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Hevrat HaHadashot([חברת החדשות]Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |, Hevrat HaHadashot, lit= (help)) is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced forKeshet 12byKeshet Media Groupsubsidiary Israel Television News Company[1](Hebrew:חברת החדשות הישראלית בע "מ,romanized:Hevrat HaHadashot HaYisra'elit Ba'am,lit. 'Israeli News Company Ltd.'),a.k.a.HaHadashot 12(Hebrew:החדשות 12,lit. '[Channel]12 News'). Itsflagship evening news bulletinis broadcast at 8:00 p.m.IST,and anchored primarily byYonit LeviandDanny Kushmaro.The company, originally the news department ofChannel 2– where its bulletins were known asHaHadashot 2(Hebrew:החדשות 2,lit. '[Channel]2 News') – was funded byKeshet Media GroupandReshet;Teladalso funded the company until it lost time slots on Channel 2 in 2005.
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Native name | חברת החדשות הישראלית בע "מ |
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Romanizedname | Hevrat HaHadashot HaYisra'elit Ba'am |
| Genre | News production |
| Founded | 4 November 1993 |
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| Headquarters | , Israel |
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| Products | News broadcasting |
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| Owner | Keshet Media Group |
Number of employees | 350, excludingIsrael Plusin Russian[needs update] |
| Parent | Keshet 12 |
| Website | www |
From the 1 November 2017 replacement of Channel 2 withKeshet 12andReshet 13[2]until 15 January 2019,[3]its news programming was split between the two channels;HaTokhnit Hakalkalit(Hebrewfor 'The Economic Program') was broadcast on Keshet 12, andLayla Tov Israel(Hebrewfor 'Good Evening Israel') andPgosh Et HaItonut(Hebrewfor 'Meet the Press') were shown on Reshet 13. The flagship bulletin was simulcast on both channels.[4][5][6][7]During the period, The company's programmes did not cross-promote Keshet's and Reshet's television shows during this period.[8]
After the 16 January 2019 merger between Reshet andChannel 10,Keshet took full ownership of the company. Reshet took resources and programmes from Channel 10's news production company, which changed its on-air brand toHaHadashot 13.
Since 2000, HaHadashot 12's studios have been in the Kiryat HaTikshoret (Media Complex) of the Globus Group company inNeve Ilanof theJerusalem corridor.Before that, they were at the Jerusalem Capital Studios (Hebrew:אולפני הבירה,romanized:Ulpaney Habira) in the Beit Egged building inJerusalemCity. Prior to the 2017 relaunch, the company's programmes were presented from a temporary studio in Neve Ilan while the main studio was being renovated.[9]
History
editHaHadashot 12 was founded in 1993 withChannel 2,which became one of its most-recognized symbols. The company's news is primarily viewed in Israel. It expanded beyond the evening news bulletin, and began airing programmes such asFirst Edition (מהדורה ראשונה, Mahadora Rishona),Six With (שש עם, Shesh im),Meet The Press (פגוש את העיתונות, Pgosh et HaItonut),Friday Studio (אולפן שישי, Ulpan Shishi)andThe Economic Programme (תוכנית חיסכון, Tochnit Chisachon).The company faced competition from other TV channels, Internet websites, and radio.
1993–1997
editChannel 2's three franchisees were Reshet, Keshet andTelad.The company was founded to produce Channel 2's news broadcasts. Its first news broadcast, on 4 November 1993 from Jerusalem Capital Studios, was less than five minutes long and was anchored byYa'akov Eilon.As a result of Channel 2,Channel 1decided to moveMabatto 8:00 pm, renovate itsRomemastudios, create new introductions and extendingMabatto 50 minutes. Eilon Shalev was the company's first CEO.
When the company was founded, Shalom Kital said that instead of hiring Channel 1 reporters, he would hire radio and newspaper reporters. The first reporters wereYa'akov Eilon,Miki Haimovich,Guy Zohar, Dana Weiss,Gideon Sa'ar,Rina Matsliah,Oshrat Kotler,Emanuel Rozen and Aharon Barnea. After several years, reporters from Channel 1 (including Gadi Sukenik and Rafi Reshef) and (later)Channel 10were hired.
Channel 2's news broadcasts became popular, and attracted a larger audience than Channel 1 in May 1994.[citation needed]The competing channels covered terrorist attacks as breaking news, with uncensored depictions of body parts.
Despite their competition, both channels simulcast the signing of theIsrael–Jordan peace treatyat the end of October 1994 andYitzhak Rabin's funeral. Rabin wasassassinatedon 4 November 1995, two years after Channel 2 was founded. Dov GilHar (a Channel 2 reporter at the time) was a few meters away from the assassination, immediately sent a message to Roni Daniel and Aharon Barnea, and the company went into emergency mode. Yoram Arbel broke into Channel 2's broadcast from itsTeladstudios, and told viewers about the assassination; Guy Zohar anchored the breaking story from a studio in Tel Aviv. Moshe Nusmaum announced the assassin's name a few minutes afterYa'akov Eilonreplaced Guy Zohar in Jerusalem Capital Studios. After the announcement of Rabin's death, Rafi Reshef anchored the broadcast all night.
