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On 13 October 2014 an order was published in the Bulletin of Public Procurement which proclaimed the company Rohde & Schwarz as the sole winner of a tender to build the digital networks of the public broadcaster RTSH. The Ministry of Innovation and Information and Communication Technology published a request for proposals with the subject “For the Finance, Design, Supply, Installation, Training and Transfer of a DVB-T2 Network for the Republic of Albania” on 12 April 2013. The aim of the tender proclaimed by the Ministry was to select a company that would build the digital networks that would then...

The Albanian Parliament recently elected the chairman and two new members of the Audiovisual Media Authority (“AMA”). The voting process for the two new members took place on 9 October 2014, while the chairman of the regulator was elected almost a month later on 6 November 2014. AMA’s new chairman is a lawyer with experience managing different companies, including in the media sector. The two new members are a well-known publicist and head of the Institute for Dialogue and Communication and the head of the European Movement Albania. Both the chairman and the two new members of the regulator were...

The regulator of audiovisual media, the Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive (Audiovisual Media Authority- AMA), approved the decision “On the must-carry obligation of national programmes by networks of electronic communications authorized for rebroadcasting of audio and audiovisual programmes in these networks” in a meeting convened on 26 March 2014. The regulator reported that this decision was in line with Law no. 97/2013 “On Audiovisual Media in Republic of Albania” (see IRIS 2013-8/9). More specifically, the regulator cited Article 87 of the law, “Retransmission obligations” which states: “The...

On 6 May 2014, the Parliamentary Commission on Education and Public Information Means approved the proposal to start procedures for filling four vacancies out of the seven members positions in the Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive (Audiovisual Media Authority- AMA). This proposal came from the ruling majority and was voted for only by its members. The members of parliament of the opposition put forth an alternative proposal, which consisted in seeking advice from the Council of Legislation first, since legal expertise was necessary to determine whether there were three or four vacancies in the regulator....

On 27 February 2014, the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA), the Albanian regulatory authority, issued a statement that demands that audiovisual operators should immediately stop broadcasting an advertising spot of the mobile phone company Vodafone for its offer regarding 3G Internet connection and network. According to the regulator, this advertising spot directly influences children and minors, targeting them and leading them to buy the mobile phone and the 3G connection that Vodafone is offering in Albania. The regulator claims that advertising with such content violates the principles laid down...