Televizioni Klan (or TV Klan) is an Albanian private television network, based in Tirana, Albania. As the first private network in the country, TV Klan began its broadcasts on 25 October 1997, and became the first to gain national coverage in 2001.
History
Following a newly de-Enverized Albania, TV Klan launched on 25 October 1997 as a joint venture between Marcel Skëndo, Julien Roche and Aleksandër Frangaj, under the parent company Media 6. It is the first private TV channel in Albania.
On 1 August 1998 at 19:30, TV Klan made its first news report ever on its channel. The first chronicle of TV Klan is about the murder of Taulant Buça.
In 2001, TV Klan was granted the license for national television coverage. In 2002, ISO rated the channel as the most highly rated in Albania with 21.5% of audience share. As of 2006, the channel's analogue signal covered around 60% of Albania's territory.
TV Klan is a media group that includes Klan Plus, Radio Klan, Klan News, Klan Music, ABC News (Albania), and North Macedonia-based Klan Macedonia. The channel package is available in Europe through the pay-TV services Tring and DigitAlb.
The network is known for its long-standing political show Opinion, hosted by Blendi Fevziu; entertainment shows such as Këngët e Shekullit, Gjeniu i Vogël, Dance with Me, X Factor Albania, Kënga Ime, Zonë e Lirë, E Diela Shqiptare, Xing me Ermalin, Stop, Rudina, Aldo Morning Show; and various co-productions.[citation needed]
Since 4 March 2012, TV Klan has been the first national TV channel in southeastern Europe and Albania to begin broadcasting 24 hours in HD without charging additional fees to customers. It is the first station in Albania to own a satellite news gathering mobile broadcasting studio.
On 3 May 2018, TV Klan announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire Art Channel, an Albanian broadcaster in North Macedonia. The channel was re-branded with the name Klan Maqedonia(Klan Macedonia).
According to the Audiovisual Media Authority, in 2020, Radio Klan became the third privately owned radio station to receive national frequency status in Albania.
In 2022, TV Klan launched a video-on-demand streaming service called Klani Im, making its flagship channel alongside many affiliate TV and radio channels freely available to stream live on mobile devices. Each broadcast is preserved for up to seven days.