CEO Nachman Shai understood that the competition hurt Channel 2 and Channel 1, and askedIsrael Broadcasting AuthorityCEO Mordechai Kirshenbaum to share resources. Kirshenbaum refused, and Channel 2's viewership increased.[citation needed]Six weeks after Rabin's death, the company bought amateur photographer Roni Kempler's videotape of the assassination forNIS1 millionand re-aired it.
The company prepared to compete with Channel 1 during the1996 election,its first. Reporters were placed at all party headquarters, and the prediction-poll results were announced at 10 pm; both channels were wrong.
In 1997,Haim Yavinwas replaced as anchor of Channel 1'sMabatby Geula Even.Ya'akov EilonandMiki Haimovichanchored Channel 2's evening news. The company built new studios, andtwo CH-53 helicopters crashed;seventy-three soldiers were killed. Both channels interrupted their broadcasts with the breaking news. A photographer accidentally filmed a soldier's bag with his name on it, painfully informing the soldier's family of his death.
1998–2002
editTelevision audience measurementbegan in Israel on 15 February 1998, and the Israel Audience Research Board (IARB) began including the company's broadcasts on 5 July of that year. Channel 2's evening news received a 30–40 percent share of the audience, and other programs also had fairly high ratings. That year, the company launched a website with news updates, information about the company's programs, anchors, reporters and commentators and links to the desks, live video streams and featured items. The website was up for three years.
In 1999, the company covered its secondelection;its poll (conducted by Mina Tzemakh and the Dahaf Institution) correctly predicted the prime minister, and the company built a special studio for the telecast. That April, Haim Yavin returned to anchoring Channel 1'sMabat.[10]Channel 1 began airing19:30,an early election-news programme; Channel 2 responded withWorld Order,anchored by Arad Nir. In December 1999, a Millennium Studio withholographicswas built. The studio was demolished on 2 January 2000.
During the early 2000s, when Channel 2 was Israel most-watched, anchors changed and reporters joined. They included Carmel Lutzati,Shelly Yachimovich,Oded Ben-Ami (2000),Danny Kushmaro,Ehud Ya'ari (2001), Amnon Abramovich, Oren Weigenfled (2003) and Lilach Sonin (2004–2013). In 2000, the company moved to Kiriyat HaTikshoret in Neve Ilan. The evening news was extended from 30 to 45 minutes, and to an hour in 2003; the three-minute commercial break at the end of the programme became 12 minutes of interspersed commercials.
TheSecond Intifadabegan in 2000, and the company prepared to cover news at odd hours in live reports from the field. TheMinistry of Communicationplanned to establish a dedicated 24-hour news channel; bidding began, andYa'akov Eilon(who left to join the competing company Hadashot Israel) was replaced by Miki Haimovich.
Hadashot Israel began producing Channel 10's news programmes. Plans for the news channel faded, and Eilon left Hadashot Israel to found Channel 10's independent news company in 2003. Channel 10's news, which aired at 19:00, was moved to 20:00 to compete with Channel 2's news.
Channel 2 began usingnews tickers,and Himovich andDan Shilonanchored coverage of the2001 Israeli prime ministerial election.After the election, Haimovich and Gadi Sukenik began anchoring the evening news. TheHaShidur HaMefutzalincident occurred on 2 March 2002, triggering criticism of the company. At the end of the year, Haimovich announced that she was moving to Channel 10.Yonit LeviandOshrat Kotlervied to anchor the news with Sukenik; Shalom Kital's chose the inexperienced, 25-year-old Levi, who anchored her first programme on 22 December 2002.
2003–2006
editIlan Ramonwas scheduled to return to earth after 15 days in space as Israel's first astronaut at the beginning of 2003, and Channel 2 prepared a special broadcast to commemorateSpace Shuttle Columbia's arrival; Ramon's father was invited to the studio. The shuttleexplodedwhile reentering the atmosphere, and Ramon's father received news of the tragedy in the studio. Arad Nir, who reported live fromTexas,said in 2009 that it was the hardest broadcast of his career.
At the beginning of 2003, Gadi Sukenik andYonit Levianchored the evening news for the company's fourthelection.During theIraq War,the company replaced the programme's graphics and briefly cooperated with the internet portalMSNto present its featured video articles.
In 2005, weatherman Danny Roup announced his move to Channel 10. Channel 1 weatherman Danny Deutch moved to Channel 2 to replace Roup. In April,the Second Authority for Television and Radiobid for two Channel 2 franchisees.KeshetandReshetwon the bid, and Telad stopped broadcasting and funding the news company. The company's deficit increased toNIS 10 million.At the end of August, after theIsraeli disengagement from Gaza,the company changed its graphics for the third time since 2000. The graphics (made for the event) aired until 27 August, when they were replaced by new graphics. That year, Channel 10's audience began to surpass Channel 1's. Shalom Kital remained as CEO.
