Second Authority for Television and Radio Law, 5750-1990
חוק הרשות השניה לטלויזיה ורדיו, התש"ן–1990
Published: 1990-02-13Last amended 2026-07-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-09
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Section C-1: Financing the Production and Acquisition of Israeli Programmes and Films
Annual Expenditure for Financing the Production and Acquisition of Israeli Programmes and Films§
62c.
(a)From the 6th of Cheshvan 5764 (1 November 2003), for as long as holders of franchises for television broadcasting exist, the following provisions shall apply to them:
(1)The franchise holders on each channel shall expend, each year, expenditure for financing the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel in that year, which includes the expenditure in that year for the ongoing operation of the news company, or for the acquisition of news broadcasts if approved pursuant to section 63a1, as well as expenditure for the production of Israeli films; the components of the expenditure as referred to in this section shall be as detailed in the Second Schedule, and the total amount thereof shall not be less than the amount prescribed therein;
(2)The franchise holders shall be subject to the provisions set out in the Second Schedule and the provisions of section 59(b) and the First Schedule shall not apply to them; the other provisions of the Law, as well as the rules, shall apply to them insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of the Second Schedule;
(2a)
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the expenditure that the franchise holders on Channel 2 are required to expend for financing the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel during the period from the 10th of Tevet 5775 (1 January 2015) until the 13th of Tammuz 5775 (30 June 2015), pursuant to the provisions of the rules and the franchise provisions applicable to them, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between half the minimum annual expenditure of a franchise holder as defined in section 2(a) of the Second Schedule and half the minimum annual expenditure of a licence holder as defined in section 2a of that Schedule;
(b)Nothing in the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) shall derogate from the expenditure for the ongoing operation of the news company, from the expenditure for the production of prestige genre programmes or from the expenditure for the production of Israeli films that the franchise holders on Channel 2 are required to expend pursuant to the provisions of the rules and the franchise provisions applicable to them;
(c)The reduction referred to in this paragraph shall be distributed among the franchise holders on Channel 2 in accordance with the distribution of broadcasting units between them during the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a);
(3)Without derogating from the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) –
(a)A holder of a franchise for television broadcasting may defer the fulfilment of tender obligations relating to the financing, production and acquisition of prestige genre programmes, which are beyond the obligations referred to in the Second Schedule, that were not fulfilled until Amendment No. 37, for a period of six years commencing on the day on which a licence for television broadcasting granted to it enters into force, and shall be required to fulfil them as a holder of a licence for television broadcasting, in addition to all of the obligations and conditions that shall apply to it under this Law, the Council's rules and the licence conditions;
(b)A holder of a franchise for television broadcasting may defer the fulfilment of up to twenty-seven per cent of its tender obligations relating to the financing, production and acquisition of prestige genre programmes, which are beyond the obligations referred to in the Second Schedule, in respect of each of the years 2013 to 2015, for a period of six years commencing on the day on which a licence for television broadcasting granted to it enters into force;
provided that it has given the Council, together with the submission of the annual work plan for its approval, notice of its intention to defer fulfilment as referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) and has deposited letters of undertaking as the Council shall direct and at the time it shall direct, to secure the fulfilment of the said obligations.
(a1)
(1)A holder of a licence for television broadcasting shall expend, each year, expenditure for financing the production and acquisition of programmes broadcast on the channel on which it broadcasts in that year, which includes the expenditure in that year for the ongoing operation of the news company, or for the acquisition of news broadcasts if approved pursuant to section 63a1, as well as expenditure for the production of Israeli films; the components of the expenditure as referred to in this section shall be as detailed in the Second Schedule, and the total amount thereof shall not be less than the amount prescribed therein.
(2)A holder of a licence for television broadcasting shall be subject to the provisions set out in the Second Schedule.
(a2)(Repealed).
(b)The Council, with the approval of the Committee, may amend the Second Schedule.
Plan for Deferral of Cinema Expenditure§
62d.
