Channel 12 ( he, ערוץ 12), also known as Keshet 12 ( he, קשת 12), is an Israeli
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...
television channel owned by
Keshet Media Group. It launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements of the outgoing
Channel 2.
History
Israel's
Channel 2 was operated by the
Second Authority for Television and Radio, but was programmed by two rotating companies,
Keshet Media Group and
Reshet
Reshet ( he, רשת, ''lit.'' "Network") is an Israeli television broadcasting and production company. It was one of the two concessionaires running the Israeli commercial television channel, Channel 2 from 1993 to 2017, and is running channel ...
. As part of a larger series of reforms to Israel's broadcast system to increase diversity and competition, Channel 2 was shut down, and both concessionaires were granted their own, standalone channels; Keshet 12 officially launched on 1 November 2017, alongside
Reshet 13
Channel 13 ( he, ערוץ 13), formally known as Reshet 13 ( he, רשת 13), is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by RGE Media Group and Reshet. It was launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements of the outgoing Channel ...
. Programs were divided among the two channels. The Israel Television News Company continued to provide news programmes for both channels, with the main primetime bulletin simulcast by both channels, until 16 January 2019 when
HaHadashot 12 was established after the merger of Reshet 13 and Channel 10.
See also
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List of programs broadcast by Channel 2 (Israel)
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List of television channels in Israel
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HaHadashot 12
References
External links
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Live streamby
Keshet Media Group
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