Channel 2 News will join Israel Broadcasting Authority's Mabat news program, which The Israel Network has been broadcasting since first going on the air.
Channel 2 News will be broadcast on The Israel Network in North America as of tomorrow. The news programs will be broadcast live at 1 pm and 8 pm Eastern Standard Time. Channel 2 News will join Israel Broadcasting Authority's (IBA) Mabat news program, which The Israel Network has been broadcasting since it first went on the air.
The Israel Network broadcasting of Channel 2 New was made possible by an agreement between the two parties. The Israel Network has content agreements with IBA, IBA Educational Television, Second Broadcasting Authority (Channel 2) franchisees Reshet Television and Tel-Ad Jerusalem Studios, and the cable sports, nature and culture, children's, and Hop! channels. The Israel Network also buys content from private producers.
The Israel Network was founded in 2001 to provide television broadcasts to Israelis residing in Canada and the US. The Israel Network is owned by IVP (owned by The Israel Network director-general Shlomo Wolpert), Kardan Communications, Marlaz Communications, and New Regency Productions, owned by Arnon Milchan.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on August 31, 2003