Claims of Pay Delays at Channel 16

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Photographers and freelancers at Channel 16 claim their payments have been delayed. According to the claims, the delays have continued for weeks, and an employee waiting for his salary said the money had not reached his account.

The claims also concern a reduction in shifts and photographers refusing to go out to work. The channel is currently in a trial run, less than half a year after going on the air.

Channel 16, led by media figure Ram Landes, went on the air five months ago with an investment of millions of shekels. The employee quoted what he was told: "They tell us it's about to go through, that it was deposited and that we will check whether it arrived, and nothing arrives." The channel said that a limited technical delay in payments had occurred and that the matter would be resolved soon.