Albania

[AL] Licensing of Foreign Radio and Television

IRIS 2003-3:1/13

Hamdi Jupe

Albanian Media Monitoring Center

The process of licensing of private broadcasting stations has been reopened in March 2003 as it was stopped in November 2002 while a national map of frequencies was being developed (see IRIS 2003-1: 7).

All legal persons (Albanian and foreign), who are registered at the Albanian High Court, will therefore have the right to apply for a license. BBC, Deutsche Welle and French television TV5 had already been licensed before the suspension in November 2002, while the decision on the application of Italian RAI will be taken after the reopening in March.