Television in North Macedonia was first introduced in 1964; it remains the most popular news medium. The public broadcaster is the Macedonian Radio Television, founded in 1993. TEKO TV (1989) from Štip is the first private television channel in the country. Other popular private channels are: Sitel, Kanal 5, Telma, Alfa TV, Alsat-M and TV 24.Most private media are tied to political or business interests and state media tend to support the government. Public broadcast networks face stiff competition from commercial stations, which dominate the ratings. A European Union sponsored report says that with scores of TV and radio networks, the market is overcrowded and many local broadcasters are struggling to survive financially.[1]

DVB-T

DVB-T was introduced in Republic of North Macedonia in November, 2009 as a Pay TV platform known as BoomTV by ONE. The platform includes national channels with national frequency and the most popular world channels. Boom TV is using 3 multiplexes (MUX 1, MUX 2 and MUX 3). The DVB-T switch off in the country was completed on 1 June 2013. MRD (Republic of Macedonia Broadcasting Council) operates and maintains the DVB-T network in the Republic of North Macedonia and the public Macedonian Radio Television using MUX 4 and MUX 5 while ONE operates the private national and local TV stations in North Macedonia using MUX 6 and MUX 7.

The DVB-T transmissions in North Macedonia are standard-definition and high-definition, MPEG-4, X7F modulation, 64-QAM, 2/3 Code-rate.

DVB-T Frequencies in North Macedonia
Nationwide free-to-air DVB-T television channels in North Macedonia
NameOwnerProgrammingTypeEncryptionMUX
MRT 1Macedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear4
MRT 2Macedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear4
MRT 3Macedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear4
MRT 4Macedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear4
MRT 5Macedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear4
MRT Sobraniski KanalMacedonian Radio TelevisionParliamentPublic broadcasterClear4
MRT 1 HDMacedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear5
MRT 2 HDMacedonian Radio TelevisionGeneralPublic broadcasterClear5
Alsat-MTV Alsat-MGeneralPrivate channelClear6
Kanal 5TV Kanal 5GeneralPrivate channelClear6
Sitel TVTV SitelGeneralPrivate channelClear6
Alfa TVTV AlfaGeneralPrivate channelClear6
Telma TVTV TelmaGeneralPrivate channelClear6
Regional free-to-air DVB-T television channels in North Macedonia
NameRegionProgrammingTypeEncryptionMUX
TV EDOD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV ERAD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV BTRD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV ShutelD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV MTMD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV SkopjeD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV TikveshijaD1 SkopjeRegionalPrivate channelClear7
KTV KavadarciD1 VelesRegionalPrivate channelClear7
Sitel 2D2RegionalPrivate channelClear7
K3D2RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV PlusD2RegionalPrivate channelClear7
KRTD2RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV FestaD2RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV HanaD2RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV StarD3RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV D1D3RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV IrisD3RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV VisD4RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV KobraD4RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV VTVD4RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV BoemD5RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV Vizhn-BMD5RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV UskanaD5RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV NTVD6RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV Kanal 3D7RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV KohaD8RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV MenadaD8RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV KissD8RegionalPrivate channelClear7
TV ChegraniD8RegionalPrivate channelClear7

IPTV

On 17 November 2008, IPTV was officially launched when the country's first IPTV service, MaxTV, was launched by Makedonski Telekom.

Cable television

Cable television is highly developed, with cable television penetration in Skopje at 67% of all households. There are 49 cable TV providers with the two majors A1 and Telekabel holding 80% of the market. The two majors offer cable television in both analogue and digital, and they have also introduced triple play at the beginning of 2007.

Public television stations with national frequency

TV Channels at the state level through the operator of digital terrestrial multiplex[2]

TV Channels at the state level through public electronic communications network[3]

TV Channels at the state level through satellite[4]

TV Channels at the regional level through public electronic communications network that uses limited resources[5]

  • TV Skajnet
  • TV Tera
  • TV M

High-definition television stations

  • MRT 1 HD
  • MRT 2 HD
  • MRT 3 HD
  • Sitel HD
  • Kanal 5 HD
  • Alfa HD

Macedonian television stations on satellite

International channels translated into Macedonian

Channels marked with an asterisk (*) have a Macedonian audio channel, all others have Macedonian subtitles only

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Macedonia profile: Media", BBC News, 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Агенција за аудио и аудиовизуелни медиумски услуги".
  3. ↑ "Агенција за аудио и аудиовизуелни медиумски услуги".
  4. ↑ "Агенција за аудио и аудиовизуелни медиумски услуги".
  5. ↑ "Агенција за аудио и аудиовизуелни медиумски услуги".
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