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


Broadcast journalist Ayala Hasson bids tearful farewell to IBA

Hasson had always been fiercely loyal to the IBA, was regarded as a top-class investigative reporter, and scored numerous political scoops.

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IBA grants departing Hasson her swan song

The IBA is to close down at the end of March 2016, at which time a new, more streamlined and cost-efficient public broadcasting service is to be launched.

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Ayala Hasson leaves IBA for Channel 10

At Channel 10 she will be hosting what until now has been her rival program, 'Shishi.'

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Media Comment: Necessary media legislation

"One of the major flaws of the present legislation is that it threw out the previous clause in the law which laid down the principle that the IBA has to broadcast to the Jewish Diaspora."

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An English voice from Israel to the world

As expected, the government was not able to meet its self-imposed deadline of September 30 for closing the old IBA and opening a new authority.

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October 19: Readers have their say about IBA English news

With the demise of IBA TV news in English, anglophones here are deprived of an understandable information service that is essential in the current situation.

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IBA English, z”l?

The demise of the IBA English News was brought on not as a result of a conscious decision by the political or managerial echelon.

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IBA English newscasts set to resume today

Among the departments most gravely hit by voluntary early retirement of human resources was the IBA English News that lost all of its permanent staff with the exception of two people.

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Israel Radio’s English News faces closure

‘We feel like a sinking ship,’ says veteran broadcaster David Ze’ev.

VETERAN ISRAEL RADIO broadcaster David Ze’ev makes a point

IBA English News’s departing chief reflects on 25 years behind and in front of the camera

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STEVE LEIBOWITZ takes a final look around the IBA studios last month