Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial

Commercial broadcasting

Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship...

 television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 channel.

History

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 November 4, 1993. Three concessionaires were chosen: "Keshet

Keshet (TV)

Keshet Broadcasting or Keshet is a media group and leading television program maker licensed in Israel. Keshet operates under the auspices of the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority . It is one of two operators that have run the main Israeli commercial television channel, Channel 2, since 1993,...

", "Telad

Telad

Telad is an Israeli production company. The company is mostly known for being one of the three concessionaires whom ran the Israeli commercial television channel Channel 2 between the years 1993–2005.- History :...

" and "Reshet

Reshet

thumb|right|"Reshet" logoReshet is one of the two concessionaires running the Israeli commercial television channel, Arutz 2 since 1993. Reshet is considered one of the most successful television networks in Israel....

". The concessionaires received a broadcasting contract for one decade and worked out a rotation agreement amongst themselves.

In April 2005, the Ministry of Communication announced that two concessionaires would receive broadcasting contracts for the following decade. 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.

Channel 2 production studios are located in Neve Ilan

Neve Ilan

Neve Ilan is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 319...

, near Jerusalem.

In 2011, Channel 2 installed a new digital system to preserve news content that was stored on aging videotapes and manage its archive library.

Broadcasters

The broadcasts of Channel 2 are controlled by the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority

Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority

The Second Authority for Television and Radio law was passed by the Knesset in 1990. Its purpose was to establish a new governing-body whose purpose is to facilitate and regulate commercially-operated television and radio broadcasts in Israel...

. The channel currently has two concessionaires: Keshet and Reshet.

Other content providers for Channel 2 include:

• Israeli News Company
  Israeli News Company
  Israeli News Company is an Israeli company producing the Prime time news program on the Israeli commercial Channel 2, and most of its current affairs and news programs and items for that commercial channel....
  
   (חברת החדשות הישראלית בע"מ) - produces the news broadcasts for the channel.
• IETV
  Israeli Educational Television
  The Israeli Educational Television is a state-owned public television network which used to concentrate on producing and broadcasting programs for schoolchildren. The first Israeli children's show, featuring Kishkashta, aired on Channel 1 in the 1970s and '80s...
  
  (הטלוויזיה החינוכית) - Israeli Educational Television has been broadcasting its programs on channel 2 in the afternoon since 1995.