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Broadcasting Distribution by means of Digital Broadcast Stations Law, 5772-2012

חוק הפצת שידורים באמצעות תחנות שידור ספרתיות, תשע"ב-2012

Published: 2012-04-01Last amended 2026-07-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter I: Definitions

Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"means of control", in a corporation – any of the following:

(1)the right to vote at a general meeting of a company or at a corresponding body of another corporation;
(2)the right to appoint a director or general manager, and in a corporation that is not a company – persons holding similar positions;
(3)the right to participate in the profits of the corporation;
(4)the right to a share in the remaining assets of the corporation after discharge of its debts, upon its winding up;

"interested party" – a person who holds five per cent or more of a particular class of means of control;

"the Operating Entity" – the operating entity for the purposes of digital broadcast stations pursuant to the provisions of this Law, appointed pursuant to section 2(a);

"private operating entity" – the Operating Entity that is not a governmental body or a corporation established by law;

"late payment fees" and "shekel interest" – as defined in the Interest and Linkage Law;

"holding", in respect of means of control in a corporation – directly or indirectly, alone or together with others, including through another and including a trustee or agent, or through a right conferred pursuant to an agreement, including an option to hold that does not derive from convertible securities, or in any other manner;

"local production" and "purchased local production" – as defined in section 6a of the Communications Law;

"television broadcasting franchise", "radio broadcasting franchise", "Channel 2" and "the Third Channel", "the Knesset Channel" and "television broadcasting licence" – as defined in the Second Authority Law;

"Copyright Law" – Copyright Law, 5768-2007;

"Performers' and Broadcasters' Rights Law" – Performers' and Broadcasters' Rights Law, 5744-1984;

"Second Authority Law" – Second Authority for Television and Radio Law, 5750-1990;

"Communications Law" – Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 5742-1982;

"Interest and Linkage Law" – Interest and Linkage Law, 5721-1961;

"high-definition technology" – technology for broadcasting and distributing television broadcasts at high resolution (High-Definition (HD));

"standard-definition technology" – technology for broadcasting and distributing television broadcasts at standard resolution (Standard-Definition (SD));

"the Determining Date" – the twenty-ninth day of Tevet 5774 (1 January 2014);

"Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council" – the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council as its meaning in the Communications Law;

"Second Authority Council" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio Council as its meaning in the Second Authority Law;

"manager of the Operating Entity" – the general manager of the Operating Entity or a person fulfilling a similar role even if their title differs;

"designated channel broadcaster" – as defined in section 6a of the Communications Law, provided that it has been determined, pursuant to the provisions of section 6ah(a3) of that Law, that it is entitled to finance its broadcasts by means of advertising broadcasts;

"thematic channel broadcaster" – a person who has received a licence to broadcast a thematic channel pursuant to section 13, to be distributed by means of digital broadcast stations;

"office holder" – as defined in the Communications Law;

"establishment cost" – the total payment for the planning and establishment of digital broadcast stations, including payment for –

(1)the acquisition of a right in real property upon which the digital broadcast stations are to be established;
(2)the acquisition of rights of use in equipment, including in satellite transponders;
(3)the establishment of broadcast stations, including the infrastructure works involved therein;
(4)the acquisition of the transmitters;

"general licence for broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations" – a licence granted pursuant to section 12a;

"licence for broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations" – a general licence for broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations or a special licence for broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations;

"special licence for broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations" – a licence granted pursuant to section 12b;

"Broadcasting Authority" – (deleted);

"the Second Authority" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio established pursuant to the Second Authority Law;

"broadcasts" – television broadcasts and radio broadcasts provided to the public pursuant to any law;

"control" – as defined in the Communications Law;

"Israeli Broadcasting Corporation" – as defined in the Israeli Public Broadcasting Law, 5774-2014;

"digital broadcast station" – a broadcast station, including a hub for the control, coordination, standardisation and amplification of broadcasts, for the purpose of broadcasting and distributing them to the public, by digital means, directly or by means of additional broadcast stations as aforesaid;

"broadcast station" – an installation or device used or intended to be used for the purposes of broadcasts, their reception or distribution, including satellite equipment and excluding a studio;

"the Minister" – the Minister of Communications.

