Reshet

Reshet
רשת
Type TV broadcasting company
Country Israel
Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel
Broadcast area
 Nationwide
Key people
 Avi Zvi (CEO)
Established 1993
Launch date
 November 4, 1993
Affiliation Ofer Family (51%)
Strauss-Elite (16%)
Endemol (33%)
Official website
 reshet.tv

Reshet (Hebrew: רשת‎, lit. "Network") is an Israeli TV broadcasting company. It was one of the two concessionaires running the Israeli commercial television channel, Channel 2 from 1993 to 2017, and is running Reshet 13 at the present. Reshet is considered one of the most successful television channels in Israel.

History

Reshet studio building in Tel Aviv

On November 4, 1993, it began broadcasting on the commercial Channel 13 under the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority. At that time three concessionaires were chosen: Keshet, Telad and Reshet. The three concessionaires received a broadcasting contract for one decade. They decided they would exchange among themselves the broadcasting days in a week so that one broadcast three days a week while the other two broadcast two days.

In April 2005, a decision was made by a committee of the communication ministry that by the end of the decade only two concessionaires would receive broadcasting contracts for the following decade. Of the four competitors (the fourth was Kan), Keshet and Reshet were chosen. Each of the companies broadcast 3 or 4 days a week and changed every 2 years.

In 2017 it was announced than on November 1, Channel 2 would be shut down and Keshet and Reshet - two of the companies who broadcast on the channel - were to be separated into 2 TV channels. Reshet announced and launched a rebranding campaign for its new channel, Reshet 13.[1][2]

In June 2018, due to financial issues regarding the 2017 switch from franchise operation to broadcasting licenses causing the decision to separate Channel 2, RGE filed a merger with Reshet's Channel 13. After the merger, 10 News (RGE's news company) will be part of Channel 13, and some programs from Channel Ten will join Reshet 13. Channel 14, the standalone version of Ten, will stop broadcasting, and more thean 100 employees will be terminated if the merger goes through.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Israel's Channel 2 set for historic split Tue midnight - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Kamin, Debra (1 November 2017). "Keshet, Reshet Begin Operating Own Channels in Israeli TV Shakeup". Variety. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Channel Ten, Reshet slated to merge". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
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