesset debate, July 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2023, 2:31 pm
Dumping regulator, media overhaul may open press to political meddling, experts warn
Under communications minister’s plan, government would control panel set to replace body that licenses broadcast news, in move allegedly aimed at boosting pro-Netanyahu channel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi unveils his reform in the communications market, in Jerusalem, March 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 21, 2023, 10:08 pm
Communications minister unveils plan to close TV watchdog, nix license requirement
Under Shlomo Karhi’s proposal, TV stations would no longer need a license to broadcast news, dozens of radio frequencies would be stripped from public broadcasters
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
The main headquarters in Jerusalem of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, known as Kan, seen on January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 11, 2023, 2:01 pm
No Kan do: How Israel’s public broadcaster ended up in the government’s firing line
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has vowed to drastically cut funding from Kan in a bid to engender competition, but observers say his plans are misguided and dangerous
By Amy Spiro
Albania's Taulant Xhaka,, left, fights for the ball with Israel's Munas Dabbur during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Albania and Israel at Elbasan Arena, in Elbasan, southern Albania, Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
October 23, 2018, 11:51 pm
Israel to broadcast soccer games to settlements as European body gives up demand
After broadcaster was set to forego World Cup screening rights, Israeli federation brokers deal, ending year-long impasse
By Michael Bachner
Albania's Taulant Xhaka ,left, fights for the ball with Israel's Munas Dabbur during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Albania and Israel at Elbasan Arena, in Elbasan, southern Albania, September 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
October 8, 2018, 8:51 am
European soccer body said to bar Israel from broadcasting games to settlements
National broadcaster could lose rights to World Cup and Euro 2020 matches after rejecting UEFA demand to block transmission for Israelis in West Bank, East Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Richard Wagner's Goetterdaemmerung, performed by Leipzig Opera. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 2, 2018, 10:15 pm
Israeli radio apologizes after breaking Wagner taboo
Voice of Music says musical editor ‘erred’ in airing portions of Goetterdaemmerung by Hitler’s favorite composer
By AFP
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon speaks during a conference in Jerusalem on May 7, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2018, 6:24 pm
Finance minister digs in: No extra money to fund hosting of Eurovision
Moshe Kahlon says Kan public broadcasting corporation can easily find the cash to stage international song contest in Israel, and it better cough up
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of an optical fiber connection (alphaspirit; iStock by Getty Images)
August 8, 2018, 5:20 pm
Slowdown Nation: Israel lags on internet speeds, choked by lack of competition
Israel slides to number 70 out of 200 nations surveyed on average download speed, as the duopoly that controls the market drags its feet on fiber optics
By Shoshanna Solomon
Representing Israel with the song "I feel alive" Imri Ziv (C), performs on stage with two dancers during the Grand Final rehearsal of 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the International Exhibition Centre, in Kiev, on May 12, 2017. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
May 14, 2017, 6:29 pm
UK media falsely report Israel leaving Eurovision
IBA host bids farewell as broadcaster shuts down, in comments misinterpreted by foreign media as saying Jewish state was exiting music competition
By JTA
A television showing Channel 1, displaying a message reading "Our broadcast has ended." (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
May 14, 2017, 3:53 am
With emotional Eurovision farewell, Channel 1 signs off
Over 200 million worldwide viewers watch Israel part with its oldest channel, before station fades to screen announcing: ‘Our broadcast has ended. 1968-2017’
By Raoul Wootliff
A studio at the offices of Israel Radio in Jerusalem on the night of the radio station's last broadcast on May 10, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fentonr/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 9:33 pm
At 7:04 p.m., after 81 years, Israel Radio fades to music
As part of changeover to new public broadcaster, the ‘Voice of Israel’ will only broadcast tunes, and news on the hour, until Monday
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) speaks while posing for photos with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)
May 10, 2017, 2:25 pm
Broadcaster shakeup forces Israel Radio off air after 81 years
Trump hosts Russian FM amid row over Kremlin influence; Netanyahu speaks with Putin ahead of Abbas visit to Russia
By Gavin Rabinowitz
Employees of the Channel 1's Mabat news broadcast sing Hatikvah during their final news broadcast on May 9, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook/Channel 1)
May 10, 2017, 2:05 pm
Good night and good luck
Israel’s storied Mabat newscast comes to an inglorious end, and what’s on next is anybody’s guess
By Joshua Davidovich
The newly-built control room at the offices of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Tel Aviv. August 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 4, 2017, 1:04 am
Cabinet approves bill stripping new public broadcaster of news division
Legislation will be brought before the Knesset for first reading on Thursday; opposition plans to boycott vote
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Knesset during a vote on a law to delay the launch of the new broadcaster at the Knesset plenum on April 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2017, 2:04 pm
PM takes credit for ‘unprecedented growth’ in Israel’s foreign relations
At memorial, Trump calls Holocaust deniers an ‘accomplice to horrible evil’; Netanyahu cancels talks with German FM for meeting with leftist NGO; Palestinian shot pulling knife on troops in West Bank
By Tamar Pileggi
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