The tragic incident that shook Tirana on Monday, 18.11.2024, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old, continues to be a priority concern for all audiovisual media, and they are dedicating significant attention, resources, and airtime both to uncovering unknown aspects of the event’s dynamics and to investigating the factors that led the group of adolescents […]

The Center for Rule of Law delegation, an institution established by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Helsinki, met with the Chair of AMA, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, to have deeper insights into the Authority’s work.  This delegation is in Tirana for the Policy Reform Dialogue Roundtable, organized in collaboration with this […]

Since Monday, 18.11.2024, audiovisual medias have also been covering the tragic event that occurred in the capital, claiming the life of a 14-year-old. The coverage of the event’s dynamics and the investigation into the causes that drove the group of adolescents toward violence, resulting in the death of one and injuries to several others, has […]

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 […]