Today marked the second day of proceedings at the 12th BRAF Annual Meeting in Albania, organized by the Audiovisual Media Authority. The 9 member countries of the Black Sea Broadcasting Regulatory Forum were joined today by a delegation from Kosovo, representing the Independent Media Commission. Hate speech was once again the main topic of today’s […]

The Audiovisual Media Authority is hosting in the city of Vlora the 12th Annual Meeting of the Black Sea Broadcasting Regulatory Forum (BRAF). Representatives of nine states -Albania, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Greece, Serbia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Moldova and Georgia – in their capacity as BRAF member states, along with high-level representatives of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation […]

AMA will serve as the host of the 12th BRAF Annual Meeting. The proceedings of this forum will take place on 17–18 September 2025 in the city of Vlora.  At the 12th meeting of this important network, discussions will focus on one of the most pressing issues in today’s era of technological development: “Hate Speech […]

The Audiovisual Media Authority has taken a new step in the fight against piracy. Today, by unanimous vote, AMA’s Board approved the proposed amendments to the regulation “On the criteria and procedures for granting authorizations”. These amendments introduce strengthened measures to ensure compliance with the law, with a particular focus on strengthening the obligation for […]

The Audiovisual Media Authority has established a new collaboration milestone with one of the major online platforms. AMA Chairwoman, Armela Krasniqi, announced today that a collaboration bridge has been built with Platform X, to monitor and prioritize addressing any potentially harmful content in Albanian, shared on the platform. This collaboration includes a dedicated channel for AMA within Platform X, […]

Final consultation roundtable on the proposed amendments to the regulation “On the criteria and procedures for granting authorizations” was held in Pogradec, where the Audiovisual Media Authority Chairwoman, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, met with authorized operators from the Korça region. The proposed amendments to the regulation “On the criteria and procedures for granting authorizations” have received […]

A new case of online piracy has been reported today by AMA’s Chairwoman, Ms. Armela Krasniqi. Referring to the latest illegal entity identified, fined and reported by AMA’s inspection teams, Krasniqi outlined the full history of tracking and blocking a case initially discovered in Kukës as an illegal IPTV broadcaster, which later transferred to other […]

The fight against piracy is one of the Audiovisual Media Authority key objectives, with inspectors present in the field every day to identify unauthorized broadcastings. Another legal violator was identified in the city of Kukës. An OTT server with the domain: https://c112dn.baj.cx was found to be illegally broadcasting and distributing, to end-users, the Albanian platforms […]

The Audiovisual Media Authority Chairwoman, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, visited Berat as part of the ongoing meetings to discuss the proposed amendments to the regulation “On the criteria and procedures for granting authorizations”. During the meeting with the authorized operators by AMA in Berat, Ms. Krasniqi outlined the positive impact of the proposed regulatory amendments, both […]

Facilitations in obtaining or renewing authorizations, as well as the lawful operators protection through the strengthening of legal measures, are at the core of the nationwide public consultation launched by AMA regarding the proposed amendments to the regulation “On the criteria and procedures for granting authorizations”. AMA’s Chairwoman, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, met with authorized operators […]