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Chapter II: The Operating Entity – Appointment, Operating Permit and Functions

Appointment of the Operating Entity§

2.
(a)The Minister and the Minister of Finance shall appoint the Operating Entity; the appointment of a private operating entity shall be by way of tender; notice of the appointment of the Operating Entity shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(b)(Repealed).
(c)The body that is a broadcaster as defined in the Knesset Channel Broadcasting Law, 5764-2003, as well as a body from among the bodies listed in section 6(a)(4) and (6) (in this subsection – the broadcasting body), a person with an interest or a controlling shareholder in the broadcasting body, a person in whom the broadcasting body is an interested party or a controlling shareholder, or a person in whom a particular individual is an interested party or a controlling shareholder and who is also so in the broadcasting body, shall not be appointed as Operating Entity; the Minister, with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe additional restrictions and conditions with respect to the appointment of the Operating Entity and with respect to its activity, inter alia on the following matters:
(1)the holding and control of another in the Operating Entity or of the Operating Entity in another;
(2)another occupation of the Operating Entity, another role it fulfils pursuant to law or another service it provides;
(3)(deleted).
(c1)Without derogating from the provisions of subsection (c), a person in whom one of the following applies shall not be appointed as private operating entity:
(1)the person, or an office holder, controlling shareholder or interested party in the person, has been convicted of an offence which, by reason of its nature, gravity or circumstances, renders the appointment of that person as Operating Entity inappropriate;
(2)one of the following applies to the person, whether directly or indirectly:
(a)the person is a holder of a television broadcasting franchise or a holder of a television broadcasting licence, or an interested party or a controlling shareholder in a franchise holder or a licence holder as aforesaid, or a licence holder or franchise holder as aforesaid is an interested party or a controlling shareholder in the person, or a particular individual is an interested party or a controlling shareholder in the person and also in a franchise holder or a licence holder as aforesaid;
(b)the person is a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence or a holder of a general cable broadcasting licence pursuant to the Communications Law, or a holder of a licence to broadcast a designated channel pursuant to section 6ah1 of the Communications Law who has received approval from the Council to broadcast news broadcasts in accordance with their licence, or an interested party or a controlling shareholder in a licence holder as aforesaid, or a licence holder as aforesaid is an interested party or a controlling shareholder in the person, or a particular individual is an interested party or a controlling shareholder in the person and also in a licence holder as aforesaid;
(c)the person is a newspaper as defined in section 6h4(c) of the Communications Law, an interested party or a controlling shareholder in a newspaper, or one of the circumstances set out in section 6h4(a)(3) or (4) of the Communications Law applies to the person.
(c2)In the appointment of a private operating entity, the following considerations shall be taken into account, inter alia:
(1)Government policy in the field of telecommunications and in the field of broadcasting;
(2)considerations of public benefit;
(3)the suitability of the applicant to act as a private operating entity;
(4)the contribution of the appointment of the private operating entity to competition in the field of broadcasting;
(5)the reduction in the amount of distribution fees that the bodies whose broadcasts are distributed pursuant to sections 6 and 7 would have had to pay for the distribution of their broadcasts pursuant to section 9, had a private operating entity not been appointed;
(6)the scope of investments in local productions proposed by the applicant to act as a private operating entity.
(d)(Repealed).
(e)The transfer of means of control in a corporation that is the Operating Entity requires prior written approval from the Minister.
(f)(Repealed).

Operating Permit for a Private Operating Entity§

2a.
(a)Where the Minister and the Minister of Finance have appointed a private operating entity, the Minister shall grant it a permit for the operation of the digital broadcast stations (in this Law – operating permit); in the operating permit the Minister may prescribe conditions, inter alia on the following matters:
(1)the manner of operation of the digital broadcast stations;
(2)the manner of providing the broadcast distribution service and the quality of the service;
(3)guarantees that the private operating entity is to furnish for the purpose of receiving the operating permit and ensuring fulfilment of the conditions of the permit, and the ways of realising them;
(4)the determination of the amount of distribution fees by the private operating entity pursuant to section 9(e) and the manner of their payment;
(5)the determination of the conditions of the guarantees and securities and the ways of realising them by the private operating entity pursuant to section 11(c).
(b)An operating permit, as well as the assets of the private operating entity required for its activity pursuant to this Law, are not transferable, chargeable as a security interest or attachable, unless prior written approval has been given therefor by the Minister and subject to the conditions prescribed by the Minister.
(c)A private operating entity that has received an operating permit is not required to hold a licence pursuant to section 4 of the Communications Law.
(d)The private operating entity shall not make, directly or indirectly, the provision of a service pursuant to this Law conditional upon the purchase or receipt of another service provided by it or by another, or upon the non-receipt of such a service, unless the Minister has permitted it to do so in the operating permit, with or without conditions; in this subsection, "service" – a service provided to the public or to bodies whose broadcasts are distributed by means of the digital broadcast stations.

