The Second Authority is responsible for providing broadcasts through franchisees and supervising them. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Second Authority strives toward representing, serving and promoting, according to law and in a professional manner, the various elements of the public interest, including social and cultural values in commercial media. Within this framework, the Second Authority is determined to initiate and lead processes that influence the field of communications in Israel.

The Second Authority is bound by law to the following basic principles:

	Promotion of Hebrew and Israeli creations.
	Development of good citizenship and enhancement of the values of democracy and humanism.
	Providing expression to Jewish heritage, its values, and to the values of Zionism.
	Depiction of diverse cultures, human creation and the values of civilization throughout history.
	Provision of broadcasts in Arabic for the benefit of the Arab speaking population, and promoting the understanding and peace with neighboring countries in accordance with the fundamental principles of the state.
	Demonstrating the cultural diversity of Israeli society, while addressing the geographical uniqueness of each of its regions and diverse modes of settlement, and relating to the different points of view held by its public.
	Broadcasting reliable, fair and balanced information.
	Broadcasting educational programs for the general public and for specific groups within the population.
	Broadcasting programs in foreign languages for new immigrants and tourists.
	Preventing the broadcast of programs forbidden by the Law of the Second Authority and the Law of Classifying and Rating of programs.

In accordance with its responsibility, the Second Authority conducts a variety of activities including:

	the promotion of public interest broadcasts and quality content, through the aid of a quota system (for upper genre programs, such as dramas and documentaries, purchased productions, Programs for special interest audiences and more), the setting of appropriate production conditions, the obligation to invest in Israeli cinema, the broadcasting of Second Authority’s productions, regional radio broadcasters’ classification, and support for young artists and original work.
	Approval of broadcasting schedules provided by franchisees.
	Formulating rules of ethics in programs and advertisement and monitoring the implementation of these rules by the franchisees.
	Engineering supervision of the technical quality of the broadcasts and the operation of advanced distribution systems for Channel 2 (Analog and Digital) and Channel 10 (Digital).
	Conducting research and testing different aspects relevant to the field of communications, commercial broadcasting and regulation

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