| Type | Joint stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunication, Publishing |
| Founder(s) | Dritan Hoxha |
| Headquarters | Tirana, Albania |
| Area served | Albania, Kosovo, Europe |
| Key people | Alban Jaho (Director) |
| Owner(s) | Dritan Hoxha (51%) Union Distribution Service Albania Ltd. Other |
| Parent | Top Media Group sh.a |
| Subsidiaries | Gazeta Shqip |
| Website | www.digitalb.al |
DigitAlb is an Albanian digital satellite and terrestrial TV platform based in Tirana, Albania and part of Top Media Group. The TV platform began terrestrial broadcasts in July 2004, while satellite broadcasts in December 2004. When defunct media company AlbaniaSat opted out of the market, DigitAlb began broadcasting some channels of AlbaniaSat's satellite platform SAT +. The platform has a variety of channels in different genres and closely collaborates with sports package SuperSport. DigitAlb is the first TV platform in Albania to having introduced wireless DVB-H technology for wireless TV reception since 2006. DigitAlb forms part of Top Media Group together with Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radio, newspaper Shqip, Top News, VGA Studio, My Music Radio, and musicAL. DigitAlb will broadcast until 2020 on Eutelsat.[1]
DigitAlb has been running since 2004 it already has amassed more than 100,000 terrestrial and 300,0000 satellite subscribers in Albania alone not counting subcribers via cable companies IPKO in Kosovo and ABCom in Albania. A variety of channels, content and price have domestically made DigitAlb the most popular platform in Albania.
Due to a variety of content being offered in original languages (mostly English) DigitAlb has become popular with foreigners as well as Albanians. Unlike many national packages which have royalty restrictions in their respective countries, DigitAlb has broadcasting rights throughout Europe. This has made DigitAlb become one of the most popular TV packages in Europe for foreigners, particularly English speakers residing in the EU.
DigitAlb broadcasts in standard definition and high definition DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-S2 and DVB-H compliant MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, in Europe through Eurobird 16A and Eutelsat Sesat (16.0°E) satellites on these frequencies :10719/V/27500, 10757/V/27500, 10975/H/27225 (HD), 11055/V/27900, 10942/V/15000 and 11639/H/27900.The service is encrypted with Conax conditional access.
On 1 October 2008, Tring Digital began transmitting terrestrially and via satellite. Tring Digital is the first official competitor of DigitAlb since AlbaniaSat ceased broadcasting. Tring broadcasts 25 channels and offers no HD content; however, the broadcaster plans to increase its package with the addition of further Albanian channels and themed channels. Tring is also exploring its high definition options.
DigitAlb satellite standard definition decoders are: Opentech ODS 3000C and Opentech ODS 2000C.
DigitAlb satellite high definition decoders are: Kaon KSF-S660HDCO and Opentech ODS 3000H.
DigitAlb terrestrial standard definition decoders are: Opentech ODT 1000C and Kaon KTF-270CO.
All DigitAlb decoders are Conax Conditional access Embedded.
Television channels
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