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Channel 9 (Russian: 9 канал, IPA: [ˈdʲevʲɪtʲ kɐˈnaɫ]) is a television station in Israel, formerly known as Israel Plus (Russian: Израиль Плюс). It primarily broadcasts in the Russian language usually with Hebrew subtitles. It also broadcasts some shows in Hebrew with Russian subtitles. The channel is aimed at the one million plus Russian speakers who have immigrated to the country since 1990. It was rebranded as Channel 9 (9 Kanal), the channel on which it is broadcast on cable and satellite. It is available in North America via free-to-air satellite on Galaxy 25.[1]
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| Type | Russian language |
|---|---|
| Availability | Israel |
| Headquarters | Neve Ilan, Israel |
Launch date | November 2002 |
Official website | www |
History
editBackground
editIn 1997, the government approved the report of the Yossi Peled committee, set up to create a proposal to expand and reorganize the public broadcasting system. The report recommended the adoption of a new policy to create a free market for electronic media, based on the principle of an "open sky" for everyone. The committee recommended licenses for direct-to-home satellite television (Yes), the creation of a new private terrestrial channel (which would become (Channel 10), and the creation of five or six dedicated cable channels: an Arabic service, a Russian channel, an Amharic channel for Ethiopians in Israel, a channel for Israeli culture (which would become Channel 20, now conservative channel Now 14), an Israeli music channel (Channel 24) and a news channel, all of which financed by commercial advertising.[2]
In 1998, the Ministry of Communications, by means of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, did the preliminary selection of the five channels (the Amharic channel was excluded from the initial plan). The decision included Al-Hala TV (Arabic), a news channel, a Russian channel, a music channel (Channel 24) and a cultural heritage channel.[3] However, after the initial preliminary bidding, the plan for the Russian channel was delayed for several years.[4]
Bid
editIn September 2001, Africa Israel Investments, a financial group headed by Lev Leviev won the tender for the creation of Israel TV channel in Russian. Established in November 2002,[5] the channel's first CEO was Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich, who led the company until February 2004.[6] The station began broadcasting on 12 November 2002.
Acquisition
editIn May 2013, Israeli-Russian businessman Alexander Levin purchased control of the channel for NIS 6 million.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "9 Kanal - LyngSat".
- ↑ Aviva Carroll, The govenrment approved the Peled report for the opening of the broadcasting sector, Globes, 11 August 1997
- ↑ Efi Landau, The Ministry of Communications published a tender for the early screening of the dedicated channels, Globes, 1 December 1998
- ↑ Aviva Carroll, The return of the dedicated channels, Globes, 31 July 2000
- ↑ Russian TV channel Israel Plus sees loss Haaretz, 2 December 2013
- ↑ Russian TV channel in talks to buy stake in Israel Plus Haaretz, 25 February 2004
- ↑ Globes (2013-07-12). "Leviev sells Israeli Russian language cable station for $6.5 million". Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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