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Type | Religious cultural and educational channel |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Parent | Jewish Education in Media, Inc. (a non-profit corporation) |
Key people | CEO Rabbi Justin Pines |
History | |
Launched | August 31, 2006 (17 years ago) |
Former names | Shalom TV |
Links | |
Website | www |
Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) is an American Jewish television network. JBS programming includes daily news reports from Israel, live event coverage and analysis, and cultural programming of interest to the North American Jewish community. The network is a full-time HD and SD channel. It is an English-language network produced by the non-profit organization Jewish Education in Media (JEM) [note 1] . [1] The goal of this organization is to reach out to less-affiliated Jews and bring them closer to a Jewish religion and Identity.[ citation needed ]
Shalom TV was developed by Rabbi Mark S. Golub in 2003, and began broadcasting on August 31, 2006. [2] In 2008, Comcast launched Shalom TV On Demand nationally. [3] The On Demand version of Shalom TV expanded to more than 20 video distributors available to more than 40 million homes throughout North America. [4]
In May 2012, Shalom TV became available as a Roku channel. [5] On December 7, 2012, Optimum Cable (Cablevision) launched the Shalom TV Channel. [6] Shalom TV was renamed JBS on September 24, 2014. [7]
In September 2016, JBS became available nationally as a channel on DIRECTV channel 388. [8] JBS launched in August 2017 on Verizon Fios in HD on channel 798. JBS HD launched on August 7, 2018 on Charter Spectrum in New York, California, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio. In August 2023, Charter Spectrum added JBS in all their service areas. [9] JBS HD launched on December 8, 2020 on all Comcast Xfinity service areas. [10]
On February 12, 2024, JBS announced Justin Pines as the new CEO coming a year after the passing of Golub.[ citation needed ]
Programs on JBS are intended to reflect the diversity and pluralism of the worldwide Jewish population. Programs include:
Television Provider | Channel | Locations [13] |
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Amazon Fire TV | JBS | |
Apple TV | JBS | |
AT&T Uverse | N.A. | |
Breezeline (formerly Atlantic Broadband | 168 in FL, 246 in ME & NH | Miami Beach, FL, Maine & New Hampshire |
Blue Ridge Communications | 215 | All service areas |
Blue Stream Fiber | 110 SD | All service areas |
Buckeye Broadband | 164 | All service areas |
Charter Spectrum | Various in HD | All service areas |
Comcast Xfinity X1 | 1684 HD | All Service Areas |
Cox Communications | N.A. | |
DIRECTV | 388 | All 50 states and Puerto Rico |
DISH Network | N.A. | |
Fios TV (Verizon) | 798 HD | All Service Areas |
Frontier Communications | N.A. | |
GCI | N.A. | |
Hotwire Communications | 269 | Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina |
Cablevision/Optimum TV | 138 | All service areas |
Astound Broadband/RCN | 269 | All service areas channel 334 in Lehigh Valley, PA |
ROKU | JBS | North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Mexico |
Service Electric Cable TV | 127 | Eastern PA and Western NJ service areas |
Service Electric Cablevision | N.A. | |
Xstream Cable | 366.1 | Ocala, FL |
TuneIn Radio | JBS | North America |
WOW! (Wide Open West) | N.A. |
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