Planning, Establishment and Operation of Digital Broadcast Stations by the Operating Entity§

3.
(a)The Operating Entity shall plan, establish and operate digital broadcast stations for the reception and distribution to the public of broadcasts to be received throughout the country, in accordance with the provisions of this Law, and in the case of a private operating entity – also in accordance with the operating permit granted to it, all by itself or through another; the Minister, with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe conditions and restrictions with respect to the planning, establishment or operation of digital broadcast stations through another.
(b)The digital broadcast stations may be in the ownership of the Operating Entity and shall be under its supervision.
(c)Nothing in the provisions of this section shall derogate from the provisions pursuant to the Wireless Telegraph Ordinance [New Version], 5732-1972, or from the provisions pursuant to the Planning and Building Law, 5725-1965.
(d)The provisions of sections 13, 13a and 13b of the Communications Law shall also apply to the Operating Entity.

Revocation of Operating Permit§

3a.
(a)The Minister may revoke an operating permit granted to a private operating entity if the Minister has found that the private operating entity has breached a material condition of the permit or has breached a non-material condition of the permit and has not remedied the breach as directed by the Minister.
(b)Where an operating permit has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a), the appointment of the private operating entity shall lapse, and it shall cease to plan, establish and operate the digital broadcast stations.

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Chapter III: Financing the Establishment Cost of Digital Broadcast Stations Established until the Determining Date

Financing of the Establishment Cost§

4.

The State Treasury shall bear the establishment cost of the first three multiplexers required for the purpose of the reception and distribution to the public of broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations pursuant to the provisions of this Law, inter alia through the use of royalties paid pursuant to section 100 of the Second Authority Law by a holder of a television broadcasting franchise, a holder of a television broadcasting licence and a holder of a radio broadcasting franchise; and as regards the establishment cost after the Determining Date – the State Treasury shall not bear it except with the approval of the Minister of Finance.

Reporting§

5.
(a)The manager of the Operating Entity shall submit to the Minister and to the Minister of Finance, within 30 days of the end of each quarter (in this subsection – the reported quarter), a report concerning the activity of the Operating Entity financed pursuant to the provisions of section 4 during the reported quarter, and concerning such activity anticipated in the following quarter; such a report shall relate, inter alia, to the progress in the planning and establishment of digital broadcast stations during the reported quarter and to the anticipated progress during the following quarter, to an updated estimate of the total establishment cost, and to an estimate of the expected expenditure in the quarter following the reported quarter.
(b)The Minister, the Minister of Finance, or a person authorised by either of them for that purpose, may require the manager of the Operating Entity to furnish additional particulars required for the purpose of examining the calculations underlying the estimates as detailed in the report submitted pursuant to subsection (a).

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Chapter IV: Distribution of Broadcasts by means of Digital Broadcast Stations

Obligation of the Operating Entity to Distribute Television Broadcasts by means of Digital Broadcast Stations§

