november 1993 1993 11 04 owned by the second authority for television and radio picture format 4 3 576i dvb country israel language hebrew broadcast area national affiliates keshet media group reshet israeli news company headquarters tel aviv website channel 2 availability terrestrial digital channel 2 satellite yes channel 22 amos 2 10806 v 27500 3 4 amos 3 11658 v 8520 2 3 cable hot channel 22 streaming media reshet live stream channel 2 hebrew arutz shtaim also called the second channel haarutz hasheni is an israeli commercial television channel . its production studios are located in neve ilan near jerusalem . 1 contents 1 history 2 broadcasters 3 notable anchors 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit israeli news company studios in neve ilan in 1990 after 13 years of deliberations the knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in israel . the goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition . channel 2 began broadcasting on 4 november 1993 . three concessionaires were chosen keshet telad and reshet . 2 the concessionaires received a broadcasting contract for one decade and worked out a rotation agreement amongst themselves . 3 in 2005 the ministry of communications announced that two concessionaires would receive broadcasting contracts for the following decade . 4 of the four competitors the fourth being kan keshet and reshet were chosen . telad which lost the bid stopped broadcasting on channel 2 in october 2005 . keshet and reshet broadcast 3 or 4 days a week rotating every two years . in 2011 channel 2 installed a new digital system to preserve news content that was stored on aging videotapes and manage its archive library . 1 broadcasters edit the broadcasts of channel 2 are controlled by the second authority for television and radio . the channel currently has two concessionaires keshet and reshet . 5 other content providers for channel 2 include the israeli news company and israeli educational television . the latter has been broadcasting its programs on the channel in the afternoon since 1995 . notable anchors edit ilana dayan ya akov eilon yair lapid yonit levi see also edit israel portal television portal jerusalem online list of programs broadcast by channel 2 israel list of television channels in israel references edit a b channel 2 israel deploys masstech s topaz xt mam system to support digital workflow press release . masstech . 3 august 2011 . retrieved 28 august 2012 . kamin debra 2 october 2013 . keshet two decades of evolution . variety . retrieved 12 june 2015 . the establishment of channel 2 . the second authority for television and radio . retrieved 28 august 2012 . channel 2 . ynetnews . 26 january 2005 . retrieved 28 august 2012 . kamin debra 22 january 2015 . keshet s cachet draws top tv execs to innovation confab in jerusalem . variety . retrieved 12 june 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to channel 2 israel . channel 2 the english edition by keshet media group the establishment of channel 2 at the second authority for television and radio website v t e television in israel multichannel television governing bodies cable and satellite broadcasting council broadcasting organizations hot hot s channels yes yes s channels channels israel plus music 24 channel 20 public stations governing bodies iba government of israel ministry of education broadcasting channels channel 1 channel 33 knesset channel ietv commercial stations governing bodies the second authority for television and radio broadcasting channels channel 2 keshet reshet channel 10 authority control worldcat identities viaf 310740048 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title channel 2 israel & oldid 696493644 categories channel 2 israel 1993 establishments in israelhebrew language mediamedia in tel avivtelevision channels and stations established in 1993television channels in israelhidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015articles containing hebrew language textcommons category with page title same as on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olfran aisitaliano ladinopolski edit links this page was last modified on 23 december 2015 at 15 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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