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==History== [[File:Kol israel bldg.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Kol Yisrael]] building on Heleni Hamalka Street, [[Jerusalem]]]] [[File:Channel 1 Israel DSCN1014.JPG|thumb|200px|IBA headquarters in [[Romema]], [[Jerusalem]] (January 2016)]] The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station ''[[Kol Yisrael]]'',<ref>literally ''Voice of Israel''</ref><ref>not to be confused with the private [[internet radio]] station of this [[Voice of Israel|same name]] which operated between 2014 and 2015</ref> which made its first broadcast as an independent station on 14 March 1948. The name of the organization operating ''Kol Yisrael'' was changed to ''Israel Broadcasting Service'' in 1951. The law creating the ''Israel Broadcasting Authority'' was passed by the [[Knesset]] on 6 June 1965. Television broadcasts commenced on 2 May 1968, with color television following on 23 February 1983, although occasional color transmissions, of such events as the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1979]] and the visit of the [[Egyptian President]] [[Anwar Sadat]] in 1977, had been made earlier.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Su9UDwAAQBAJ&dq=sadat+visit+to+israel+1977+color+tv&pg=PA258 Israel in the American Mind]</ref> IBA operated two [[television]] channels and eight [[radio]] stations. In 1990, the [[Israeli parliament]] passed a law that resulted in the creation of the [[Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority]], whose function was to enable and regulate commercial television and private radio broadcasts in Israel. Before the establishment of the Second Broadcasting Authority and the subsequent widespread availability in Israel of [[cable television]] and satellite pay TV services (which also produce their own programming directed at the local market in the early 1990s (cable) and 2001 (satellite DTH service), the IBA had enjoyed a virtual monopoly of television and radio broadcasting and production in the country. There were a few exceptions, such as the morning and afternoon broadcasts produced by [[Israeli Educational Television|Israel Educational Television]] and delivered via the IBA's television channel, the popular [[Israel Defense Forces Radio]] service, and a private radio station (''the [[Voice of peace|Voice of Peace]]'') which operated offshore, outside Israeli [[territorial waters]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Most of the Israel Broadcasting Authority's domestic programming was funded until the end of 2015 by the levying of [[television license]] fees upon the owners of television sets. This fee was the primary source of revenue for the IBA's television services; however, its radio stations, however, carried full [[advertising]] and its TV programs were sometimes "sponsored" by commercial entities as a supplement to this income. Additionally, all car owners in Israel paid a radio levy through their annual car ownership license. IBA broadcasting was covered by the [[code of ethics]] set out in the [[Nakdi Report]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The IBA (IBS at the time) was admitted as a fully active member of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] in 1957. The decision made by the EBU General Assembly had the immediate effect that two founding broadcasters (the Egyptian and Syrian broadcasting services) quit as active members.<ref>p. 26, EBU Diffusion Special, May 1997</ref> The IBA provided news programming in 14 foreign languages, directed at audiences both abroad and in Israel through its [[IBA News]] programming available on the internet and through rebroadcasters. The IBA ceased to use shortwaves for its radio overseas transmissions in the mid-2000s.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In 2014, the Israeli cabinet approved reforms that would see the IBA closed and a new public broadcasting body take its place. The replacement network would operate three separate television channels: a Hebrew, an Arabic, and a children's channel. As part of the reforms, the [[television license|television tax]] levied on all Israelis who own televisions to support the IBA was to be abolished by March 2015. Eventually, the reform did not advance as originally planned and the target date was extended to 2018. Eight new national radio stations were to be created in place of the existing Kol Israel radio network.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4516428,00.html Government votes to cancel TV tax by March 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-tv-tax-to-end-in-2015/ Israel’s TV tax to end in 2015]</ref> The IBA was supposed to be replaced by the [[Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation]] (IPBC) on 1 October 2016, but the launch was postponed until the beginning of 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Grapevine-IBA-closure-postponed-yet-again-460849|title=Grapevine: IBA closure postponed yet again|last=Cashman|first=Greer Fay|date=July 19, 2016|access-date=2016-07-19|via=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> The proposed model for the IPBC had been criticized by the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU), which opposed the tying of the IPBC's finances to budgets decided upon directly by politicians and the planned absence of news services. EBU rules prescribe that a public broadcaster must provide a news service in order to qualify for membership.<ref>{{cite web|title=Israel's National Broadcaster No Longer Meets EBU Requirements|url=https://eurovoix.com/2017/04/07/israel-national-broadcaster-ebu/|website=EuroVoix|access-date=14 May 2018|date=7 April 2017|quote=Should Kan fail to broadcast news programmes, the station would not be able to broadcast this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.}}</ref> After several delays, the plans were changed to allow the IPBC to start its operations on 15 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=IPBC Blog - May 14th-15th|url=http://comingsoon.ipbc.org.il/|website=Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611150807/http://comingsoon.ipbc.org.il/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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