Telecommunications in North Macedonia include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
The Macedonian music refers to all forms of music associated with North Macedonia. It share similarities with the music of neighbouring Balkan countries, yet it remains overall distinctive in its rhythm and sound.
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
A1Televizija or just A1 was a television channel in the Republic of North Macedonia. The second privately owned commercial television station in the country, it broadcast from 22 January 1993 to 31 July 2011.
Telekabel is a cable television operator and Internet Service Provider for Cable Internet in North Macedonia headquartered in Štip, North Macedonia. They also offer Telephony services.
Macedonian Radio Television, officially National Radio-Television since 2019, is the public broadcasting organisation of North Macedonia. It was founded in 1993 by the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
Kaliopi Bukle, known professionally as Kaliopi, is a Macedonian singer-songwriter. In her career, Kaliopi has progressed from singing lead vocal with her eponymous band in 1980s Yugoslavia to being an established vocalist and composer working in North Macedonia and across former Yugoslavia. She represented North Macedonia twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, first in 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with "Crno i belo" and a second time in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "Dona".
Turks in North Macedonia, also known as Turkish Macedonians and Macedonian Turks, are the ethnic Turks who constitute the third largest ethnic group in the Republic of North Macedonia. According to the 2002 census, there were 77,959 Turks living in the country, forming a minority of some 3.8% of the population. The community forms a majority in Centar Župa and Plasnica.
TV Klan is a private television channel with national coverage based in Tirana, Albania.
The mass media in North Macedonia refers to mass media outlets based in North Macedonia. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. The Constitution of North Macedonia guarantees freedom of the press and of expression, yet they are not upheld impartially by the authorities. As a country in transition, North Macedonia's media system is under transformation.
Macedonian Canadians are Canadian citizens of ethnic Macedonian descent or Macedonian-born people who reside in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 43,110 Canadians who claimed full or partial Macedonian ancestry.
Television in North Macedonia was first introduced in 1964; it remains the most popular news medium. The public broadcaster is the Macedonian Radio Television, founded in 1993. TEKO TV (1989) from Štip is the first private television channel in the country. Other popular private channels are: Sitel, Kanal 5, Telma, Alfa TV, Alsat-M and TV 24.Most private media are tied to political or business interests and state media tend to support the government. Public broadcast networks face stiff competition from commercial stations, which dominate the ratings. A European Union sponsored report says that with scores of TV and radio networks, the market is overcrowded and many local broadcasters are struggling to survive financially.
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. North Macedonia is a landlocked country bordering with Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million population. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Romani, Serbs, Bosniaks, Aromanians and a few other minorities.
MRT 1 is a television station in North Macedonia owned and operated by Macedonian Radio-Television.
Macedonian Sign Language is the sign language of the deaf community in North Macedonia. As all sign languages, Macedonian Sign Language is based on gestures and body movements, particularly movements with the hands. The precise number of signers in North Macedonia is not known, but 6,000 people request signed news on Macedonian television. The learning and the usage of the language, as well as the rights of the deaf community in North Macedonia are regulated by a national law.
The Republic of Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT). Macedonia was represented by the song "To the Sky" performed by Tijana, which failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 13th with a score of 33 points. The song was written by Elena Risteska, Darko Dimitrov and Lazar Cvetkoski.
K3 Television was a regional Television channel in Northeast part of North Macedonia, with headquarters in Kumanovo. It started to operate in 2015.
TV Kumanovo was a local terrestrial analog television channel in Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
A1 Macedonia DOO Skopje is a telecommunications company in North Macedonia owned by Telekom Austria Group. A1 offers broadband internet, cable and terrestrial television, mobile telephony and landline.
"Dona" is a song performed by Macedonian singer-songwriter Kaliopi. The song represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was written by Kaliopi and Romeo Grill. The official music video for the song was released on 7 March 2016. It was released as a digital download on 21 March 2016 via Kaliopi Music Production. It came 11th in the second semi-final, narrowly missing out on a place in the final.
