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Palestinians standing outside the Al Jazeera offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, after an Israeli military raid. September 22, 2024. (Flash90)
September 22, 2024, 8:07 am
Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera Ramallah bureau with closure order
Recent months have seen a concerted effort by authorities to crack down on the network, regarded by Israel as propagating inflammatory pro-Hamas rhetoric
By Agencies and ToI Staff
i24 news anchor Miri Michaeli in her opening-night monologue during the channel's Hebrew premiere, June 30, 2024. (Screenshot)
July 4, 2024, 6:49 am
New Hebrew-language i24 aims to be Israel’s 1st 24/7 news channel. Will anyone watch?
After cutting back on English, French and Arabic broadcasts, the network is still barred from broadcasting in Israel via cable, but is banking on a government reform to move ahead
By Amy Spiro
Channel 14 workers and supporters protest against Yair Lapid, the then-prime minister, in Tel Aviv on October 11, 2022. The poster reads: "Especially now: 14" (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 6:28 am
As divisions sharpen, an incendiary right-wing news channel finally finds an audience
Channel 14 now draws as many viewers as legacy networks, giving voice to conservatives tired of mainstream news, despite repeated scandals and charges of pro-Netanyahu propaganda
By Amy Spiro
Screenshot from a Kan TV news broadcast in which the language is simplified. Note the logo in the upper right hand corner.
April 12, 2020, 5:53 pm
US foundation teams up with Kan channel to provide accessible coronavirus news
Ruderman Family Foundation supporting nightly news broadcasts with prominent sign language interpreter, voice-overs in simple, slowly enunciated Hebrew
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) is interviewed by Rina Matsliah on Channel 12, September 14, 2019. (Channel 12 screenshot)
September 15, 2019, 6:35 pm
In TV gaffes, Netanyahu errs on rockets, Gantz says he’s ‘against entire public’
Prime minister has no precise idea how many projectiles were fired at Israel in past 18 months; chief rival botches answer to ‘how are you?’
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara with representatives of the Reshet (R) and Keshet (L) media companies during a ceremony awarding broadcasting licenses for new channels 12 and 13 in Jerusalem, following Channel 2's split, on October 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 15, 2018, 4:50 pm
TV network calls off planned merger, accuses authorities of foot-dragging
Reshet, set to merge with Channel 10 due to financial woes, says oversight body taking too long to approve step and effectively ‘thwarting’ it
By ToI Staff
Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish moderates a debate on i24 News. (YouTube image)
August 29, 2018, 7:20 pm
Israeli TV network i24 starts broadcasting… to Israel
Five years after its launch, Tel Aviv-based station finally wins license for English, French and Arabic broadcasts to HOT cable subscribers; Hebrew may follow
By AFP
Illustrative: The Channel 10 news logo. (YouTube/TheNetcomHD)
August 8, 2018, 6:32 pm
Months after Channel 2 breakup, two top TV networks to merge
With both losing money, Reshet and Channel 10 win approval to join into a single large competitor against rival Keshet
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Channel 10 news logo. (YouTube/TheNetcomHD)
June 13, 2018, 4:52 pm
Just 8 months after Channel 2’s breakup, two top TV networks to merge
Move by Reshet, Channel 10 follows massive financial losses for both companies, with officials arguing the Israeli market is too small to support three commercial channels
By ToI Staff
A view of the television studios of the Knesset Channel, at the Knesset, Jan 19, 2011. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
May 31, 2018, 6:17 pm
In reversal, Channel 10 wins rights to broadcast Knesset TV
State regulator awards parliamentary channel to RGE Group production company, following court order blocking right-wing competitor from bid due to irregularities in tender
By Raoul Wootliff
Melissa Rosenberg, left, with Krysten Ritter at the New York premiere of the second season of 'Jessica Jones,' March 7, 2018. (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images/via JTA)
April 1, 2018, 6:38 am
Creator of Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’ becoming a feminist icon in the #MeToo era
Melissa Rosenberg talks about enduring years of misogynistic treatment that most women in Hollywood experience at the hands of powerful industry men
By Curt Schleier
US President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 11, 2017, 9:16 pm
Trump denies being glued to the tube
US president issues Twitter tirade against ‘Fake News’ in response to NY Times report saying he watches 4-8 hours of TV a day
By AFP
A view of the television studios of the Knesset Channel, at the Knesset, Jan 19, 2011. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
December 7, 2017, 6:24 pm
Right-leaning Channel 20 loses rights to broadcast Knesset TV
Following court decision against station, state regulator forced to look at competitor that placed second in tender
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
View of Channel 2 newsroom in Neve Ilan studio outside Jerusalem, April 7, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 20, 2017, 12:43 am
Court blocks right-wing station from producing Knesset Channel
Responding to petition from competitors who had also vied for contract, judges find broadcast tender process was flawed
By ToI Staff
Journalists work inside a studio of the new television channel I24news in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, July 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
May 30, 2017, 12:41 am
Knesset okays Israel’s i24News to broadcast locally
CEO says newly passed legislation easing media regulatory laws is ‘a very significant milestone for the channel’
By ToI Staff
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