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On 15 June 2015, the Audiovisual Media Authority (Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive - AMA) issued a press release, stating that due to various factors it was impossible for Albania to meet the deadline for the digital switchover. AMA declared that in spite of measures taken to realize the switchover, it was impossible to fully implement the strategy of switching to digital broadcasting and decided to switch off analogue broadcasting until 17 June 2015. AMA declared further, that apart from bearing financial costs the postponement of the deadline and the delays in the digital switchover process also...

The Albanian public broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) signed a contract with the German company Rohde & Schwarz on 19 March 2015. The contract was signed by the Minister of State for Innovation and Public Administration, the acting director of the public broadcaster RTSH and the General Director of Rohde & Schwarz. The Ministry of Innovation and Public Administration has been in charge of overseeing the process of negotiations and in general the digital switchover in the country. The contract assigns to the company the task of building two national digital networks that will belong...

The Parliament elected five members of the Steering Council of the public broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) on 30 April 2015. A week later, on 8 May 2015, the Parliament also elected the new chair of the Steering Council. The Steering Council of RTSH was completed after disagreements and legal disputes between the opposition and Members of the Parliament representing the ruling majority. The mandate of all members and chairmen of the Steering Council expired more than a year ago. However, due to parliamentary deadlock and other disputes, the opposition and ruling majority could not...

In November 2014, the Council of Europe office in Albania published the findings of an assessment on the independence and functioning of the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) in Albania. This study was commissioned by the Council of Europe on request of the Albanian Parliament. The aim of the study was to apply the INDIREG methodology to AMA and provide a contextual interpretation of the results with policy recommendations. The methodology used assessed the formal and de facto independence and functioning of the regulator in five aspects, including status and powers, financial autonomy, autonomy...

On 4 December 2014 the Parliament elected in a plenary session five members of the Steering Council of the Public Broadcaster Radio Televizioni SHqiptar (RTSH.) The new members were elected by Members of Parliament from the ruling majority, as the Members of Parliament representing the opposition continued to boycott all parliamentary activities. The short listing process in the Parliamentary Commission on Media was also only done by Members of Parliament from the ruling majority after failed appeals to the opposition to come to the parliament and resolve the deadlock. The mandate of all members...