A1 Televizija ( Macedonian: А1 телевизија) or just A1 was a television channel in

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. The second privately owned commercial television station in the country (after TEKO TV), it broadcast from 22 January 1993 to 31 July 2011.

History

A1 Television was founded on 22 January 1993, as the first private and independent TV station in Macedonia. The number of employees at its peak was approximately 200 (managing and editorial board, journalists, reporters, presenters, technical staff, marketing, administration) and a large number of correspondents and external cooperators. A1 TV broadcast content in a wide variety of genres including Information, Culture, Arts, Documentaries, Entertainment, Sports and Children's. The main element was the Informative program – central news bulletins at 19:00 and 23:00, short news at 16:00, round tables, interviews and dialogues. The station's flagship news bulletin was under the banner A1 Vesti ''A1 News'' with the central bulletin at 7 pm. It was presented by Tatjana Stojanovska. According to most television polls, A1 TV dominated as the most watched TV Broadcaster in

, even more watched than the public broadcaster

Macedonian Radio Television Macedonian Radio Television (), or MRT () for short, is the public broadcasting organisation of North Macedonia. It was founded in 1993 by the Assembly of North Macedonia, Macedonian Assembly. Its legally defined service is the production and ...

. In February 2001, A1 TV was the first television station that broke the news about the 2001 Macedonian conflict, when its journalist Snežana Lupevska and the television crew, who were intending to do a report about the life in that area, were kidnapped by the armed ethnic Albanian guerrilla gunmen in the Macedonian village of

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, on the Macedonia-Kosovo border. On 2 July 2008, A1 launched its second TV channel called A2. A2 aired older TV-Serials that have previously been broadcast on A1 and brand new content including TV serials, movies and cartoons. The station's facilities were raided by the police on 25 November 2010. All of its journalists and camera operators were forbidden from working. On 31 July 2011, it was announced that the station has been dissolved following a bankruptcy proceeding due to accumulated debt of over €30 million. The station's owner Velija Ramkovski along with part of the management spent time in detention over the issue for a few months. Velija Ramkovski was then taken to jail by the Macedonian police and has been in jail since.Угашена македонска телевизија А1
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Programmes

Nationally created and broadcast shows by A1 TV

Series

* 24 *

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Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadc ...

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* Commesse 2 * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation * CSI: Miami * CSI: NY *

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* Dirty Sexy Money * Edgemont *

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

Hannah Montana ''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cy ...

* Incantesimo *

Inspector Rex ''Inspector Rex'' (German: ''Kommissar Rex''; Italian: ''Il commissario Rex'') is an Austrian-Italian police procedural television series created by Peter Hajek and Peter Moser. Originally an Austrian series aired from 1994 to 2004 on ORF 1, in ...

Judging Amy ''Judging Amy'' is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This television series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves ...

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Johnny Test ''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Group, Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB ...

Little Einsteins ''Little Einsteins'' is an American Animated series, animated children's television series developed by Douglas Wood (writer), Douglas Wood and based on the Baby Einstein line of videos. Produced by The Baby Einstein Company (at the time owned ...

* Los Serrano * Lost * Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan * Mad About You *

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'' is an American animated interactive children's television series for preschoolers. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was created by Disney veteran Bobs Gannaway. The series originally aired 125 epi ...

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

* Nash Bridges * Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King * Nip/Tuck *

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* Sleeper Cell * Smurfs *

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

Spin City ''Spin City'' is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996, to April 30, 2002, on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show is set in a fictionalized version of the New York City mayor's off ...

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* The Nine * The O.C *

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Viza za budućnost ''Viza za budućnost'' () was the first post-independence Bosnian TV series. Production started on June 22, 2002, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first episode was aired on September 22, 2002. The final episode was broadcast on April 17 ...

* Vratice se rode *

Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action fiction, action Crime drama, crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norr ...

Telenovelas

*'' Amar otra vez'' *'' América'' *'' Amarte así'' *'' Antonella'' *'' Casi ángeles'' *'' Contra viento y marea'' *'' Corazones al limite'' *'' Cuando seas mía'' *'' Dolina sunca'' *''

El desprecio ''El Desprecio'' (1991, lit. "the contempt") is a Venezuelan telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meanin ...

'' *'' El juramento'' *'' El manantial'' *'' El privilegio de amar'' *'' Entre el amor y el odio'' *'' Estrambotica Anastasia'' *'' Frecuencia 0.4'' *''Gitanas'' *'' Hombres de honor'' *'' Isa TKM'' *'' Jelena'' *'' Kachorra'' *'' Laços de Família'' *'' Las Vías del Amor'' *'' Los Plateados'' *'' Mi Prima Ciela'' *'' Ne daj se, Nina'' *'' Muneca Brava'' *'' Nueve Lunas'' *'' O Clone'' *'' O Rei do Gado'' *''

Pasión de Gavilanes ''Pasión de Gavilanes'' (international title: ''Hidden Passion'') is a Colombian telenovela written by Julio Jiménez (writer), Julio Jiménez. It is produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network and with the participation ...

'' *'' Porto dos Milagros'' *''

Rebelde Way ''Rebelde Way'' is an Argentine telenovela created and produced by Cris Morena. It was originally broadcast on El Nueve, Azul Televisión from 27 May 2002 to 10 November 2003. The soap opera has been broadcast in many countries, achieving widesp ...

'' *'' Rubí'' *'' Salomé'' *'' Sve ce biti dobro'' *'' Soledad'' *'' Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer'' *''

Zabranjena ljubav ''Zabranjena ljubav'' ( lit. "Forbidden Love", commonly abbreviated to ZLJ) is a Croatian daytime soap opera about the lives and loves of both young and older characters, focused on Zagreb, capital city of Croatia. Actors Mario Valentić, Anton ...

Reality shows

* Operacija Trijumf * Veliki brat

References

External links

A1 AddressRuins of the headquarters in 2017
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