Infolive.TV Israel News Captures First Place Ranking
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Joel Leyden Jerusalem----August 30......As Israel was defending herself from cross-border terror attacks from Lebanon in 1999, Olivier Rafowicz was serving as an IDF Major responsible for all media communications from the Northern Command. Rafowicz, who had made Aliyah from France, took the initiative to place a well-known, respected military reporter from Israel's leading radio station in the lead vehicle of an IDF patrol which was climbing the narrow, twisting and lethal roads on Israel's border. The commander of the IDF patrol insisted that the news reporter sit next to him for a bird's eye view. Being that there was no more room in the armored personnel carrier, Olivier stepped out and took a seat in a jeep behind the lead vehicle. Minutes later, there were two loud explosions and a plume of dark smoke rose from where the lead car was. Olivier's commander and the reporter were instantly killed by two roadside bombs. Olivier and other officers on the scene took charge and instructed the convoy to rescue the wounded and keep moving to avoid an ambush. Today, Olivier Rafowicz still takes charge and moves forward with charm, creative wit and infectious confidence. He leads both the Israel Defense Forces and commercial news, public relations and public affairs operations up creative paths. When not serving as a reserve IDF Colonel in the Spokesperson's unit, Oliver can be seen on the other side of the fence creating TV news packages for Israel's leading international Internet news program - Infolive.tv. "We wanted to create a highly professional, international Internet TV video news program from Israel to illustrate what is going on here for the millions of people who are dependent on news from the Arab world and from Israel," said Rafowicz. "Our goal was really to create and to produce an independent news video channel. The idea was born in the mind of Jews abroad, mostly in France during a tough period when Israel was being attacked daily during the Intifada." Rafowicz continues: "Infolive Israel TV News was basically a reaction to distorted news reporting and was formed in order to objectively and accurately deliver the news from Israel for the educational and research needs of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Palestine and all other people abroad by receiving online, real-time TV news with an Israel perspective." According to Alexa.com, Infolive.tv Israel news from Jerusalem has more traffic and hits than any other Israel news Internet broadcasting program. During the recent war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Infolive.tv Israel news reached over 60 million viewers in North America, Europe, the Middle-East, South America and Asia. Rafowicz states that there was a group of French businessmen who decided to invest in the development of an Israel TV news Website video platform. Claude Oliel, a French Businessman, owner of a French advertising company, and has been connected to Israel, is the leading figure of the project. He knew how to develop a group of investors and the right professional people to turn Infolive.tv news from a dream to reality. "Oliel strongly believes in the need for the Jewish Diaspora to be connected 24 hours a day to a TV Internet news channel reflecting Israel news and opinions," said Rafowicz. Rafowicz
told the Israel News Agency that he was recently sent to France by the
Jewish Agency for two years and witnessed the "strong impact of anti-Semitism
on both the public and the media." Olivier, who was the IDF officer in charge of all media operations in Bethlehem during the seize of the Church of Nativity by Islamic terrorists in 2002, describes the Israel Internet TV news operation as a mix of video TV news and rich media that produces a unique, high quality news channel in four languages based on leading edge technology. The news site broadcasts real-time TV news, breaking news, editorial pieces, financial reports and in-depth features. The Israel TV news site also has links to everything Jewish from Jerusalem from on-line dating to selling promotional items such as maps, t-shirt, hats, bumper stickers and Judaica. Infolive.Tv news is divided into four distinct news desks. Among the languages now being broadcast live and by direct streaming video feed are English, French, Arabic and Spanish. Each news desk has its own native tongue journalists who are supervised by a News Desk Head. All four Desk Heads along with the Editor-in-Chief, are responsible for decisions relating to the posting of onsite news and feature material from Israel. Infolive.tv Israel news also hosts celebrity journalists such as former CNN reporter Jerrold Keesel, Danny Rubinstein and Yoni Ben-Menahem, who provide journalistic analysis on a weekly basis of current major issues. In addition to the above, the company has several teams of professional editors and cameramen working under one of the most professional and talented technical managers in the TV industry. The Infolive TV Israel news executive branch consists of two posts, CEO, Olivier Rafowicz, and Deputy General Manager of Infolive.tv news marketing, Anna Gerstenhaber. As part of her marketing strategies, Anna is now managing a team of Internet and academic researchers who are currently creating a searchable on-line catalogue of Infolive.tv Israel news archives. "What we are witnessing here, is a dramatic revolution in how broadcast and print news is now being disseminated globally," says Rafowicz. "Business people, academics, news editors, diplomats, religious leaders, students, researchers, financial analysts and tourists - everyone who has a computer with Internet in their home or their office can now receive the latest, most professional news programming in real-time streaming video TV without a fee and at any hour of the day."
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