The Second Authority Council decided tonight (Wednesday) to temporarily freeze the next pulse of shortening news releases, and allow news companies to continue broadcasting until 9:15 p.m. According to the decision the temporary approval is given for four months in order to allow extra time to study the subject.
The commercial channels, for their part, expressed a willingness to examine changes in the volume of news broadcasts during the rest of the day. It will be recalled that current affairs and news programs are broadcast continuously in a sequence starting at 3:00 p.m. This is a decision pushed for in the commercial channels, but the council seems determined to signal to them not to interpret it as an opportunity to draw boundaries:
A few months ago, after a long period in which the commercial channels broadcast new editions that lasted about an hour and a half, the Second Authority Council, which has since ended its term, made a decision to shorten the editions by two beats: one for three months and an hour (until 9:15 p.m.), and On April 1, the editions were to be shortened once more to an hour.
It will also be recalled that the decision was made contrary to the position of Communications Minister Yoaz Handel, who promotes perceptions of deregulation and intervention as low as possible in the affairs of the broadcasting channels. The minister expressed his position openly in the media, but the then chairman of the council, Yulia Shmalov-Berkovich, who was the living spirit in leading the short cut, persisted despite this. , Former director general of the Ministry of Communications, who was by far the preferred candidate for the minister.
After the council was replaced, it was decided to hold a hearing on the length of the editions, but instead of focusing on the additional shortening pulse, the council decided to allow the discussion to reopen. Now, as stated, the editions will remain for an hour and a quarter until a final decision is made.