Israeli Broadcasting Corporation

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation "Kan"
תאגיד השידור הישראלי "כאן"‎
Type Broadcast radio and television
Country Israel
Availability National; international
Owner Statutory (public) corporation
Key people
 Eldad Koblentz
Launch date
 May 15, 2017 (May 15, 2017) (television and radio)
Official website
 www.kan.org.il
The Main Building of Israel Broadcasting Corporation in Jerusalem

The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation[1] (IPBC; Hebrew: תאגיד השידור הישראלי‎, translit. Ta'agid HaShidur HaYisra'eli‎), branded as Kan (Hebrew: כאן‎, lit. 'Here'‎), is an Israeli statutory public corporation founded in 2014, based on the Public Broadcasting Law 2014. It was founded with the intent to replace the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) after the Israeli Public Broadcasting law ordered its closure. Its debut date was postponed several times, due to the Prime Minister's objections on structure and Journalists' appointments, which led to a legal fight on court between IPBC and the government, which is still ongoing. It started broadcasting on May 15, 2017.[2] The IPBC CEO is Eldad Koblenz and its chairman is Gil Omer.

Establishment of the corporation

Decision on closing the Broadcasting Authority

Over the years there has been a serious deterioration in the status and functioning of the IBA. Public committees , which examined the causes of its predicament, determined that it stems, among other things, from its large number of employees, from the high salary costs, from rigid wage agreements and from the law, which makes it difficult to manage it professionally and without recourse. The authors of the reports recommended, inter alia, structural changes in the Authority and changes in the law.

In July 2013, the Minister of Communications , Gilad Erdan , hired an external consulting firm to examine the future of the Israel Broadcasting Authority in order to decide whether it is right to close the Authority. In light of the data, the Landes Committee was established and it published its decisions at the beginning of March 2014. According to the agreements reached, the television fee will be canceled starting April 1, 2015, and instead of the Broadcasting Authority, a new broadcasting entity will be established.

Legislation

In order to formulate the necessary legislation, the Knesset set up a special committee to discuss the public broadcasting bill, headed by MK Karin Elharar . The committee began its deliberations on June 11, 2014 and held a number of meetings in a short time in order to allow the completion of the legislative process until the end of the Knesset session in July, which was criticized by several Knesset members. On July 9, the bill was approved and passed on to the Knesset plenum for a second and third reading, on July 29, 2014, the Public Broadcasting Law , which ordered the establishment of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation and the closure of the Broadcasting Authority. One of the sections of the new law states that a quarter of the employees of the new body will come from the IBA and the Educational Television.

Section 7 of the Law characterizes the activity of the corporation:

(A) The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation will broadcast and provide various types of content visually, audio and written, on TV , on radio and on the network Internet . (B) The content provided by the Israel Broadcasting Corporation shall be independent and shall be directed to all citizens and residents of the State of Israel, shall reflect and document the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state , its values and the heritage of Israel and give fair, equal and balanced expression to the diversity of views and opinions prevalent in the Israeli public. (C) The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation shall provide news content and content in the day-to-day matters in a professional, fair, responsible, independent, critical, impartial and reliable manner, with transparency and with the exercise of journalistic judgment and loyalty to the factual truth and the obligation to report to the public. (D) The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation will provide diverse content for children and youth, and will promote the creation of educational, educational and educational content for children and youth. (E) The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation shall provide content that addresses the diversity of populations and streams in Israeli society, including broadcasts in the Hebrew language, broadcasts in Arabic to the Arab population in Israel, and broadcasts in other languages prevalent in Israeli society. (F) In the fulfillment of its functions as stated in this section, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation shall act - 

(1) to expand education and knowledge; 
(2) to promote culture, the original Israeli quality work, and Israeli music; 
(3) to promote innovation in the field of broadcast content and distribution and in broadcasting technologies ; 
(4) to promote and promote the Hebrew language. Broadcasts in Arabic to the Arab population in Israel and broadcasts in other languages prevalent in Israeli society. (F) In the fulfillment of its functions as stated in this section, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation shall act - (1) to expand education and knowledge; (2) to promote culture, the original Israeli quality work, and Israeli music; (3) to promote innovation in the field of broadcast content and distribution and in broadcasting technologies ; (4) to promote and promote the Hebrew language. Broadcasts in Arabic to the Arab population in Israel and broadcasts in other languages prevalent in Israeli society. (F) In the fulfillment of its functions as stated in this section, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation shall act - (1) to expand education and knowledge; (2) to promote culture, the original Israeli quality work, and Israeli music; (3) to promote innovation in the field of broadcast content and distribution and in broadcasting technologies ; (4) to promote and promote the Hebrew language.

Recruitment and Appointments In September 2014 began operating the website of the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation in which tenders locate vice presidents and branding. At the same time, construction began on the Board of the new entity, while the process of completion of the work of veteran employees of the Broadcasting Authority.

