Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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| Type | Broadcast radio and television |
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| Country | Israel |
| Availability | National; international |
| Owner | Statutory (public) corporation |
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Key people
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Eldad Koblentz |
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Launch date
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May 15, 2017 (television and radio) |
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Official website
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www.kan.org.il |
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (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. The IPBC CEO is Eldad Koblenz and its chairman is Gil Omer.
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.
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.
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