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… Continue Reading The Chair of AMA participates in the 72nd meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory

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… Continue Reading AMA ensures transparency regarding the audio and audiovisual media owners

The Chairwoman of AMA, Mrs. Armela Krasniqi, was welcomed at the offices of the Council of Europe by Mrs. Alina Tatarenko, Head of the Cooperation Division for Freedom of Expression. During their meeting, Mrs. Krasniqi presented AMA’s main priorities, among which the most important include ensuring ownership transparency of audiovisual media, a process that was… Continue Reading The Chair of AMA at the CoE was welcomed by the Head of the Cooperation Division for Freedom of Expression

The Chair of AMA, Mrs. Armela Krasniqi, met with representatives of cable operators in the Korça district, which are authorized by the institution she leads. The main purpose of the meeting was to collaborate with them in the fight against piracy.  “The increase in ISP providers offering audiovisual content illegally is harming competition and honest… Continue Reading The fight against online piracy, the Chair of AMA meets with cable operators in the Korça district

The collaboration continues with citizens and the TikTok platform for reporting and blocking harmful content on this platform. The Chair of AMA, Mrs. Armela Krasniqi while providing the latest update stated: “I encourage citizens to report any content they deem harmful. Every complaint will be reviewed with full responsibility and in compliance with legal provisions”.… Continue Reading AMA-TikTok Transparency, 986 pirated videos and 149 videos with harmful content have been removed from the platform

The continuous inspections by AMA’s teams and the collaboration with legitimate entities have revealed all the methods that lawbreakers use to steal audiovisual content they do not have any rights for.  AMA inspectors have thoroughly examined the Fier and Vlora regions to identify pirate IPTV services. In the Fier and Vlora regions, were found IPTV… Continue Reading The fight against piracy continues as AMA teams do not stop, illegal platforms in Fier and Vlora were blocked

Ongoing inspections and cooperation with legitimate entities to combat online piracy have begun to show results. Following roundtable discussions held in the country’s regions with cable operators authorized by the AMA and after forming a coalition with them in this joint battle against lawbreakers, the first violators have been identified. Last weekend, AMA inspection teams… Continue Reading The fight against piracy: AMA teams shut down two pirate platforms in Saranda, Krasniqi: We will not back down

Piracy and the exposure of children to pornography, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and violence are the violations that are most frequently identified during these weeks of collaboration between citizens-AMA-TikTok for the removal of harmful content. So far, we have reviewed and taken action on: 437 complaints received by AMA 143 were found to be violations of… Continue Reading Transparency on the AMA – TikTok collaboration: 917 videos blocked for piracy and 139 for harmful content

Following the collaboration established with TikTok in August of this year, and after the reporting of hundreds of pirated and harmful videos by citizens, another step was taken in strengthening this partnership.  The Chair of AMA, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, held a meeting with Lukasz Gabler, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager for CEE at TikTok.… Continue Reading TikTok representatives at AMA. The future of AMA-TikTok collaboration is discussed, and the team reviewing citizen reports was trained

Political news took the leading spot in the main news editions on national television during the month of September, accounting for 16.68% of the content, followed by social news at 12.53%. In September, international news also held an important place in the news editions, making up 12.43% of the content. The monitoring covers the period… Continue Reading Content Monitoring in September: Political news take the lead in news editions