(a)A holder of a franchise for television broadcasting on Channel 2 may submit to the Council for its approval a detailed plan, including stages of action, for the deferral until the 9th of Tevet 5775 (31 December 2014) of the obligations and conditions under this Law, the Council's rules and the franchise conditions, relating to expenditure for the production of Israeli films, in an amount not exceeding NIS 10,000,000 (in this section – the cinema expenditure deferral plan); the said amount shall be updated in accordance with the provisions of section 8(d) of the Second Schedule.
(b)The Council shall decide on the approval of the cinema expenditure deferral plan by the 14th of Adar 5770 (28 February 2010).
(c)If the Council has approved the cinema expenditure deferral plan, it may instruct the franchise holder to furnish a monetary deposit or a bank guarantee, in the amount it shall direct, within 30 days of the date of approval as referred to in subsection (b), to secure the implementation of the cinema expenditure deferral plan, in addition to the guarantees that it furnished to the Authority pursuant to section 33(b)(3).
(d)Without derogating from the provisions of subsection (c), if the Council has approved the cinema expenditure deferral plan, the franchise holder shall furnish a monetary deposit or a bank guarantee by the 4th of Kislev 5772 (30 November 2011), in the amount of the expenditure that it is required to complete pursuant to the approved plan, less the amount of the monetary deposit or bank guarantee that it furnished pursuant to that subsection, to secure the implementation of the cinema expenditure deferral plan, in addition to the monetary deposit or bank guarantee that it furnished pursuant to subsection (c) and section 33(b)(3).
(e)The Director shall instruct the franchise holder on the conditions of the monetary deposit or the wording of the bank guarantee, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d).
(f)If the franchise holder has not complied with the provisions of the cinema expenditure deferral plan, or has not furnished a monetary deposit or bank guarantee that it was required to furnish pursuant to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), this shall be regarded as a breach of a material condition of the franchise for the purposes of section 37(a)(4).
Use of Amounts Received from the Realisation of Securities and from the Acquisition of the News Companies of Channel 2 and of the Third Channel§
62e.
(a)In this section –
"acquired local production" – local production as defined in the First Schedule that is acquired local production as defined in section 58, which meets the Council's rules prescribed pursuant to section 60;
"funded programme" – an acquired local production funded from amounts received by a holder of a franchise for television broadcasting or a holder of a licence for television broadcasting pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d).
(b)From the transition date, amounts received by the Authority from the realisation of a guarantee or deposit as referred to in section 33a(a)(2)(b), as well as amounts received from payments pursuant to sections 71d(j) or (m)(1) or 71e(i), shall be used to fund acquired local productions that are prestige genre programmes, in the manner referred to in subsection (d), which shall be broadcast in the broadcasts of a holder of a franchise for television broadcasting and a holder of a licence for television broadcasting.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), the Council may determine that amounts received by the Authority as referred to in that subsection shall be used in part to fund acquired local productions that are not prestige genre programmes, in the manner referred to in subsection (d) and in accordance with rules prescribed by the Council, provided that in the opinion of the Council there are reasons justifying this.
(d)Amounts as referred to in subsection (b) shall be deposited in a separate account to be managed by the Authority and shall be transferred by it to a holder of a franchise for television broadcasting or a holder of a licence for television broadcasting who has requested to receive funding for productions as referred to in subsections (a) or (b) and the Authority has found that it meets the rules prescribed by the Council regarding the conditions that it will be required to meet in order to receive such funding and regarding the manner of submitting a request for funding of such productions.
(e)A holder of a franchise for television broadcasting and a holder of a licence for television broadcasting shall broadcast funded programmes in accordance with rules prescribed by the Council regarding the scheduling of such programmes.
(f)The Council shall prescribe rules for the partial recognition of amounts used for the production of funded programmes scheduled in the broadcasts of a holder of a franchise for television broadcasting or a holder of a licence for television broadcasting, and of the scope of broadcasting hours of such programmes, for the purpose of compliance by the franchise holder or the licence holder, as the case may be, with its obligations under the provisions of section 62c; however, during a period of two years commencing on the date on which a guarantee or deposit deposited by a holder of a franchise for television broadcasting or a holder of a licence for television broadcasting was realised by the Authority, it shall not be possible to recognise amounts used for the production of a funded programme scheduled in the broadcasts of the one who deposited the said guarantee or deposit, and the broadcasting hours of the programme, for the purpose of compliance with its obligations under the provisions of section 62c.
