Television in North Macedonia was first introduced in 1964; it remains the most popular news medium. The public broadcaster is the

Macedonian Radio Television Macedonian Radio Television (MRT; mk, Македонска радио-телевизија (МРТ), Makedonska radio-televizija (MRT)), officially National Radio-Television ( mk, Национална Радиотелевизија, Nacionalna ...

, founded in 1993. TEKO TV (1989) from

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is the first private

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in the country. Other popular private channels are:

Sitel Sitel Group is a privately owned contact center company headquartered in Miami, Florida. It provides outsourced sales, technical support, customer service, and other business processes for large companies. The company has 160,000 employees an ...

, Kanal 5, Telma,

Alfa TV Alfa TV was a former pay television service available in Cyprus, that broadcast sports and children's programming as well as the odd film. It was owned by Alfa TV Ltd. and was launched in 1998. Alfa TV was one of only 2 pay-TV services in Cyprus, ...

, 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

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sponsored report says that with scores of TV and radio networks, the market is overcrowded and many local broadcasters are struggling to survive financially.

DVB-T

DVB-T was introduced in

Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

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

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.

IPTV

On 17 November 2008,

IPTV Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. This is in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable television formats. Unlike downloaded med ...

was officially launched when the country's first IPTV service, MaxTV, was launched by

Makedonski Telekom Makedonski Telekom AD ( mk, Македонски Телеком АД, lit=Macedonian Telekom PLC) is a telecommunications company in North Macedonia with headquarters in Skopje. It is part of the Magyar Telekom Group, which is a fully consolida ...

Cable television

Cable television is highly developed, with cable television penetration in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Sk ...

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

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at the beginning of 2007.

Public television stations with national frequency

MRT 1 MRT 1 (МРТ 1) is a television station in North Macedonia owned and operated by Macedonian Radio-Television. Current line-up News shows *'' Dnevnik MRT'' - main news at 10:00, 17:00, 19:30, and 23:00 *''MRT Vesti'' - news, runs at 13:00, and ...

* MRT 2 *

MRT Sobraniski Kanal MRT Assembly Channel is a television channel in North Macedonia owned and operated by Macedonian Radio-Television. The channel was formed in 1991 as an experimental channel, but now it broadcasts the activities from the Assembly of the Republic o ...

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

Sitel TV Sitel Television ( Macedonian: Сител Телевизија, ''Sitel Televizija'') is the second private television channel in North Macedonia. Programmes Sitel Television was founded on 22 January 1993, as the second private and independent ...

* Kanal 5 *

* Telma TV * Alsat-M

TV Channels at the state level through public electronic communications network

* TV Art

TV Channels at the state level through satellite

* Sitel 3 * Kanal 5 plus * TV 24 *

Naša TV Naša TV ( mk, Наша ТВ) is a private national and satellite television channel in North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a co ...

* TV Sonce

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

* TV Skajnet * TV Tera *

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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

MRT Sat MRT Sat (MKTV Sat) is the name of Macedonian Radio-Television's satellite service to telecast to the Macedonian diaspora across the world. Its programming is taken from MRT 1. MRT Sat is available in Australia and New Zealand. It is currently broa ...

* MRT 2 Sat *

* Sitel 3 * Kanal 5 * Kanal 5 plus *

* 24 Vesti *

* TV Sonce * TV ERA

International channels translated into Macedonian

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

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 ...

* 24Kitchen * AXN Adria* * Discovery Channel *

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E! Entertainment E! (an initialism for Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable channel which primarily focuses on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies, owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of NBCUnive ...

* HBO Adria* *

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* * DaVinci Learning * National Geographic Channel *

History Channel History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...

MTV Adria MTV Adria was a localized version of the music and entertainment channel MTV Europe, customized for the Balkan countries that used to be constituent parts of Yugoslavia. It served the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedon ...

* OrlandoKids* * CineStar TV * CineStar Action and Thriller *

Viasat Film V Film is a group of premium movie channels broadcasting in the Nordic countries owned by Viaplay Group. History Viasat Film was started by Kinnevik on 27 August 1989 as TV1000, using one of the sixteen transponders on Astra 1A, the very fi ...

Viasat History Viasat History is a pay television channel owned by the Swedish media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel broadcasts history series from around the world with a focus on the ancient world, historical drama, royal history, travel history and ...

Viasat Nature Viasat Nature is a television channel owned by international media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel has a focus on animals and their owners, blue-chip, classic wildlife, ER and animal rescue, the natural world, and parks and sanctuaries. ...

* Viasat Explore *

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* Tring Max * FilmBOX HD *

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* DocuBOX HD

References

External links

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