The Second Authority for Television and Radio (Hebrew: הרשות השניה לטלויזיה ורדיו, HaRashut HaShniya Le'Televizya VeRadio) is an Israeli commercial television and radio authority, established in the wake of a law passed by the Knesset in 1990.
The Second Authority for Television and Radio is led by a fifteen-member council entrusted with maintaining the public interest in commercial radio and television broadcasts delivered by licensed stations owned and operated by entities in the private sector.
About 2% of the broadcast time on the commercial channels is reserved for various public-interest programs, which are produced by the authority itself.
The Authority established the first commercial television station in Israel, Channel 2, in November 1993 after several years of test broadcasts.
In 2005, the original tender for Channel 2 expired and the network was re-bid, and is now run by two operators instead of three.