Hevrat HaHadashot

Hevrat HaHadashot (Hebrew: חברת החדשות, romanized: Hevrat HaHadashot, lit. 'The News Company') is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced for Keshet 12 by Keshet Media Group subsidiary Israel Television News Company (Hebrew: חברת החדשות הישראלית בע"מ, romanized: Hevrat HaHadashot HaYisra'elit Ba'am, lit. 'Israeli News Company Ltd.'), a.k.a. Hadashot 12 (Hebrew: חדשות 12, lit. '[Channel] 12 News'). Its flagship evening news bulletin is broadcast at 8:00 p.m. IST, and anchored primarily by Yonit Levi and Danny Kushmaro. The company, originally the news department of Channel 2 – where its bulletins were known as Hadashot 2 (Hebrew: חדשות 2, lit. '[Channel] 2 News') – was funded by Keshet Media Group and Reshet; Telad also funded the company until it lost time slots on Channel 2 in 2005.

From the 1 November 2017 replacement of Channel 2 with Keshet 12 and Reshet 13 until 15 January 2019, its news programming was split between the two channels; HaTokhnit Hakalkalit (Hebrew for 'The Economic Program') was broadcast on Keshet 12, and Layla Tov Israel (Hebrew for 'Good Evening Israel') and Pgosh Et HaItonut (Hebrew for 'Meet the Press') were shown on Reshet 13. The flagship bulletin was simulcast on both channels. During the period, The company's programmes did not cross-promote Keshet's and Reshet's television shows during this period.

After the 16 January 2019 merger between Reshet and Channel 10, Keshet took full ownership of the company. Reshet took resources and programmes from Channel 10's news production company, which changed its on-air brand to Hadashot 13.

Since 2000, Hadashot 12's studios have been in the Kiryat HaTikshoret (Media Complex) of the Globus Group company in Neve Ilan of the Jerusalem corridor. Before that, they were at the Jerusalem Capital Studios (Hebrew: אולפני הבירה, romanized: Ulpaney Habira) in the Beit Egged building in Jerusalem City. Prior to the 2017 relaunch, the company's programmes were presented from a temporary studio in Neve Ilan while the main studio was being renovated.

Hadashot 12 was founded in 1993 with Channel 2, which became one of its most-recognized symbols. The company's news is primarily viewed in Israel. It expanded beyond the evening news bulletin, and began airing programmes such as First Edition (מהדורה ראשונה, Mahadora Rishona), Six With (שש עם, Shesh im), Meet The Press (פגוש את העיתונות, Pgosh et HaItonut), Friday Studio (אולפן שישי, Ulpan Shishi) and The Economic Programme (תוכנית חיסכון, Tochnit Chisachon). The company faced competition from other TV channels, Internet websites, and radio.

Channel 2's three franchisees were Reshet, Keshet and Telad. The company was founded to produce Channel 2's news broadcasts. Its first news broadcast, on 4 November 1993 from Jerusalem Capital Studios, was less than five minutes long and was anchored by Ya'akov Eilon. As a result of Channel 2, Channel 1 decided to move Mabat to 8:00 pm, renovate its Romema studios, create new introductions and extending Mabat to 50 minutes. Eilon Shalev was the company's first CEO.

When the company was founded, Shalom Kital said that instead of hiring Channel 1 reporters, he would hire radio and newspaper reporters. The first reporters were Ya'akov Eilon, Miki Haimovich, Guy Zohar, Dana Weiss, Gideon Sa'ar, Rina Matsliah, Oshrat Kotler, Emanuel Rozen and Aharon Barnea. After several years, reporters from Channel 1 (including Gadi Sukenik and Rafi Reshef) and (later) Channel 10 were hired.

Channel 2's news broadcasts became popular, and attracted a larger audience than Channel 1 in May 1994.^{[citation needed]} The competing channels covered terrorist attacks as breaking news, with uncensored depictions of body parts.