Category: Broadcasting
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Knesset gives first reading to bill to abolish public broadcasting
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Today, the Knesset gave a first reading to the bill submitted by MK Tali Gottlief (Likud) and approved by the Ministerial Legislation Committee to privatize the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, which broadcasts under the name “Kan.” The vote was in favor of 49 Knesset members versus 46 members. against. Communications…
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Ministers adopt bill to abolish public broadcasting
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Attorney General Gali Baharav Meara sent an opinion today to Justice Minister Yariv Levin opposing the bill to privatize Israel’s public broadcaster, which broadcasts under the name Kan, and painting a bleak picture of the bill’s consequences for the telecommunications market. The bill, drafted by MK Tali Gotlev (Likud) and…
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Bill proposes abolition of public broadcasting in Israel
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Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and MK Tali Gottlev (both Likud) plan to introduce a draft law at Sunday’s meeting of the Ministerial Legislation Committee to privatize Israel’s public broadcaster, which broadcasts under the name Kan. The draft law aims to privatize the Kan channel by ending its public funding and…