The company changed studios for a week in 2006 (using the slogan "Israel chooses 2" ), purchased a 3D graphics system and collaborated withReshet's satiricalMishak Makhurfor its fifthelectionbroadcast. That year, aKnessetcommittee chose it to operate theKnesset Channel.In June, theCable and Satellite Broadcasting Councilgave the company a 10-year contract for the Knesset Channel.
2007
editAfter 12 years as CEO, Shalom Kital resigned and was replaced by executive editor Avi Weiss. On 1 August, Gadi Sukenik anchored his last evening news programme;Yonit Levianchored the news alone, replaced occasionally by Danny Kushmaro. Channel 10 morning-show anchorTamar Ish-Shalombecame a London correspondent in October 2007, and then an anchor. She moved to Channel 10's evening news in 2011.
Channel 10 evening-news editor Gut Suderi replaced Boaz Stembler andLiran Danin September. Stembler then editedFriday Studiobefore resigning. In October, the company spentNIS 2 millionon a new studio. At the beginning of the month,Friday Studioanchor Aharon Barnea announced that he would move to Washington, D.C. as a correspondent.Yair LapidanchoredFriday Studiountil January 2012.
2008–2012
editAt the beginning of April 2008, the company announced an agreement withEl Alto produce a 30-minute news programme for El Al passengers. On 17 April of that year, it began broadcasting on theKeshetand Reshet websites. That month, the company began producing a daily news bulletin at 13:00 anchored by Oren Wiegenfeld. In September, it introduced a webpage onKeshetand Reshet websites.
In 2009, the company offered YouTube users an opportunity to ask election contestants questions, which the contestants answered on a special broadcast. For the2009 electionbroadcast, anchored byYonit Levi,the company collaborated withKeshet's satirical showEretz Nehederet.Channel 9ended its six-and-a-half-year agreement with the company at the beginning of March 2009, and the latter discontinued some of its programmes due to budget cuts. A world weather forecast on some programmes attracted more advertising revenue.
Young Edition,news for young people anchored by Gidon Oko, premiered in May 2011.Election Systema daily programme anchored by Udi Segal and Dana Weiss with in-depth coverage of the2013 elections,premiered in November 2012. The following month,Six WithandMeet The Presswere cancelled and the evening news was shortened to 45 minutes as a result ofNIS 20 millionin budget cuts. After ten days, a change in the Second Authority law enabled the company to reduce the cuts toNIS 5 million.
2013–2016
editOn the 2013 election night, the company again collaborated with Keshet'sEretz Nehederetand Yonit Levi anchored the broadcast. It was the most-watched programme since audience measurements began.[11] In May 2013, Dany Kushmaro was chosen to anchorFriday Studio;Dana Weiss was chosen to anchor the weekend news, and Rina Matzliah began anchoringMeet The Press.[12]The company collaborated withArutz HaYeladimin October of that year to produceYoung Editionas a 20-minute daily program with the weekly Channel 2 Friday edition.[13]The company celebrated its 20th anniversary the following month, airing promos with important events it reported, and replaced its midnight bulletin with a nightly news programme.[14]Yonit Levi went onmaternity leave,and was replaced by Keren Marciano and Danny Kushmaro.[15]
The average audience measurement was 29.4 percent duringOperation Protective Edgein July 2014, the company's best July ever and its strongest month in 15 months. The channel had its first debate between the prime-ministerial candidates before the2015 electionson 26 February, receiving a 30.6-percent audience share. On election night, the evening news was broadcast from a transparent studio on theKnessetplaza; the programme was watched by 37.7 percent of the audience.
2017–present
editOn 9 May 2017, theIsrael Broadcasting Authorityannounced that it would cease broadcasting at the end of the week. The channel was replaced withKan,on channel 11. At the time, Channel 2 operated on channel 22; the Educational Television Service operated on channel 23, the Sports Channel on 55, the Knesset channel on 99, and Channel 10 on 10. The major Israeli channels soon re-formed and moved to other channels. Keren Marciano went on maternity leave, and Dana Weiss anchored the evening news withYonit Leviand Danny Kushmaro.
Shortly before Channel 2 split, the company rebranded itself as "The News (HaHadashot) "and its content moved toKeshet 12andReshet 13inHD.During construction of a new studio inNeve Ilan,broadcasts began originating from a temporary studio at the same location on 25 September 2017. Broadcasting from the new studio began on 1 November, after the Channel 2 split.
Most broadcasts aired on both channels, except forThe Economic Program(aired on Keshet 12) andGood Night IsraelandMeet The Press(aired on Reshet 13). To cover breaking news, the channels can join the HaHadashot 12 broadcast or remain with regular programming.
On 31 October 2017, Channel 2's last evening news programme aired; Danny Kushmaro introduced the company's new studio, and Yonit Levi was in the temporary studio. The following day, HaHadashot 12 began broadcasting on Keshet 12 and Reshet 13. The company lost its contract for theKnesset Channelto Channel 10 on 1 August 2018.
Notable anchors
edit- Yonit Levi
- Danny Kushmaro
- Ya'akov Eilon(former)
- Miki Haimovich(former)
- Yair Lapid(former)
See also
editReferences
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