Israel broadcasting authority
Israeli public broadcasting icon, journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz dies at age 78
Kutz served for four decades as Voice of Israel's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of Israeli public broadcasting in the French and European arena.
Communications c'mtee approves splitting Karhi's media legislation amid legal adviser's opposition
Israel's broadcasting law poses 'grave risk,' A-G says, urging High Court to hear petitions
Inside Israel's media war: Who shapes the narrative now?
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.
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.
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."
MK begs PM to save English news
Netanyahu holds the Communications portfolio and is the address for the ongoing campaign to try to save the IBA English News from going off the air permanently.
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.
'No opinions clause' on its way to cancellation
On Monday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the cancellation, and it the Knesset approved it in a first vote with 24 in favor and none opposed.
Grapevine: Signing off and out
The Israel Broadcasting Authority is in the process of liquidation.
The straw that finally broke the camel’s back
Steve Leibowitz: Akunis’s resignation is a great loss to IBA.
Netanyahu nixes law banning public broadcasters from publishing opinions
Eichler Clause in Public Broadcasting Law likely to be repealed by Knesset.
Controversial 'no opinions' article added to new public broadcast law
"No one should be paid with tax money to give one-sided opinions…using a microphone that belongs to the nation,” MK Eichler says.
