Keshet 12

Country	Israel
Broadcast area	Israel
Affiliates	Keshet Media Group Israeli News Company
Headquarters	Ramat HaHayal, Tel Aviv
Programming
Language(s)	Hebrew
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Keshet Media Group
History
Launched	1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)
Links
Website	Keshet 12
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 12
Streaming media
Keshet Media Group	Live stream

Keshet 12 (Hebrew: ערוץ 12) is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by Keshet Media Group. It launched on 1 November 2017 as one of two replacements of the outgoing Channel 2.

History

Israel's Channel 2 was operated by the Second Authority for Television and Radio, but was programmed by two rotating companies, Keshet Media Group and Reshet. As part of a larger series of reforms to Israel's broadcast system to increase diversity and competition, Channel 2 was shut down, and both concessionaires were granted their own, standalone channels; Keshet 12 officially launched on 1 November 2017, alongside Reshet 13. Programs were divided among the two channels.^[1][2] The Israel Television News Company continued to provide news programmes for both channels, with the main primetime bulletin simulcast by both channels, until 16 January 2019 when HaHadashot 12 was established after the merger of Reshet 13 and Channel 10.^[3]