Kan 11

Kan 11
CountryIsrael
Broadcast areaIsrael
HeadquartersJerusalem
Programming
Picture format2160p UHDTV
(downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively)
Ownership
OwnerIsrael Broadcasting Corporation
Sister channelsMakan 33
Kan Educational
History
Launched15 May 2017 (2017-05-15)
ReplacedChannel 1
Links
Websitewww.kan.org.il
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 11
Streaming media
IPBC/Kan[1] (Limited programming outside Israel)

Kan 11 (Hebrew: כאן 11 lit.'Here 11') is an Israeli state-owned free-to-air television channel. Operated by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC), it launched on 15 May 2017, replacing Channel 1 after the closure of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. It is one of the six free-to-air channels in the country.

Production

Kan 11 has produced various original shows, including Israeli adaptations of The Chase, and Carpool Karaoke, as well as many in-house productions.

Programming

News and current affairs

  • Evening News (Hadshot HaErev) – the main news program primarily presented by Tali Moreno and Tal Berman (most of the programme is also broadcast every evening by Radio "Kan Bet") Sunday through Thursday
  • Erev Erev (Every Evening) – presented by Dov Gilhar, Keren Uzan and Rinat Spivak
  • Roim Olam (Seeing the World) - Weekly foreign news magazine
  • Night News (Hadshot HaLaila)
  • Seven with Ayala Hasson (Sheva Im Ayala Hasson)
  • Friday at 5pm – presented by Uri Levi
  • News of the Week (Hadshot Shishi weekly magazine, replacing Yoman – Journal) Presented by Moav Vardi.
  • Shabbat News (Hadshot HaShabbat) – the Saturday evening news program
  • The World Today (HaOlam HaYom) – presented by Michal Reshef and Yoav Zehavi (daily international news magazine)
  • From the Other Side (Mehatsad Hasheni) – A daily current affairs program presented by Guy Zohar, exposing the gap between reality and the way it is reflected in the media.
  • Pocket Games (Mishakei Hakis) – presented by Shaul Amsterdamsky (financial news magazine)
  • Zman Emet (Real Time) - Investigative and current affairs television program

Entertainment

  • Culture Agent
  • Ad Kan! – A satire program about the political situation in Israel.
  • Carpool Karaoke – Hosted by Nicky Goldstein (Season 1) and Udi Kagan (Seasons 2-3) (based on the segment on The Late Late Show)
  • The Container – Hosted by Itai Mautner
  • The Chase (Hebrew: המרדף, Ha-Mirdaf) – Hosted by Hila Korach (based on a British format)
  • Pa'am Beshavua
  • Halaila
  • The 1% Club (Hebrew: האחוזון העליון, HaAkhuzon HaElyon) – Hosted by Shahar Hason (based on a British format)
  • Eurovision Song Contest

Documentary

  • Bein Hashmashot
  • Ve Ha'aretz Hayta Toho Va Boho
  • The Storytellers' Festival
  • Planet Earth II
  • Gaza Syndrome - Documentary series examining the history of the Gaza Strip from 1948 up to the October 7 attacks.
  • Nayes - The series focuses on the way the Haredi media conform to rabbinic guidelines concerning modesty, as well as the entire orientation of the religious press toward news coverage.

Comedy

  • Zehu Ze! – Satirical and comic stories about the life in contemporary Israel (COVID-19 pandemic special).
  • The Jews Are Coming – Satirical and comic stories about various periods in the Jewish history.
  • Kupa Rashit – Situation comedy about a supermarket.
  • Great News - comedy series.
  • The Good Place, Comedy Series
  • Shabas – Situation comedy about a prison.
  • Dismissed (Hebrew: המפקדת) – Comedy-drama about low-level IDF basic training
  • Rehearsals - Romantic comedy taking place during rehearsals for a new play in a Tel Aviv theater.

Action

  • Tehran – Spy thriller centering on a Mossad agent and computer hacker on an undercover mission in the Iranian capital.
  • Manayek – Police procedural series following the internal police investigations unit.
  • Valley of Tears - The Yom Kippur War from the perspective of three characters.
  • HaMezach (The Stronghold) - War drama following a desolate Israeli outpost that comes under siege after a surprise Egyptian attack.

Drama and crime

  • Borgen (Hebrew: הממשלה, Ha-Memshala, "The Government" in English) Danish political drama series
  • Chicago Justice – American legal drama series
  • One on One (Hebrew: אחד על אחד, Echad al Echad)
  • Unknowns - A group of boys at a school for at-risk youth in Beit Shemesh become suspects in a criminal investigation.
  • The Lesson - A heated debate between a high school civics teacher and a 17-year-old student gets out of control and the consequences spill far beyond the classroom.
  • Carthago - Set in 1942, during the British deportation of Zionist militias from Mandatory Palestine, the period drama centers on a successful comedian who finds himself brought to the Carthago camp in Sudan.
  • Missing File - Detective television drama which is an adaptation of the book Missing File by Dror Mishani and its sequel The Possibility of Violence.
  • Motherland - Set in the early 1990s, the series follows a detective at the Jerusalem District Police who is investigating the murder of a young immigrant woman from the USSR.
  • Seven Figures - Comedy drama following the lives of six Israeli lottery winners as they participate in a mandatory workshop to prepare for their new lives as millionaires in accordance with a newly passed law in Israel.
  • The Truth - Police-courtroom drama centering on a police detective as she investigates new developments in a controversial murder case.

Sports

High definition

The channel has been broadcast in high-definition television since its launch. It also aired coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in 4K ultra-high-definition.[1]

References

  1. ^ "MX1 enables 4k/UHD FIFA World Cup across Israel". Broadband TV News. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2021-08-24.