6.
(a)The Operating Entity shall distribute by means of the digital broadcast stations the television broadcasts of the bodies listed in the following paragraphs, within television channels as detailed in those paragraphs:
(1)holders of television broadcasting franchises on Channel 2 – within one television channel in standard-definition technology, and the holder of the television broadcasting franchise on the Third Channel – within one television channel in standard-definition technology;
(2)holders of television broadcasting licences – within one television channel in standard-definition technology for each licence holder, and in the case of a minor licence holder and a designated minor licence holder as defined in section 71f of the Second Authority Law, if they so requested – within one television channel in standard-definition technology, high-definition technology or other technology for each licence holder, at the choice of the licence holder;
(3)the Knesset, with respect to the Knesset Channel broadcasts – within one television channel in standard-definition technology;
(4)the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation – within three television channels in standard-definition technology (in this paragraph – the main channels); if the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts an additional channel beyond the main channels by means of high-definition technology (in this paragraph – an additional channel), the Operating Entity shall also distribute the broadcasts of the additional channel, by means of high-definition technology if the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation so requested, but not more than three additional channels;
(5)(deleted);
(6)(deleted);
(7)a thematic channel broadcaster – within one television channel in standard-definition technology, high-definition technology or other technology for each broadcaster, at the choice of the broadcaster;
(8)a body from among the bodies enumerated in this subsection, other than the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, a designated channel broadcaster and a thematic channel broadcaster, whose broadcasts are distributed by means of digital broadcast stations within a television channel in standard-definition technology (in this paragraph – the main channel) – within one additional television channel in high-definition technology or other technology for each such body, if it so requested; the broadcasts on the additional channel as aforesaid shall be broadcast simultaneously with their broadcast on the main channel.
(b)The Operating Entity shall distribute the television broadcasts of a body whose broadcasts were distributed by the Second Authority on the eve of the Determining Date by means of digital broadcast stations, as provided in section 24(b) – from the Determining Date; if the television broadcasts of a body from among the bodies listed in the following paragraphs were not distributed on the eve of the Determining Date as aforesaid, the date of commencement of the distribution of its broadcasts by the Operating Entity, by means of digital broadcast stations, shall be no later than the date specified in those paragraphs, as the case may be:
(1)a holder of a television broadcasting licence as referred to in subsection (a)(2) – one year from the date on which the licence was granted;
(2)the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, with respect to the broadcasts of the additional channel as its meaning in subsection (a)(4) – one year from the date on which it requested that the broadcasts of that channel be distributed by means of the digital broadcast stations;
(3)(deleted);
(4)(deleted);
(5)a thematic channel broadcaster as referred to in subsection (a)(7) – a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days from the date on which the broadcaster received a licence pursuant to section 13(a);
(6)a body as referred to in subsection (a)(8) – a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days from the date on which it was selected in the procedure pursuant to that subsection.
(c)The Operating Entity shall distribute the television broadcasts pursuant to the provisions of this section such that the manner of distribution, the quality of the television broadcasts and the possibility of choosing the other components of the television broadcasts shall be identical for all bodies whose television broadcasts are distributed by means of standard-definition technology or by means of high-definition technology, as the case may be.

Obligation of the Operating Entity to Distribute Radio Broadcasts by means of Digital Broadcast Stations§

7.
(a)The Operating Entity shall distribute by means of the digital broadcast stations the radio broadcasts of the bodies listed in the following paragraphs, if they so requested, within radio channels as detailed in those paragraphs:
(1)the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation – within up to eight radio channels;
(2)Galei Tzahal – the radio broadcasts of the Israel Defence Forces (in this section – Galei Tzahal) – within up to two radio channels;
(3)holders of radio broadcasting franchises – within one radio channel for each franchise holder;
(4)the Civil Defence Service – within up to four radio channels, for the purpose of broadcasting emergency announcements only, on a permanent basis or on a temporary basis – concerning a matter from among the matters listed in paragraphs (1) to (8) of section 9(d) of the Television Broadcasts (Subtitles and Sign Language) Law, 5765-2005, or concerning an attack as defined in the Civil Defence Law, 5711-1951.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation or Galei Tzahal broadcasts radio broadcasts within an additional radio channel beyond the channels referred to in subsection (a)(1) or (2), as the case may be, the Operating Entity shall also distribute the broadcasts of the additional radio channel, if the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation or Galei Tzahal so requested, subject to available capacity for the distribution of broadcasts as aforesaid.
(b1)Until the appointment of a private operating entity, the provisions of subsection (b) shall also apply to additional broadcast content as defined in section 72(f) of the Second Authority Law, beyond the broadcasts of the channel referred to in subsection (a)(3), broadcast by a holder of a radio broadcasting franchise as referred to in section 72(f), if the franchise holder so requested.
(c)The Operating Entity shall distribute the radio broadcasts of a body as referred to in subsection (a) whose broadcasts were distributed by the Second Authority on the eve of the Determining Date by means of digital broadcast stations, as provided in section 24(b) – from the Determining Date; if the radio broadcasts of a body from among those bodies were not distributed on the eve of the Determining Date as aforesaid, the date of commencement of the distribution of its broadcasts by the Operating Entity, by means of digital broadcast stations, shall be within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days from the date on which it submitted a request for the distribution of its broadcasts as aforesaid, and with respect to radio broadcasts on an additional radio channel as referred to in subsection (b) – within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days from the date on which available capacity exists for the distribution of the broadcasts as aforesaid.
(d)The Operating Entity shall distribute the radio broadcasts pursuant to the provisions of this section such that the manner of distribution, the quality of the radio broadcasts and the possibility of choosing the other components of the radio broadcasts shall be identical for all bodies whose radio broadcasts are distributed as aforesaid.