The Second Authority for Television and Radio Rules (Use of Funds Received by the Authority pursuant to Section 62e of the Law), 5785-2024, have been published.
Use of Amounts Received in respect of the Use of a Channel or Intangible Assets§
62f.
(a)In this section –
"general licence for cable broadcasting" and "holder of a satellite broadcasting licence" – as defined in sections 6a and 6aq of the Communications Law, respectively;
"purchased local production" – as set out below, as the case may be:
(1)in relation to a holder of a television broadcasting franchise or a holder of a television broadcasting licence – purchased local production as defined in section 62e(a), which is an elite genre programme as defined in the First Schedule, excluding a special programme as referred to in paragraph (3) of that definition;
(2)in relation to a holder of a general licence for cable broadcasting or a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence – purchased local production as defined in section 6a of the Communications Law, which is a complex genre within its meaning in the rules established pursuant to section 6e(5) of the Communications Law;
"the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council" – within its meaning in the Communications Law;
"sponsored programme" – a purchased local production that was financed from amounts received by a holder of a television broadcasting franchise, a holder of a television broadcasting licence, a holder of a general licence for cable broadcasting or a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c).
(b)
(1)Amounts received from payments pursuant to sections 37d, 37e and 71e(h) shall be used for the financing of purchased local productions, which shall be broadcast in the broadcasts of a holder of a general licence for cable broadcasting, a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence, a holder of a television broadcasting franchise and a holder of a television broadcasting licence, and shall be distributed among the said bodies, provided that in relation to a holder of a television broadcasting licence, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply, with respect to amounts received until the day of commencement of the Second Authority for Television and Radio Law (Amendment No. 44), 5778-2018, only to one who was a holder of a television broadcasting licence on the eve of the commencement of that Law.
(2)Distribution as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made according to a ratio that the Minister shall direct, in accordance with criteria that the Minister shall direct in advance, all with the consent of the Minister of Finance; the distribution and the criteria shall be determined having regard to the implications of section 6u1 of the Communications Law on holders of general licences for cable broadcasting and holders of satellite broadcasting licences and to the need to promote Israeli creation.
(3)The criteria pursuant to this subsection shall be published on the website of the Ministry of Communications.
The criteria for determining the ratio of distribution of payments for the financing of purchased local productions of an elite/complex genre have been published.
The Second Authority for Television and Radio Rules (Sponsored Programmes in Television), 5782-2021, have been published.
(c)Amounts as referred to in subsection (b) shall be deposited in a separate account to be administered by the Accountant General at the Ministry of Finance and shall be transferred by the Accountant General to the bodies listed in subsection (b) that have requested to receive financing for productions as referred to in that subsection, and also –
(1)in relation to a holder of a general licence for cable broadcasting or a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence – the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council has found that the holder has met the rules it has established concerning the conditions that the holder will be required to meet in order to receive financing as aforesaid and concerning the manner of submitting an application for the financing of such productions;
(2)in relation to a holder of a television broadcasting franchise or a holder of a television broadcasting licence – the Authority has found that the holder has met the rules established by the Council concerning the conditions that the holder will be required to meet in order to receive financing as aforesaid and concerning the manner of submitting an application for the financing of such productions.
(d)
(1)A holder of a general licence for cable broadcasting and a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence shall broadcast sponsored programmes, in accordance with the rules established by the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council concerning the scheduling of such programmes; the amounts used for the production of sponsored programmes and the broadcast hours of such programmes shall not be taken into account for the purpose of examining whether a holder of a general licence for cable broadcasting or a holder of a satellite broadcasting licence has met its obligations under the Communications Law, the rules of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council and the licence conditions.
(2)A holder of a television broadcasting franchise and a holder of a television broadcasting licence shall broadcast sponsored programmes in accordance with the rules established by the Council concerning the scheduling of such programmes; the amounts used for the production of sponsored programmes and the broadcast hours of such programmes shall not be taken into account for the purpose of examining whether a holder of a television broadcasting franchise or a holder of a television broadcasting licence has met its obligations under this Law, the rules of the Council and the conditions of the franchise or licence, as the case may be.
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