One of AMA’s functional tasks is to verify the observance of the license terms and/or the authorization by the entities that exercise audio and/ or audiovisual activities in the Republic of Albania. Pursuant to Article 78 of Law no. 97/2013, AMA is entitled to exercise control over the program, financial, technical and organizational activity of… Continue Reading Broadcasting rights: During 2023, more than 1,200 hours of monitoring were performed for feature films and sports activities

During February, an increased number of political news was produced for audiovisual media. The data calculated by AMA’s monitoring and analysis teams indicate that political topics occupied the largest percentage of news editions broadcasted on national televisions, followed by social ones. As indicated in the summary below, following Politics with 18.15%, social topics covered 11.03%… Continue Reading Content monitoring in February: Politics and social content, the most covered in the news editions of national TV broadcasters

At AMA, protecting children from inappropriate content, ethical violations on a general perspective, as well as respecting the warning signs in certain time slots, represent the daily objective of the work of the content monitoring and analysis teams. During 2023, the verification and review of 114 cases of audio and audiovisual broadcastings was performed in… Continue Reading Monitoring results for 2023: 55% of identified violations relate to hidden ads

In 2023 only, the AMA’s Council of Complaints reviewed 390 complaints. Based on the data released by the CoC, these complaints were respectively filed by: – 89% from individuals – 4.7% from civil society – 3% from law firms – 2% from institutions – 1.3% from commercial entities 59.5% of these complaints elaborate on the… Continue Reading Council of Complaints: 390 complaints reviewed during 2023

Based on the analysis of the monthly monitoring of the activity and trends of national TV broadcasters, the time occupied by political parties in news editions has also been calculated. The data indicate that, during January, the Democratic Party and the other DP occupied the largest part, i.e. 77.01% of the total broadcasting space in… Continue Reading Broadcast space for political parties on national TV broadcasters. The monitoring results for January are published

Social topics occupied the largest news editions broadcasting space on national televisions during the first month this year. As every month, the data is calculated by AMA’s monitoring and analysis teams and reflects the topics covered in the news editions on national television. As indicated in the summary below, social topics covered 14.38% of the… Continue Reading Content monitoring in January: Social events, the most covered topic in the news editions of national TV broadcasters

Following the Decision made at the second round table, organized a few days ago for the Audience Measurement, AMA has gathered today the representatives of local and regional televisions to discuss the process of selecting 3 representatives to the Media Joint Industry Committee. Following many discussions and debates, the stakeholder parties voted and agreed on the… Continue Reading AMA gathers together local and regional televisions for Audience Measurement. The formula for the selection of 3 representatives in the Joint Industry Committee is approved

Politics occupied the largest news editions broadcasting space on national televisions during December last year. As every month, the data is calculated by AMA’s monitoring and analysis teams and reflects the topics covered in news editions on national television. As indicated in the summary below, following Politics with 13.12%, social news covered 12.20% of the… Continue Reading Content monitoring in December: Politics and social content, the most covered in the news editions of national TV broadcasters

During December 2023, the distribution of institutional advertisements for national TV broadcasters varies from 0 to 1.72% of the total. As every month, the monitoring results on the volume of public advertising on TV broadcasters are published on AMA’s official website, https://ama.gov.al/monitorimi-i-permbajtjeve/ and reflect the percentage of institutional advertisements in the total ads volume on national TV… Continue Reading Content monitoring: The volume of institutional ads in national TV broadcasters during December varies from 0-1.72%

Based on the analysis of the monthly monitoring of the activity and trends of national TV broadcasters, the time occupied by political parties in news editions has also been calculated. The data indicate that, during December 2023, the Democratic Party and the other DP occupied the largest part, i.e. 73.96% of the total broadcasting space… Continue Reading Broadcast space for political parties on national TV broadcasters. The monitoring results for December are published