News 24 is the first Albanian 24-hour news television channel founded in 2002 in

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, by Italian journalist and former shareholder of '' Gazeta Shqiptare'' newspaper, Radio Rash, and Balkanweb portal, Carlo Bollino. The channel's format resembles its Italian equivalent

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. News is updated every minute. News 24 operates the popular news portal Balkanweb. It was established in February 2000 by the Italian publishing company Edisud (e.g.

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) funded with a contribution from the

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and then sold to Focus Group in 2011. Balkanweb's videos come almost exclusively from 'News 24'.

Nationally created shows

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