Iba news

Former IBA director-general Joseph Barel dies, aged 79

Barel was passionate about the importance of an English-language news broadcast, and the prevelence of such today shows he was ahead of his time.

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IDF soldiers at the national military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, May 1, 2017‏

The Voice of the Nation is silenced

FILE PHOTO: Employees work in the offices of Kan, the new Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2016.

Kan reports rise in ratings

AVI MOSKOWITZ (left) toasting life with a Beer Bazaar patron.

Grapevine: The Polish connection


Barkat welcomes ruling to temporarily halt IBC opening outside Jerusalem

The court asked the IBC to use the IBA’s existing facilities in Romema and downtown on Helene Hamalka Street as a temporary measure.

IBA EMPLOYEES protest outside the Knesset yesterday. The sign reads, ‘Democracy=Public Broadcasting’

Winners of Ilan Roeh Prize May be the last to receive it

Roeh, a reporter for Israel Radio who had been covering events in Southern Lebanon for five years, was killed together with three members of the IDF.

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Barkat petitions High Court against proposal to launch new public broadcasting network in Modi'in

Barkat and Knesset lobby want the new network to be established in Jerusalem.

Jerusale mayor Nir Barkat announces he has registered to the Likud party in video message

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Will Israel Radio manage to survive until 100?

Reel-to-reel recording equipment was once state of the art

Knesset panel debates IBA future

Multiple flaws in the public broadcasting bill, the preliminary reading of which was passed last week by the Knesset, are preventing the IBC from getting off the ground.

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Without replacement, IBA gets 6-month reprieve

Following approval by the government, the Knesset voted to allow the IBA to continue broadcasting in its present format until September 30.

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MK Ilan Gilon fails in bid to save IBA from closure

A special Knesset Committee headed by Yesh Atid MK Keren Elharrar discussed the issue in depth, and in principle accepted the recommendations of the Landes committee with certain amendments.

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Public Broadcasting Corporation won’t meet deadline for April launch

“The prime minister has brought the IBA to this sorry state,” she charged,” casting all blame for the chaos in his direction.

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Media Comment: The IBA loses one more

Ayala Hasson-Nesher's IBA departure leads to some very serious questions concerning whether the IBC will be able to attract quality people to its ranks.

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Yoram Cohen named acting head of Ch. 1 news division

Cohen is now back in the seat that he occupied some five years ago.

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