Serbs enter the Albanian media market, “Arena Channel Albania” established

“Arena Channels”, a media group owned by “Telekom Srbija”, has decided to enter the Albanian market. A week ago, the Serbian company established “Arena News Channels Two Albania”, which was registered this Thursday with the National Business Center.

According to the extract, the company’s activities will include the production, broadcasting and distribution of audiovisual content via television, the internet, digital platforms and social networks.

Extract from “Arena Channels Two Albania”

Its activities will also include publishing and managing electronic publications and online media.

The documents show that the company’s registered address is on Dervish Shaba Street, Block B-1. “Adria Med” television is also located at the same address, along with several other companies owned by businessman Enver Mehmeti, but the latter says that the Serbian company has no connection with his television station.

Arena “News Channel Two Doo” was founded on March 13, 2009, by Goran Đaković. At the time, it was called “Telecommunications Company HD-WIN doo”. On May 22, 2019, the company was bought by “Telekom Srbija” AD, making it a company indirectly owned by the Serbian government.

Currently, “Arena Channel Group” holds the rights to broadcast sports channels in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia. The media group also holds the license for the well-known Euronews channel in Serbia.

The arrival of “Arena Channel” in Albania coincides with several significant changes in the Albanian media market. Two weeks ago, Kapitali reported that the Dulaku family had sold the “Tring” platform to a company linked to Kosovo’s “Devolli” group.

Likewise, in recent months there have also been rumors of a possible sale of the other platform, “Digitalb”, but so far this has not materialized.