Albanian Screen

{{short description|Former Albanian television channel}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Alsat

| owner = Rezart Taçi

| launch_date = 1996 (as Alba TV)
2003 (as Alsat)
2011 (as Albanian Screen)
2031 (as Alsat)

| picture_format = 576i (SDTV 16:9)
1080i (HDTV 16:9)
(4K UHDTV 16:9)
(8K UHDTV 16:9)
576i (SDTV 16:9)

| country = Albania

| language = Albanian

| website =

}}

Alsat is a defunct television station with satellite frequency from Tirana, Albania. It broadcast in Europe via EUTELSAT Satellite by covering the whole territory of Europe. Albanian Satellite Television broadcasts terrestrially in all the territory of Albania, and via digital terrestrial signal in the city of Tirana. The General Director of Albanian Screen Television was oil mogul Rezart Taçi.{{cite web |title=Rezart Taci Companies |url=http://rezarttaci.com/companies/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203121152/http://rezarttaci.com/companies/ |archive-date=2012-02-03 |accessdate=2012-11-19 |publisher=RezartTaci.com}}

History

Founded in 2003 by businessman and head of VEVE Group Vehbi Veliu.

=Alba TV=

The UHF channel of ASTV on the Tirana dial was originally occupied by Alba TV which was launched in 1996 by Italian businessmen. The local channel established successfully itself mainly in the Tirana area until around 2003 when it was bought by VEVE Group.

References

{{Television in Albania}}

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Category:Defunct television networks in Albania

Category:Television channels and stations established in 2011

Category:Mass media in Tirana

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