Telecommunications in Albania include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Television in Albania was first introduced in 1960. RTSH dominated the Albanian broadcasting field up to the mid-1990s, a period when privately owned radio and TV stations started to occupy the vast empty Albanian frequencies.
Top Channel is a national commercial television network based in Tirana, Albania. Initially, they were located in the Pyramid of Tirana, but later they moved to Kashar. Top Channel was founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001, the network forms part of Top Media Group together with Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radio, My Music Radio, daily newspaper Shqip, Shqip Magazine, coffee producer Lori Caffe, Digitalb, Top News, VGA Studio, musicAL, and Imperial Cinemas.
Radio Televizioni Shqiptar is the national public broadcasting company of Albania. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. The international television service via satellite RTSH Sat was launched in 1993 and is aimed at Albanian-speaking communities in Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and northern Greece, plus the Albanian diaspora in the rest of Europe. RTSH is funded by a combination of commercial advertising, an annual licence fee of US$10.00 and grant-in-aid from the Albanian government.
Televizioni Klan, also shortened to TV Klan, is an Albanian private television channel with national coverage, based in Tirana, Albania.
TVA is a defunct national frequency, privately owned television station based in Tirana, Albania. Founded in 1996, Tele Arbëria was one of the first private TV stations in Tirana and quickly became a major national leading channel in Albania. In fact, it was awarded national frequency status even though it covered only 30% of Albania with an analogue signal.
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 market share of 30–35%. Vizion Plus is rated among the most preferred television stations by Albanians, domestically and abroad.
Mass media in Albania refers to mass media outlets based in Albania. 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 Albania guarantees freedom of speech. Albanian media are quite diverse, although politicised, and often influenced by business and political interests.
Albania's news industry covers the press, television and radio.
Television in Kosovo was first introduced in 1974. The Radio Television of Pristina was the first Albanian-speaking broadcaster in Kosovo, founded in 1974 following Radio Pristina's foundation in 1945. It was forcefully shut down in 1990 by the Yugoslavian government, forbidding the flow of information through Kosovan airwaves during the Kosovo War. In wartime, the information blackout was covered by Radio 21 and Koha Ditore, while television was under the sole ownership of the Radio Television of Serbia.
TeleNorba or Telenorba Shqiptare or simply TNSH is a defunct private Albanian TV channel from Tirana, Albania launched in 1996 and owned by the Bari, Italy based TeleNorba Italia broadcaster. Originally, the channel was owned by Italian businessmen, then a Greek businessman, and finally by Albanian media mogul Aleksander Frangaj. The channel used to be available via analogue in central Albania, and later on satellite in Europe on the Albanian TV package DigitAlb.
Tirana TV is a defunct music television station based in Albania. It mainly broadcast Albanian music as well as satirical episodes from well known Albanian satirists.
Albanian Screen is a defunct television station with satellite frequency from Tirana, Albania. It broadcast in Europe via EUTELSAT Satellite by covering the whole territory of Europe. Albanian Screen Television broadcasts terrestrially in all the territory of Albania, and via digital terrestrial signal in the city of Tirana. The General Director of Albanian Screen Television was oil mogul Mr. Rezart Taçi.
Elvana Gjata is an Albanian singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Tirana, she has been referred to as a "Diva of Albanian music". She rose to recognition in Albania and other Albanian-speaking territories in the Balkans following the release of her two studio albums, Mamës (2007) and Afër dhe larg (2011). The singer saw further success through many acclaimed singles, as well as her extended plays 3 (2018) and Çelu (2021), and has achieved multiple number one singles in the Albanian singles chart. Gjata has also received numerous awards and accolades, including two Balkan Music Awards, a Festivali i Këngës Award, four Kënga Magjike Awards and a Top Fest Award.
Alban Ramosaj is an Albanian singer, songwriter, producer, director, actor and photo-model. Born in Ede and raised in Tirana, he auditioned for the Albanian music competition The Voice of Albania in 2013. Ramosaj solidified his success in the Albanian-speaking Balkans during his first EP launch "Po Nëse..." with the second track "A Me Do" ranking him first on the top 100 Albanian charts "Top Awards" for four weeks straight, after many following successes, one worth mentioning is Ramosaj emerging as the winner of the 22nd edition of Kënga Magjike in 2021.
Eva Murati is an Albanian actress and TV host. Starting her career at the age of 15, she made herself known in Albanian showbiz through different commercials and modeling jobs. Eva hosted her first TV program Antilope in 2013 and then she co-hosted with Adi Krasta Duartrokitje, both of them at Agon Channel. She then moved to Vizion Plus in 2016 where she hosted Miss Universe Albania and VIP Zone. She is currently hosting the Studio UEFA Champions League and Sports Week at Tring Sport. Murati debuted in film in The Outlaw in 2013. She then starred in 2017 in Ti mund të më quash Xhon. In 2016 she starred in the TV series Skanderbeg. Her most recent project is Familja Kuqezi which is currently filming.
Fax News is an Albanian news television station first launched on 6 October 2017. The station is available on the national digital radio-television network. It's also offered as part of a package plan by ISP provider Abcom, part of the Tring terrestrial platform and can be also streamed online.
Ermal Peçi is an Albanian journalist and television presenter. He hosted his first television program in 2006. In February 2023 Ermal Peçi moved to RTSH, hosting 'Më prit në fundjavë'. 'Friends of Europe' chose him as the Albanian representative at the European Young Leaders 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.
Anxhela Peristeri is an Albanian singer, songwriter and model. She emerged as the winner of the 19th edition of Kënga Magjike in 2017. After winning the 59th edition of Festivali i Këngës in 2020, Peristeri was designated as the Albanian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
