Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation[1] (IPBC; Hebrew: תַּאֲגִיד הַשִׁיְדּוּר הַיִשְׂרָאֵלִי, romanized: Taʾăḡid HaŠidûr HaYiśrāʾēli, lit. 'Israeli Broadcasting Corporation'; Arabic: هَيْئَة اَلْبَثّ اَلْإِسْرَائِيلي, romanized: Hayʾat al-Baṯṯ al-Isrāʾīlī) is the national broadcaster of Israel.
Type
Broadcast radio and television
Worldwide
Statutory (public) corporation
CEO: Golan Yochpaz (2022 - today)
May 15, 2017 (television and radio)
The IPBC carries the blanket branding Kan in Hebrew (כאן, 'Here') and Makan in Arabic (مكان, 'A place'). Its news division, Kan News (Hebrew: כאן חדשות, romanized: Kān Ḥădāšôt; Arabic: مكان الاخبار, romanized: Makān al-ʾAḵbār), is the third biggest brand in Israeli newscasting, after HaHadashot 12 and Channel 13 News.
After multiple delays due to disagreements over its structure brought upon by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the IPBC officially began its radio and television operations on 15 May 2017, succeeding the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) as state broadcaster.[2] Its formal goals include promoting expanding knowledge, Israeli culture, and innovation in broadcasting.
History
IBA closure
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) had deteriorated in status and function. Public committees found that the deterioration stemmed from a number of factors, including its large number of employees, high salary costs, rigid wage agreements, and the law governing it. The authors of the reports recommended structural changes to the authority and the law.
In July 2013, Minister of Communications Gilad Erdan hired an external consulting firm to examine the future of the IBA. In light of the data, the Landes Committee was established and published its decisions at the beginning of March 2014. According to the agreements reached, the television fee would be cancelled on 1 April 2015, and a new broadcasting entity would be established to replace the IBA.
Legislation
To formulate the necessary legislation, the Knesset set up a committee (headed by MK Karin Elharar) to discuss the public-broadcasting bill. The committee began its deliberations on 11 June 2014, and quickly conducted a number of meetings to allow the completion of the legislative process by the end of the Knesset session in July. On 9 July, a bill was approved and passed to the Knesset for a second and third reading. The Public Broadcasting Law, which ordered the establishment of the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation and the closure of the Broadcasting Authority, was passed on 29 July 2014. According to the new law, one quarter of the employees of the new body would come from the IBA and educational television.
Section 7 of the law describes the corporation's activity:
Since 15 May 2017, the IPBC broadcasts two television channels on national DVB-T2 transmitters, satellite feed, the HOT cable company, the YES satellite company, smaller pay-TV providers (such as Cellcom TV and Partner TV) and a free 24/7 livestream on the Internet. In 2018, Kan introduced a 4K resolution broadcast on Channel 511 (which was only used for broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup).
Kan's TV channels are:
Kan operates eight radio stations, transferred from the IBA. Streams and on-demand programming are available via Kan's website. Some programs have podcasts. Kan also operates a podcast network called Kan Hesketim (Kan Podcasts), formerly called Kan Od (Kan More).
The main stations are:
Seven web-radio channels are dedicated to specific musical genres:
