Jewish Broadcasting Service

Jewish Broadcasting Service
Launched August 31, 2006
Slogan

Celebrating Jewish Culture

Television Worth Watching
Country United States
Language English language
Broadcast area North America
Headquarters Fort Lee, NJ
Formerly called Shalom TV
Website www.jbstv.org

Jewish Broadcasting Service, formerly known as Shalom TV until September 24, 2014,[1] is a non-profit national Jewish television network. JBS programming includes daily news reports from Israel, live event coverage and analysis, and cultural programming of interest to the North American Jewish community. The network is a full-time HD and SD Channel. It is an English-language PBS style Jewish-oriented network and is a non-profit organization produced by Jewish Education in Media (JEM) (not to be confused with Jewish Educational Media, an archive responsible for distributing video and audio material of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Lubavitch movement.)

History

Shalom TV was developed by Rabbi Mark S. Golub in 2003 and began telecasting on August 31, 2006.[2] In 2008, Comcast launched Shalom TV On Demand nationally. The On Demand version of Shalom TV expanded to more than 20 video distributors available to more than 40 million homes throughout North America.

In May 2012 Shalom TV announced the launch of its own Roku channel.[3] On December 7, 2012, Optimum Cable (Cablevision) launched the Shalom TV Channel.[4]

Shalom TV was renamed JBS on September 24, 2014.[1]

In September 2016, JBS became available nationally as a channel on DirecTV.[5]

Programming

Programs on JBS are intended to reflect the diversity and pluralism of the North American Jewish population. Programs includes:


Availability

Television Provider Channel Locations[10]
Antietam Cable TV
N.A.
Armstrong Cable
N.A.
AT&T Uverse
N.A.
Atlantic Broadband
CH 168
 Miami Beach, FL
Blue Ridge Communications
CH 215
 All service areas
Bright House Networks
N.A.
Buckeye CableSystem
CH 164
 All service areas
CenturyLink Prism
CH 590 in SD and 1590 in HD
 All Prism service areas
Click! Network
N.A.
Charter
N.A.
Comcast
N.A.
Cox Communications
N.A.
DIRECTV
CH 388
 All 50 states and Puerto Rico
DISH Network
N.A.
Frontier Communications
N.A.
GCI
N.A.
Google Fiber TV
459
 All service areas
Hotwire Communications
269
 South Florida
MetroCast
246
 Maine and New Hampshire
MetroCast (Maryland)
N.A.
Optimum TV
138
 All service areas
RCN
269
 All service areas
RCN
334
 Lehigh Valley, PA
ROKU
JBS
 North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Mexico
Service Electric Cable TV
127
 Eastern PA and Western NJ service areas
Service Electric Cablevision
N.A.
Time Warner Cable
N.A.
TuneIn Radio
JBS
 North America
Verizon FiOS TV
N.A.
WOW! (Wide Open West)
N.A.

References

  1. 1 2 Shalom TV to Ring in JBS Name Change
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kristin E. Holmes, "New cable channel says 'Shalom': Shalom TV hopes a focus on Jewish culture as well as religion will draw a wide audience.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 23, 2006.
  3. ↑ FIRST "PBS STYLE" JEWISH TELEVISION CHANNEL NOW AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT AMERICA
  4. ↑ "Stamford rabbi launches Jewish-American TV network", The Hour, January 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Nora Naughton, "Stamford rabbi’s TV network goes national", Stamford Advocate, September 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Shalom TV Channel
  7. ↑ View memorable moments from 92nd Street Y's Jewish programs on Shalom TV, the first Jewish TV cable channel in America.
  8. ↑ JMatch Dating Drama Comes To Life on Tube
  9. ↑ Dr. Ruth is terug
  10. ↑ JBS: Find Us
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