Use of a Multiplexer not Used for the Distribution of Broadcasts§

7a.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 6(b) and 7(c), the Minister and the Minister of Finance, in consultation with the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, shall prescribe, with respect to an Operating Entity that is not a private operating entity, criteria for the use of a multiplexer that until the Determining Date was not used for the distribution of broadcasts by means of digital broadcast stations requiring the use of a multiplexer as aforesaid.

Use of the Active Multiplexer Only§

7b.

The Operating Entity shall use only one multiplexer (in this section – the active multiplexer), and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 6 to 7a –

(1)the Operating Entity shall not distribute, by means of the digital broadcast stations, television broadcasts and radio broadcasts, unless there is available capacity for their distribution in the active multiplexer;
(2)the Operating Entity shall not distribute, by means of the digital broadcast stations, television broadcasts of the bodies listed in section 6(a), in high-definition technology, unless there is available capacity in the active multiplexer for their distribution in that technology; however, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to television broadcasts as aforesaid that were distributed in high-definition technology on the eve of the commencement of the Broadcasting Distribution by means of Digital Broadcast Stations Law (Amendment No. 8 – Temporary Provision), 5786-2026 (hereinafter – Amendment No. 8).

Cessation of Distribution of Broadcasts§

8.

The Minister, after consulting with the Minister of Finance and with the Operating Entity and with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, shall prescribe the circumstances and conditions under which the Operating Entity shall cease to distribute the broadcasts of a body from among the bodies referred to in sections 6 and 7, including pursuant to a request by a body whose broadcasts are distributed at its request, and also the circumstances and conditions under which the Operating Entity shall be entitled to cease such distribution.

