חוק הפצת שידורים באמצעות תחנות שידור ספרתיות (תיקון מס' 7 – הוראת שעה) (תיקון), התשפ"ה-2025Law for Broadcasting via Digital Broadcasting Stations (Amendment No. 7 – temporary provision) (Amendment), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Amendment extends until 15 June 2025 the validity of the temporary provision that exempts all commercial channels and regional radio stations from payment for their distribution via the Idan Plus system, and requires small and dedicated small channels also to be distributed through it. According to the Amendment, during the period of the temporary provision, the system shall be funded by the public channels distributed through it (the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation and the Knesset Channel), and to a limited extent also from the state budget. In addition, during the period of the temporary provision, small and dedicated small channels are exempt from the obligation to agree to provide, without consideration, their broadcasts on the internet to registered content providers (entities whose main activity is internet broadcasting of content to the public in Israel, and which are registered in the register maintained by the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting). In order to save on distribution costs, the Law provides that from 31 January 2025 until the end of the temporary provision period, distribution of broadcasts via the system shall be done using only one multiplex, and television and radio broadcasts shall not be distributed through it unless there is available capacity for their distribution, and broadcasts in high-definition technology shall not be distributed unless there is available capacity for their distribution in this technology within the same multiplex. In addition, and in order to allow the government to formulate a new arrangement regarding the Idan Plus system, the Amendment authorizes the Minister of Communications to extend, by order, with the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, the temporary provision for additional periods not exceeding a cumulative total of 4.5 additional months, provided that two conditions are met: first, that the Minister of Communications submitted to the Economic Affairs Committee, by 29 May 2025, an economic opinion regarding the distribution obligation in the Idan Plus system and regarding the obligation of registered content providers to carry the broadcasts of commercial channels; second, that by 15 June 2025 a government bill dealing with the distribution of broadcasts in the Idan Plus system, as well as the distribution of television broadcasts via the internet, was approved in first reading. Since the temporary provision expired on 31 January 2025, the Law provides that the Amendment shall take effect on 1 February 2025.

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