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'What you're contracting is creativity': the hidden strain on Israeli television

Israeli television is still producing global hits, but behind the success, budgets, politics and fewer commissions threaten the industry’s future

French actress Melanie Laurent (right) joined the ‘Fauda’ cast for season five, starring and co-created by Lior Raz.Premium
Israeli journalist Oren Nahari speaks at the annual conference of the Budget Division in at Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on November 2, 2015.

Remembering Oren Nahari: The storyteller who brought the world into Israeli living rooms - comment

An ElAl flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, February 25, 2026.

Who should get to vote? Plans for 70,000 Israelis abroad to fly home for election sparks debate

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Final - Spain v Argentina - New York/New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, US - July 19, 2026 Argentina's Lionel Messi looks dejected after the match as Spain's Ferran Torres and Mikel Oyarzabal celebrate winning the World Cup

FIFA World Cup 2026 final sets KAN network record as most watched since 1998


Family of Haymanot Kasau, missing since February, call for country-wide search day

According to statements issued by Kasau's family, intense searches for the girl will be conducted between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on on Thursday.

A police car

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda’s newspaper comes to life in the new series ‘The Deer’

The Deer (HaZvi in Hebrew) was a newspaper founded by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the leading proponent of making Hebrew into the language of the Jewish homeland.

 The Deer series on KAN.

Hostage families appear on Israeli TV show ‘Sorry for Asking’

The questions they were asked ranged from: “Do you dream about them at night?” to “What is the last thing you did together?”

"Kan," the new public broadcaster's logo.

Kibbutz Be'eri dining hall reopens a month after Hamas massacre

Kan also reported that the dining hall is used mainly by those who are working for the Be'eri Printing Press.

 Photos of the destruction in Kibbutz Be'eri taken in the beginning of November 2023.

Zehu Ze! to broadcast special performance on Kan 11 Thursday night

The performance will feature special musical arrangements by composer/musician Amir Lekner, who will also play the piano and flute, as well as a number of other musicians. 

Zehu Ze!

Israel's largest TV channels vow to fight against 'hostile government takeover'

The three channels vowed that, through the joint forum, they "will use all the tools at its disposal to prevent the dangerous move of a hostile takeover of the Israeli media."

 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends digital journalism Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, January 9, 2023.

'Sovietzka,' 'The Bear,' 'Painkiller': What's new to watch on Israeli TV

Without meaning to, I got hooked on Painkiller, the new Netflix series which presents a fictionalized drama based on the story of OxyContin, the Sackler family, and the opioid epidemic.

 ‘SOVIETZKA’ (Sitting, from left) Evgenia Dodina as the mother, Fira Kantor as the grandmother, and Gera Sandler as the father. (Standing, from left) Lena Fraifeld, Daniel Styopin and Suzanna Papian.

Shows about charming kids, seniors hit Israeli TV

This is the first season that has been produced since the lockdowns of the COVID pandemic made such activities impossible.

 ‘OLD PEOPLE’S Home for Four-Year-Olds’

Israeli minister accuses Kan's Arabic-Language channel of violating the law

The allegations come amidst growing concern regarding the channel's editorial choices and narratives.

 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends digital journalism Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, January 9, 2023.

Holocaust Remembrance Day to be marked through movies and documentaries

No matter how much I thought I knew, there is always more to learn, and movies can help to look at the events of the Shoah from different angles.

 A SCENE FROM ‘My Father’s Secrets.’