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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

was first introduced in 1974. The Radio Television of Pristina was the first Albanian-speaking broadcaster in Kosovo, founded in 1974 following Radio Pristina's foundation in 1945. It was forcefully shut down in 1990 by the Yugoslavian government, forbidding the flow of information through Kosovan airwaves during the

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. In wartime, the information blackout was covered by Radio 21 (in exile via internet radio and the BBC World Service) and Koha Ditore (via its newspaper and an English-language website), while television was under the sole ownership of the Radio Television of Serbia. In 1999, the Radio Television of Pristina reopened and was transformed into the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), thanks to help from foreign countries. Besides RTK, the end of the war brought along the creation of national television networks such as

Kohavision Kohavision (shortened to KTV, previously also Koha Vision) is a Kosovan free-to-air television channel launched on September 21, 2000. It was founded by politician and journalist Veton Surroi as part of KOHA Group, a media house currently led by ...

(a sister to Koha Ditore),

RTV21 RTV21 (an acronym for Radiotelevizioni 21; English: Radiotelevision 21) is a broadcaster and media company based in Pristina, Kosovo, which includes a radio (est. May 11, 1998), a television station (est. September 22, 2000), and six sister station ...

(a sister to Radio 21), and many others. In the mid-2000s, RTK partnered with

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companies like TVALB to expand its coverage to countries in Europe and North America. These efforts would go further in 2009 with RTV21's ''21WorldTV'' cable service, which offered services to Albanians in the

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. For most of Kosovo's history in television, RTK, RTV21, and Kohavision are the most watched broadcasters in the country.^:21 The introduction of

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through ISPs greatly increased the capacity of television coverage starting in the 2010s with companies bringing programming from Albania and foreign channels to Kosovo. According to a 2013 study by the Independent Media Commission, more than half of Kosovo receives their television signal through cable.^:18 Below is a list of television networks and channels with national, regional and cable coverage in Kosovo.

National frequency

Public

RTK 1 RTK 1 (English: ''Radio Television of Kosovo 1'', Albanian: ''Radio Televizioni i Kosovës 1'') is the first public television channel of Kosovo, providing general programming. As part of the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), a public service b ...

RTK 2 RTK 2 ( English: ''Radio Television of Kosovo 2'', Serbian: ''Радио Телевизија Косова 2 / Radio Televizija Kosova 2'', ) is the second public television channel of Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косо� ...

RTK 3 RTK 3 (English: ''Radio Television of Kosovo 3'', Albanian: ''Radio Televizioni i Kosovës 3'') is the third public television channel of Kosovo. As part of the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), a public service broadcaster, RTK 3 produces and ...

RTK 4 RTK 4 (English: ''Radio Television of Kosovo 4'', Albanian: ''Radio Televizioni i Kosovës 4'') is the fourth public television channel of Kosovo. RTK 4 is part of the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), a public service broadcaster, along with t ...

Private

* ATV *

Klan Kosova Klan Kosova is a Kosovan private television station based in Pristina, Kosovo, which was launched on 17 February 2009 as the Kosovan version of TV Klan. It is owned by KGO Media Investments Holding. Principles The channel's most important ...

* T7 *

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RTV Dukagjini RTV may refer to: Broadcasting * RTV (Bangladeshi TV channel), a satellite television channel * RTV (Indonesian TV network), an Indonesian television network * RTV-7, a Dutch television network with programming from the Dutch Caribbean * RTV NH, ...