In March 2015 it was announced that Eldad Koblenz was appointed to head the new public broadcasting corporation. The chairman of the board of directors of the corporation is Gil Omer, who is the journalist Gili Shem Tov, and several journalists, including Arie Golan , Esti Perez and Malachi Hizkia from Reshet Bet .

On June 7, 2016 she was appointed Shlomi Abrhm Globrzon director of the news department. The same day he was appointed manager here at ' Omar Ben Ruby , who in the past 15 years and held management positions in senior editorial Army Radio . Administration Network Tuesday appointed Yuval Ganor , who served during the years 2008-2011 as director of Radio 88FM and from 2012 Edited new editions of Kol Israel and edited and submitted current programs and news reports on the network B. It was also decided that Moshe Morad would continue as the 88FM radio director under the new corporation.

As of November 2016 , about 600 employees were recruited to the company, most of them managers, finance and technology. The manpower budget allocated for recruitment enables recruitment of up to 912 employees.

Delays in disbanding the IBA

Screen shot from the date of the founding of the "Here" broadcasting corporation - slides announcing the corporation's rise to broadcast on May 15, 2017 at 17:00 When set to dismantle the PA (March 31, 2015) was rejected, and it was decided that the Authority will be dismantled by October 2015. On July 14, 2015 rejected the dissolution again, until 31 March 2016 . On March 8, 2016, the closure of the IBA was postponed again, on October 1, 2016.

July 2016 agreed to the Israeli prime minister and communications minister , Bnimin Ntniho and Histadrut chairman , Avi Nissenkorn , act to postpone dismantling of IBA and operation of the corporation beginning of 2018. This agreement was objectionable because they saw it as a blow of a corporation and the attempt to cancel the establishment of the corporation. discussion at Ministerial legislative Committee commented Minister of culture and sport ,

Miri Regev : What is the corporation worth if we do not control it? The minister should control. What, we put up money and then they broadcast what they want?

In an additional agreement between Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon , it was decided to postpone the corporation's broadcasts until April 30, 2017, unless the corporation announces that it is ready to broadcast from January 1, 2017. On October 25, 2016, 1 January 2017. In December 2016, Netanyahu and Kahlon agreed that the corporation would begin broadcasting on April 30, 2017.

In March 2017 Netanyahu worked to close the corporation, against Kahlon's opposition. The two reached a compromise according to which the operation of the corporation was postponed to May 15, and the news division will be split from it and will operate as a separate corporation ("the news corporation"). On May 11, the Knesset approved the law to split the news division from the corporation. On May 14, the High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction that delayed the split.

Corporation Studios

The corporation building on Kanfei Nesharim Street in Jerusalem In an opinion published in May 2016, after the corporation's management found no suitable place in the territory of Jerusalem, as required by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Law , Deputy Attorney General Avi Licht determined that:

The purpose of the law is clear - establishing a new, independent, efficient, relevant and outstanding public transmitter. The burning need to begin broadcasting the new corporation, and the lack of an appropriate alternative within the city of Jerusalem, are weighing the scales in favor of an interpretation that will enable the start of broadcasts for a temporary period outside the city of Jerusalem. Without this interpretation, it will not be possible to uphold the main purpose of the law - the establishment of the corporation and the improvement of public broadcasting. In accordance with the opinion, it was determined that the corporation would begin operating temporarily from the Modi'in 9 channel , spread over a total area of 4,500 square meters. Concurrently, the corporation signed an agreement for the purchase of a permanent residence in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem. In July 2016, the corporation acquired a permanent building in the Givat Shaul industrial zone in Jerusalem.

The corporation's radio station was established in Tel Aviv. The corporation's offices are located in a former building of the Ynet news site, located at the intersection of Yigal Allon and Noah Moses Streets.

In May 2016 , the corporation began producing trial broadcasts , which are displayed on its Facebook page under a temporary name - "the corporation". videos on various topics in Israeli society, integrated corporate broadcasters, including the old ultra-Orthodox sector Alimlc Zilbrslg , the first Muslim broadcaster appears with a head cover Smah Otd , and others. Then also opened Twitter page, and later opened other channels in snapchat , on YouTube and Instagram , with the aim to change the outmoded image that characterized the Israel Broadcasting Authority and to turn to a young audience and variety than ever before. In August, a new website was opened containing several active radio stations.

Budget

The corporation's construction budget is NIS 350 million (USD $98.1 Million) : NIS 120 million (USD $33.6 Million) for professional equipment, NIS 28 million (USD $7.8 Million) for labor, NIS 14 million ($USD $3.9 Million) for regular operations, NIS 128 million (USD $35.8 Million) for real estate and $ 60 million for content acquisition.

Status within the European Broadcasting Union

As the full broadcast launch date of IPBC was supposed to be 30 April 2017, the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was supposed to be broadcast on IPBC's Kan 11. However, as the launch date of IPBC was postponed in mid April to 15 May 2017, the broadcast remained with IBA, being its last television production and broadcast.