Payment of Distribution Fees§

9.
(a)A body whose broadcasts are distributed pursuant to section 6 shall pay the Operating Entity for the distribution of the broadcasts distribution fees in accordance with the following provisions:
(1)a body whose television broadcasts are distributed pursuant to section 6(a)(2) (in this section – a television broadcaster) – shall pay, in each year of the temporary provision period as defined in section 1 of Amendment No. 8, distribution fees in accordance with its annual income in 2024 from the performance of broadcasts and the provision of services as their meaning in section 100 of the Second Authority Law, according to the most recent data transmitted to the Second Authority in respect of the year 2024 (in this paragraph – the determining annual income), in accordance with the brackets of the determining annual income for the purposes of this Law and in the amounts as detailed below:
(a)a television broadcaster whose determining annual income did not exceed NIS 40,000,000 shall be exempt from payment of distribution fees;
(b)a television broadcaster whose determining annual income exceeded NIS 40,000,000 and did not exceed NIS 220,000,000 – NIS 120,000;
(c)a television broadcaster whose determining annual income exceeded NIS 220,000,000 and did not exceed NIS 600,000,000 – NIS 600,000;
(d)a television broadcaster whose determining annual income exceeded NIS 600,000,000 – NIS 1,300,000;
(2)the Knesset, in respect of the broadcasts of the Knesset Channel – an amount of NIS 5,488,000;
(3)the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation – the balance of the total payments, however in respect of the second to fourth quarters of 2026, the State Treasury shall bear an amount of NIS 790,000 per quarter; for this purpose, "total payments" – the payments and costs involved in the operation, running and maintenance of the digital broadcast stations and any other ongoing payment in respect of the distribution of broadcasts as aforesaid, excluding the establishment cost, all in accordance with the provisions pursuant to section 9(a) of the principal Law that were in force on the eve of the commencement of Amendment No. 8.
(a1)
(1)the Second Authority shall transmit to the Operating Entity the information in respect of the determining annual income of each television broadcaster as referred to in subsection (a)(1);
(2)the amounts of the distribution fees referred to in subsection (a)(1) and (2) shall be updated on 1 January of each year in accordance with the rate of change in the Consumer Price Index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics compared with the index known on 1 January of the preceding year; the said amounts shall be rounded to the nearest amount that is a multiple of NIS 10;
(3)the manager of the Operating Entity shall transmit to each of the bodies liable to pay distribution fees a notice of the updated amount, shortly after the day of the update referred to in paragraph (2);
(4)the Operating Entity shall publish on its website a notice of the amount of the distribution fees to be paid by each television broadcaster pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
(a2)The Operating Entity shall maintain the confidentiality of the information transmitted to it pursuant to subsection (a1), shall not transmit it to another and shall not make use of it except for the purpose of calculating the amount of the payment referred to in that subsection or for the purpose of implementing provisions pursuant to any law or pursuant to an Order of a court.
(b)(Repealed).
(b1)(Repealed).
(c)For the purpose of the type of technology, only the manner of broadcasting and distribution in standard-definition technology or in high-definition technology shall be taken into account, and for the purpose of a thematic channel broadcaster – also the financing of broadcasts by means of collection of payment for their reception, pursuant to section 13(e).
(d)(Repealed).
(e)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (c), where a private operating entity has been appointed, it shall determine the distribution fees to be paid by each body from among the bodies whose broadcasts are distributed pursuant to section 6 or 7 for the distribution of its broadcasts, provided that the determination of the amount of the distribution fees shall be made in an equitable manner, and subject to the conditions prescribed for this purpose in the operating permit pursuant to section 2a(a)(4); the private operating entity shall publish on its website the level of distribution fees it has determined for each body whose broadcasts it distributes.
(f)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e), in respect of bodies whose broadcasts are distributed pursuant to section 6(a)(3), (4) and (6), the level of distribution fees to be determined by the private operating entity shall not exceed the maximum distribution fees that the said bodies might have paid pursuant to the provisions of section 9(a) or (b), had a private operating entity not been appointed.
(g)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (c) and (e), in respect of bodies whose broadcasts are distributed pursuant to section 6(a)(1) and (2) in standard-definition technology only, the following provisions shall apply:
(1)(Repealed);
(2)(Repealed);
(3)where the private operating entity has commenced broadcasting a channel financed by means of advertising broadcasts – the said bodies shall not pay distribution fees.
(h)(Expired).

Use of the Distribution Fees§

10.
(a)Where the Operating Entity is a person other than a private operating entity, the distribution fees paid to it shall serve solely to cover the expenses involved in the fulfilment of its functions pursuant to this Law.
(b)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) shall derogate from the provisions of section 4.

Guarantees and Securities§

11.
(a)The Operating Entity may require the bodies whose broadcasts it distributes pursuant to section 6, other than the bodies referred to in section 6(a)(3), to deposit with it guarantees or other securities to secure payment of distribution fees as referred to in section 9.
(b)Where the Operating Entity is a person other than a private operating entity, the Minister shall, with the consent of the Minister of Finance and after consulting with the Operating Entity, prescribe provisions concerning the types of guarantees or securities referred to in subsection (a), their amounts, the dates of their deposit, and also the manners of their realisation and the use of monies received as a result of such realisation.
(c)Where the Operating Entity is a private operating entity, it shall prescribe the provisions in respect of the matters detailed in subsection (b), subject to the conditions prescribed for this purpose in the operating permit pursuant to section 2a(a)(5).
(d)The prescription of the conditions of the guarantees and securities and the manners of their realisation pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) shall be made in an equitable manner with respect to all depositors of guarantees and securities.

Non-Collection of Payment for Reception of Broadcasts§

12.

The Operating Entity and any other person shall not collect any payment from the public for reception of the broadcasts distributed by means of the digital broadcast stations pursuant to the provisions of this Law, other than payment for the reception of the additional broadcasts transmitted by a private operating entity that has received a general licence for broadcasts by means of the digital broadcast stations, pursuant to section 12a, or for the reception of the broadcasts of a thematic channel broadcaster as referred to in section 13(e).

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חוק הפצת שידורים באמצעות תחנות שידור ספרתיות, תשע"ב-2012

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