Minister of Communications Ayoub Kara said on Sunday that he vehemently opposes a possible merger between Channel 10 Television and the Reshet franchise that formed part of Channel 2, which has since been divided into a number of stations.
Interviewed on FM 101.5, Kara said, "I oppose unification, it creates cartels, it creates monopolies." He continued, "The more competition there is, the greater the consumer and the public interest." Kara concluded, "So that's my agenda. I cannot come today and say that channels unite and eventually there will be one or two channels. It is unthinkable because in most countries, even in Cyprus, which is less than one million people, there are more channels than we have, and everyone works well."