The new challenges of the media market were the central focus of the visit by the Chair of AMA, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, to Zagreb, Croatia. Invited by her counterpart, Josip Popovac, they held a meeting at the offices of the Croatian Electronic Media Agency (AEM), where the AMA Chair was introduced to the organization and […]

AMA Chair, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, took part in a roundtable organized by the OSCE and the CEC focusing on the 2025 elections and the role of media in this electoral process.  The event was attended by Michel Tarran, Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Mr. Ilirjan Celibashi, Chair of the CEC, and representatives of […]

Hundreds of pirated videos and harmful content have been blocked since the start of our collaboration with the TikTok platform. Thanks to the cooperation with citizens, we have so far achieved the following: 563 complaints received by AMA 194 were deemed as violations of the law. Of these, 187 videos/audios have been removed from the […]

AMA’s on-site inspections have discovered another lawbreaker. Yesterday, an OTT (OVER THE TOP) Server, accessible across all internet networks through the web address http://futjako.com, associated with Public IP 77.242.17.210, was identified.  Technical tests done on-site confirmed that this server was providing access to Albanian platforms along with their respective sports channels. Additionally, it was broadcasting international […]

AMA teams are on-site every day in the fight against piracy, and the positive effects are visible. Yesterday, as a result of the on-site inspections, Public IP 109.236.44.109:8000 was identified, which corresponds to the URL tvfix.site:8000, from which an Astra Server was accessed to share channels. This server was identified by AMA teams despite the […]

Since August 2024, when the Audiovisual Media Authority began its collaboration with TikTok, the figures in the fight against online piracy have been very encouraging. So far, 1,064 videos reported for piracy have been removed from the platform, while 151 profiles have been closed after being reported for containing pirated content. Over these months, AMA […]

AMA’s inspection teams are out in the field every day of the week.  Yesterday, during on-site inspections, IPTV services were found that were accessed via the public IP network 109.236.46.234 using the URL http://xiiitv.lat. Technical tests done on-site confirmed that this URL could only be accessed from the public IP address 109.236.46.234. This illegal server […]

The Chair of AMA participates in the 72nd meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory.  In this high-level meeting, held at the Council of Europe premises building, all findings and facts of the 2024 audiovisual year were presented, including media market trends, documents on the European Audiovisual Services Directive, with a strong focus on improving and […]

The Audiovisual Media Authority has fulfilled one of the obligations of the integration process: ensuring ownership transparency of audiovisual entities and accessibility to this transparency. Following the approval of the regulation “On the criteria and procedures for reviewing changes in the ownership structure and the data transparency related to the ownership of AVMSPs” in April […]