Television in Albania was first introduced in 1960.

RTSH Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; en, "Albanian Radio and Television"; mostly called RTSH ) is an Albanian public broadcasting radio and television company. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmi ...

dominated the

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and share ...

broadcasting Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began wi ...

field up to the mid-1990s, a period when

privately owned A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...

radio and TV stations started to occupy the vast empty Albanian frequencies. After several years of being stalled, deadlines for transition to DTV broadcasting are being continuously announced until all subscribers are equipped with digital antennas. Albania has 3 national commercial television stations, 56 local stations, 83 local cable stations and two commercial multiplexes. Of all the existing national television stations, the public broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) has the greatest reach: its signal covers 80.5% of the territory, followed by

Top Channel Top Channel is a national commercial television network based in Tirana, Albania, founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001. In January 2008, Top Channel was awarded national frequency coverage by making it the third such channel in Albania. In 2009, i ...

with 79%, and TV Klan with 78%. However, there are also digital multiplexes but they are unaccounted for in the territorial reach figures. It could be said that the other main TV stations, based in

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

, whose signal covers a significant part of the territory include:

Ora News Ora News is a regional and online television news channel based in Tirana, Albania. The news director is Miriam Ndroqi. The Albanian Media Monitoring Board evaluated Ora News as the most balanced news presenter of the parliamentary elections in ...

, Ora Tv, News 24, Dritare Tv, Channel One,

Vizion Plus Vizion Plus is a national privately owned channel established in 1999 in Tirana, Albania. The channel started as a local station and a few years later began broadcasting all over Albanian territory, covering about 80% of audience and with a mark ...

, IN TV, BBF TV, Report TV and Radio Televizioni SCAN. Apart from the latter stations, most others are round-the-clock news channels. Digital broadcasting is available mainly in Tirana and

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...

, though it is gradually being introduced to the western lowland and further inland. Below is a list of television stations and TV providers broadcasting in the Republic of Albania:

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AMA - Authority of Audiovisual Media

Albanian Media Institute

Telemetrix Albania Rating and Share Agency

Abacus Research Rating and Share Agency
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