Jewish Life Television


Jewish Life Television is an American entertainment television network broadcasting Jewish–themed programming. Currently led by Tom Daniels, the network was founded in 2007 by Phil Blazer, a longtime journalist and producer of programming for the Jewish community. In the United States, JLTV is available in over 40 million households through Comcast, Spectrum, and DirecTV as well as various regional cable systems, in addition to offering a live feed of its programming on the Internet.
JLTV's programming includes news, sports, lifestyle and entertainment programming such as films, documentaries, music, reviews, interviews and special events, such as programming from the Maccabiah Games. The network also carries a collection of classic general-interest television series with Jewish hosts or lead actors, including episodes of The Jack Benny Program, That Show with Joan Rivers, Candid Camera with Allen Funt, You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, The Soupy Sales Show, Bonanza, and the mid-20th century dramedy The Goldbergs, along with some public domain Westerns and sitcoms without any connection to Judaism.
JLTV's broadcast facilities are in Los Angeles.

Canadian distribution

In 2011, JLTV was officially added to the CRTC's approved list of foreign services, allowing the channel to expand into Canada. Ethnic Channels Group, who sponsored the application to get JLTV on the approved list, is the official Canadian distributor of the channel. In July 2014, JLTV officially launched in Canada on Bell Fibe TV.