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On 29 March 2016, the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) approved the fee that the public broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) will charge to operators that will be hosted in the second digital network that the public broadcaster RTSH is building. The decision followed previous meetings organized with the participation of local broadcasters that are supposed to use the network. The final fee that was approved by AMA was in the amount of 1,073 Euro per month, without VAT. The fee will be applicable for no more than a year, and then AMA will revisit it again. In addition, the fee will vary...

On 1 February 2016, the Board of the Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive (The Audiovisual Media Authority - AMA) held a meeting with the aim of taking a decision on the licensing process of national commercial multiplexes. In April 2015 the regulator approved the decision to issue the call for granting national licenses for commercial digital operators, based on the “beauty contest” procedure, inviting five existing so-called “historical” operators to participate in the call for licenses. The operators invited were the national commercial channel TV Klan, and Top Channel TV and the three existing...

The Parliamentary Media Commission is reviewing an amendment to Law no. 97/2013 “On Audiovisual Media” (Projektligj “Për disa shtesa dhe ndryshime në ligjin nr.97/2013 "Për mediat audiovizive në republikën e shqipërisë") , which was submitted to the parliament by a Member of Parliament for the ruling majority in April 2015. The proposed amendment repeals Article 62 of Law no. 97/2013 “On the audiovisual media in the Republic of Albania”. The article in question regulates the ownership provisions for audiovisual media. The Member of Parliament who submitted this amendment based it on the claims...

On 2 July 2015, the Parliament approved in its plenary session Law no. 65/2015 “On tax exemptions and immunity for a guarantee agreement on a loan for financing digital networks DVB-T2 of the public radio-television broadcaster RTSH.” (Ligji nr. 65/2015 “Për miratimin e përjashtimeve nga taksat dhe të parashikimeve për heqjen dorë nga imuniteti i kushtëzuar, sipas marrëveshjes së garancisë, në lidhje me marrëveshjen e huas, për financimin e zbatimit të projektit për ndërtimin e rrjeteve numerike (digjitale) DVB-T2 të transmetuesit public (RTSH). The law was approved by the governing majority of...

The Steering Council of the public broadcaster Albanian Radio and Television (Radio Televizioni Shqiptar - RTSH) failed to elect the new General Director of RTSH after three rounds of voting in June 2015. The voting process shortlisted two final candidates, but none of them managed to get the majority required to become the General Director. According to Article 99, paragraph 6 of the Law 97/2013 on Audiovisual Media in the Republic of Albania, the Steering Council needs at least seven votes out of eleven to appoint the new General Director. The voting rounds took place after the application process,...