Jewish News 1
| Jewish News One | |
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JN1 Logo
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| Launched | 21 September 2011 |
| Closed | 22 April 2014 |
| Owned by |
Igor Kolomoisky Vadim Rabinovich |
| Slogan | Informing Opinion, Expanding Horizons |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Broadcast area | North America, Eurasia |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium and Kiev, Ukraine |
| Website | JN1.TV |
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Availability
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Astra 4A (Europe) |
11766 H | 27500 | 3\4 |
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Hot Bird 6 (Europe) |
11034 V | 27500 | 3\4 |
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Galaxy 19 (North America) |
12053 V | 22000 | 3\4 |
Jewish News One, or JN1, was an international news network covering world news with a focus on Judaism-related events. The channel was of Ukrainian origin. Its primary mission was to report Jewish and Israeli current affairs without bias, and according to spokesmen, JN1 could accomplish this because it is an independent, non-profit organisation which does not depend on any nation, government, or political party. Their slogan was Informing Opinion, Expanding horizons. JN1 began broadcasting on 21 September 2011, and organisers called it the first global 24/7 Jewish news channel. However, JN1 was more commonly referred to as the "Jewish al Jazeera". It was closed in April 2014, being replaced by Ukraine News One. As of April 2015 JN1.tv has become part of JewishNews.com
JN1 was not affiliated with and receives no funding from the government of Israel. The network was owned by Ukrainian billionaires Igor Kolomoisky and Vadim Rabinovich, president and vice-president respectively of the European Jewish Union (EJU), a Brussels-based umbrella body of Jewish communities and organisations in Europe. They have reportedly invested $5 million USD in the channel. Both businessmen are prominent philanthropists in the international Jewish community, financing civil society events in Israel and Ukraine. They decided to launch a TV news network because, according to Brussels Bureau Chief Alexander Zanzer, "they now want to do something that resonates on an international level."
Satellite broadcasting officially began in Europe on 21 September 2011. However, the network had been operating for some time before this date, with their first YouTube channel uploading video as early as 7 September 2011. Shortly after the 21st, satellite coverage was expanded to North America and Eurasia.
A channel presentation event, or launch party, was held in Brussels, Belgium on 21 September 2011. One of the owners, Vadim Rabinovitch, symbolically released dozens of balloons bearing the channel logo into the sky to mark what he called "an historic day".
Co-owner Vadim Rabinovich wrote to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine on 21 January 2012 ""A senior official from the current government visited Rabynovych on January 17 and, threatening harassment, including physical violence, demanded that the JN1 television channel be transferred to them within a week". Rabinovich did not believe that the visit by this official was authorized, and "believes that what is happening is the individual racketeering of a single representative of the system of government".
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