Channel 14 (Israel)
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Country | Israel & International |
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Broadcast area | National & International |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Picture format | HDTV 720p |
Ownership | |
Owner | Jewish Israeli Channel Ltd |
History | |
Launched | 30 June 2014 |
Replaced | Big Brother Live |
Former names | Heritage Channel Channel 20 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital | Channel 14 |
Streaming media | |
Official website | Live stream |
Now 14 (Hebrew: עכשיו 14), colloquially referred to as Channel 14, is an Israeli right-wing and conservative commercial television channel and news site. The channel broadcasts news, political commentary, satire and talk shows, all of which are presented from a right-wing perspective. The controlling shareholder of the channel is Yitzchak Mirilashvili.[1]
History[edit]
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Channel 20 started broadcasting on 30 June 2014.
In 2021, it was announced that Channel 20 will be rebranded to Now 14 (Hebrew: עכשיו 14) and subsequently moved to the 14th slot on TV receivers, right after Reshet 13. The move happened on 28 November that year.[citation needed]
The channel moved studios a couple times, and their most recent move was on the 28th of November 2021, when they moved to their current studio in Modi'in.[citation needed]
The channel primarily features news programming and, occasionally, religious programming, though the quantity of religious programs has been on a decline as the channel shifted to a more news-oriented approach over the years.[citation needed]
The most popular show on the channel is The Patriots, which features a panel of journalists and other activists discussing issues in the world, as well as commenting on social media posts from various people, and everyone is given a limited time to give an opinion. When the time is over, a buzzer is activated.[citation needed]
Now 14's main news show is broadcast at 19:30 Israel time since 28 November 2021, unlike the other big three channels which broadcast their main news show at around 20:00.[citation needed]
The Logically Facts fact-checking site reported in 2024 that
According to The Times of Israel, the "incendiary right-wing" news broadcaster Channel 14 was a "largely dismissed bit player in the media industry" until its viewership grew exponentially in 2023, which sparked concern due to its "repeated scandals" and charges of "pro-Netanyahu propaganda." The channel has been described as "the Israeli answer to Fox News" by Ayala Panievsky, a research fellow at Cambridge University and City University of London specializing in right-wing populism, who, in a 2023 opinion piece in the Israeli news outlet Haaretz, wrote that Channel 14 is "propagandistic."[2]
Staff[edit]
- Yinon Magal – Television presenter
- Tal Heinrich - part-time U.S. correspondent
- Erel Segal – news anchor
- Avraham Bloch – journalist
- Hallel Biton-Rosen – journalist
- Erez Zadoc – journalist
- Motty Castel – journalist
- Shay Golden – Television presenter
See also[edit]
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Conservatism in Israel |
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References[edit]
- ^ Billionaire unjustly jailed in Putin’s Russia to represent Jewish ex-Soviet communities, JTA, 26 July 2017
- ^ Social media users (7 March 2024). "No, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari has not announced his resignation". Logically Facts. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Hebrew)
- Interview with the channel chairman Moti Sklar at TLV1