*Zëri TV * Tëvë 1 *First Channel *Arta TV *Zico TV

Regional frequency

*TV Tema *RTV Besa *TV Prizreni *Opinion TV *Televizioni Syri *TV Llapi *TV Vali *TV Liria *TV Festina *TV Mitrovica *Puls TV *Dasma TV *TV Diaspora *ON TV *A-Mol TV *TV Iliria

Defunct

* Top Kosova * 3TV *News TV *Click Channel *Kosova Channel *TV Skenderaj *Visa Channel *Pro Channel *Metro TV *Herc TV *Kutia TV *3+HD Music *Men TV *ART *Next TV *TV Glob *Olti TV *RTV Fan *RTV Balkan *TV Most *A9TV

Company 21

* RTV21 HD (Kosovo) *TV 21 HD (North Macedonia) *21 Plus HD *21 Popullore HD *21 Mix HD * 21 Junior HD *21 Business HD *21 News HD

Artmotion

*ArtKino 1 *ArtKino 2 *ArtKino 3 *ArtDoku 1 *ArtDoku 2 * ArtSport 1 * ArtSport 2 * ArtSport 3 * ArtSport 4 * ArtSport 5 * ArtSport 6 *Gurmania *Episode *PRIME *Beat TV *Prince Kids

Kujtesa

Active

* K Sport 1 * K Sport 2 * K Sport 3 * K Sport 4 * K Sport 5

Defunct

*K Channel HD *K Film Një HD *K Film Dy HD *K Film Tre *K Film Katër *K Film Pesë *K Doku Një *K Doku Dy *K Reality *K Sofia (now under Digicable as "Sofia") *K Music HD

TelKos

*TëVë 1 *TëVë Aksion *TëVë Comedy *TëVë Drame *TëVë Fantasy *TëVë Novela *TëVë Shqip *TëVë Kids 1 *TëVë Kids 2 *TëVë Doku 1 *TëVë Doku 2

SuperSport

* SuperSport Kosova 1 * SuperSport Kosova 2 * SuperSport Kosova 3 * SuperSport 1 * SuperSport 2 * SuperSport 3 * SuperSport 4 * SuperSport 5 * SuperSport 6 * SuperSport 7

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*FilmBox Extra *FilmBox Plus *FilmBox Arthouse *

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* DocuBox *Fast&FunBox *FashionBox *GameToonBox

Other channels

* HBO *

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Fox Life Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece. The ...

Fox Crime Fox Crime (stylized as FOXCRIME) is a television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group, which airs across several countries of Europe, Africa and Asia such as Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Its basic programming include numero ...

Comedy Central Extra Comedy Central Extra is a European pay television channel that launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2003. Followed by the Netherlands in 2011 were it was visible till 31 december 2022. Between 2012 and 2020 it was also available in par ...

* Disney Channel *

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* Nick Jr. Channel * Cartoon Network *

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Baby TV BabyTV (stylised as Baby''tv'') is a multilingual international television channel for babies, toddlers and preschoolers aged 3 or lower, owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of the Disney International Content and Operations division of ...

Duck TV Duck TV (stylised ducktv) is a children's television channel which was launched in October 2007 as Bebe TV on UPC and was owned by WICKS Communications, and available in Hungary, Romania, Spain, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Since its launch, the ...

* National Geographic * Discovery Channel *

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* 24Kitchen *

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* Alb'swissTV *All of

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's channels

Cable networks

IPKO IPKO is a company that provides telecommunication services in Kosovo. It is the second mobile operator in the country. Amongst their services are: mobile telephony, fixed telephony, internet provider and cable TV. The main shareholder of the compa ...

Digitalb DigitAlb is an Albanian media, digital satellite and terrestrial TV platform based in Tirana, Albania. The TV platform began terrestrial broadcasts in July 2004, and satellite broadcasts by the end of that year. At the same time, DigitAlb beg ...

* Kujtesa *

Telecom of Kosovo Telecom of Kosovo ( sq, Telekomi i Kosovës), trading as Vala, is a business unit of Post and Telecom of Kosovo. Telecom of Kosovo is a licensed public operator and the first choice provider of fixed network services and internet in the terri ...

National frequency

Public

Private

Regional frequency

Defunct

Company 21

Artmotion

Kujtesa

Active

Defunct

TelKos

SuperSport

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Other channels

Cable networks

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