IPBC's application for active EBU membership, replacing IBA as the public broadcaster in Israel, is currently being reviewed by the various EBU governing bodies and is pending formal approval, at the EBU's General Assembly.[3] It was revealed on 6 July 2017 that an agreement had been signed between the EBU and IPBC, allowing the broadcaster to participate in EBU contests, such as the Eurovision Song Contest, despite not having full membership.[4]

TV Channels

Since May 15, 2017, the KAN broadcasts two television channels, which are broadcast via national DVB-T2 transmitters, satellite feed, the HOT cable company, the YES satellite company and via the Internet.

KAN's TV channels:

KAN 11: The main channel of the corporation. Replaces IBA's Channel 1. Broadcasts mainly news, current affairs and programs on cultural issues.

MAKAN 33 : The Arabic-language channel broadcasts news and cultural programs, replacing IBA's Channel 33 that preceded it.

In August 2018, Channel 23 of Israeli Educational Television shall be integrated into the Corporation's broadcasts as a dedicated children and youth channel.

The music used to identify the channels is Jonas Blue's theme Mama.

Radio

KAN operates eight radio stations, all transferred from the former IBA:

It also has seven web radios dedicated to different musical genres:

KAN

The organizations of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation are the Council and the Director General

Corporation board

The corporation's board consists of 12 representatives of the public, which is the body responsible for determining corporate policy, including the overall broadcasting policy, approval of the broadcasting schedules and budgets, appointment of the general manager, supervision of the management level and implementation of the policy. The Council is also responsible for approving the organizational structure of the corporation, the employment policy and the personnel record, and to discuss and approve the budget proposal and the annual work plan of the CEO of the corporation.

The appointment of the members of the Council is the responsibility and approval of the Minister of Communications. The appointment of a council member is for a period of four years, however, the Minister of Communications may, upon the recommendation of the Search Committee, extend his term for one additional term. Council composition including at least six women and at least one member who is a member of the Arab population , including the population of the Druze and Circassian , on the recommendation of the search committee, as described in the law. On 13 and 16 April 2016, the Minister of Communications and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the members of the Council, headed by Gil Omer , on the recommendation of the search committee headed by Justice Ezra Kama .

General Manager of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation

The CEO of the corporation is appointed to the position of the corporation's board of directors, and a special search committee was established, headed by Judge Ezra Kama, former vice president of the Jerusalem District Court. Government ministers, political or party activists. The CEO of the corporation is appointed for a period of four years, and can be extended in just one more period, among his duties, to be in charge of routine management, to serve as the chief editor of broadcasts, to transmit the schedules to the council's approval, to submit budget proposals and annual work plans Semi-annual activity. His powers include representation of the corporation, signing of documents and transactions, and receiving employees for the corporation.

The Company has appointed a temporary general manager , Eldad Koblenz , by a search committee for a period of up to two years from the date of the start of the broadcasts, concurrently with the appointment of the CEO. The main activity of the temporary general manager is the establishment of the infrastructure required for the start of the corporation's activity up to the date of the beginning of the broadcasts, and any other action required to prepare for this. From the date of the commencement of the broadcasts until the end of his term of office, the Temporary Director General fulfills all the functions imposed on the Director General.

News Division

The news division of "Here" called "Here & Now" was established to provide news content to the corporation's digital, television and radio stations. The content produced in the division was broadcast on the corporation's website and on the Facebook page of the news, called here and now . A budget of NIS 160 million was allocated for the establishment of the division (compared to a budget of NIS 90 million for each of the commercial news companies), and the planning was to employ 450 journalists, including photographers and production personnel (compared to 350 employees employed in News 10). , And a similar extent in the news company of Channel 2). Compromise between Prime Minister Netanyahu, Finance Minister Kahlon, established in March 2017, agreed to cancel division, and replacing it with a separate new company, composed mostly employees of the corporation's news department, and increased integration of the employees of the Broadcasting Authority . Following a petition filed against the split of the news division,

Digital Master

During the establishment of the corporation, it did not have regular channels of broadcasting, because broadcasting on radio and television channels was still carried out by the IBA . The corporation was established in a period where widespread content consumption in general and news in particular through digital platforms such as VOD , via the Internet, and mobile platforms. The corporation followed the principle of Digital and Internet first, and used the Internet as the company's first distribution channel. This decision brought practical implications for the procurement, the organizational structure, the manpower and the content itself. In view of this principle the distribution of the contents of the corporation on the Internet began in mid-2016.

The corporation's digital division consists of two divisions:

Content Creation Division - responsible for creating content adapted to the various social networks. Products Division - Responsible for building and operating the digital platforms. The services provided by the division include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KAN - Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation". LinkedIn.
  2. ↑ Cashman, Greer Fay (August 3, 2016). "Rivlin: Public broadcasting doesn’t need commissar". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Application pending". ebu.ch. EBU. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (6 July 2017). "Israel: IPBC Can Still Compete in EBU Contests Despite Lacking Full Membership". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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