Klan Group

Klan is one of the biggest media groups in Albania, owned by former journalist turned businessman, Aleksandër Frangaj and his wife Alba Gina. TV Klan is active in TV and Radio Markets through TV Klan, Klan Plus, Klan News, Klan Macedonia and Radio Klan.
TV Klan is the biggest free on-air media company in Albania by revenues and profits. The group also owns one of the five digital terrestrial licenses.
TV Klan was founded in 1997 by three businessmen, Aleksandër Frangaj (50%), Marsel Skendo (25%) and Julian Roche (25%). Klan received one of the two national licenses in 2001.
Currently the owners of Klan Group are Aleksandër Frangaj (60%) and his wife Alba Gina (40%).
TV Klan is known for cultivating amicable relations with different governments and has been accused of receiving rewards for its pro government editorial line, including large volumes of government paid advertising in the past.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Group
Business Sectors
Radio and Television Broadcasting; Music Production; Digital Broadcasting Network
Individual Owner
Other TV Outlets
Klan News (Missing data)
Klan Macedonia (Missing data)
Other Online Outlets
https://klanmacedonia.mk/
Media Business
TV Broadcasting
TV Klan (100%)
Radio Broadcasting
Radio Klan (100%)
Digital Distribution Network
DigitALB (8%)
Business
Construction
AS Construction (100%)
Alias Development (29%)
Real Estate
Irea. Al (100%)
TV Production
Media 66 (100%)
Lottery
Portat e Fatit (16.80%)
Telecommunication
Towers Network Albania (75%)
TV Broadcasting
Klan Macedonia
General Information
Founding Year
1997
Affiliated Interests Founder
Former journalist and media entrepreneur, who during the last years has expanded his business also in the field of construction and real estate. He is a co-founder of the daily newspaper Koha Jone, the first independent newspapers published after the fall of communism in Albania. In 1997 Frangaj founded a company Media 6 with two other businessmen, Julien Roche and Marsel Skendo. Frangaj owned 50% of the company, while his two partners owned 25% each. Media 6 published the weekly magazine Klan and launched the television station with the same name. In 2013, the name of the company was changed from Media 6 to TV Klan. To date, Frangaj owns 60%, while his wife Alba Gina owns 40% at TV Klan. Over the years, Frangaj was involved in the establishment or acquisition of several other television stations in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia, such as Klan Kosova, ABC News or Klan Macedonia, as well as initiating the paid platforms Satellite + in 2004 and Supersport in 2006, through shares owned by his wife. Today, his media group consists of TV Klan, Klan News, Klan Plus and Klan Macedonia as well as Radio Klan, while Gina owns 8% of the shares in the pay per view platform Digit-Alb.
Co-founder of Ada Holding, one of the oldest companies founded in Albania in October 1990, immediately after the Communist Regime allowed private enterprises. Since then, ADA Holding had activities in the airline industry, communication, construction, trade and energy; it included Adanet – the first Internet Service Provider in the country. In 1994, Skendo and his business partner, Julien Roche founded the English language newspaper, Albanian Daily News, which continues to be published to date. Skendo past away in 2021
French national and businessman currently the President of Franco-Albanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was also the co-president of Ada Air, the country’s first Airline company and the co-founder of Media 6. Roche has been no longer active in the media market since 2007. He is now involved in energy and business consultancy.
Employees
Missing Data
Contact
Televizioni Kombëtar Klan, Rruga: “Aleksander Moisiu”, nr.97, Pranë Ish – Kinostudio, 1007, Tirana, Albania.
Tel: +355 42 347 821/2/3;
Email: info@tvklan.al
Tax/ ID Number
TV Klan (J71413001L); Radio Klan (K91826001A)
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
TV Klan - 18.24 Mln.$ / 2.069 Mln. lek Radio Klan - 0.34 Mln..$/ 38 Mln..Lek
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
TV Klan - 1.13 Mln. $ / 128 Mln. Lek Radio Klan - 0.06 Mln..$/ 7 Mln..Lek
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Missing Data
Management
Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Council of the TV Klan
Head of Programming at TV Klan. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board.
Has been working at TV Klan since 1997. He is the Technical Director of television and also holds the position of member at the Supervisory Board.
Other Influential People
Journalist and the director of the News Department in TV Klan. He is also the brother of the owner of TV Klan. Frangaj has previously worked as an adviser for the former Environment Minister, Fatmir Mediu (2012), and Media Assistant for the President Bujar Nishani (2016).
Host of Opinion, the most popular political show in Albanian media since 1997. Fevziu has been a journalist since the 1990s and had worked previously as Editor in Chief in various independent and party newspapers in the early 1990s before starting a career as a TV host. In the early 2000s, he was Director of Korrieri, now a defunct newspaper. His show has been aired four times per week since 2008. Fevziu also authored several fiction and non-fiction books.
CEO of Radio Klan JSC since July 2020. She has been working at TV Klan for more than two decades as a coordinator and executive producer. Nora Klosi is the wife of Blendi Klosi, a socialist MP and former minister of the Environment. She also owns a private consulting company for marketing and art- design.
Further Information
Meta Data
Klan media group is not a legal entity, but a group of companies owned by Aleksander Frangaj and his wife Alba Gina.
The ownership structure and financial statement are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. The financial data provided are for 2022. The Central Bank's average exchange rate for 2022 was used to convert the amounts into USD.
Audience share for Top TV stations was provided by IDRA Media. TV Klan replied to the information request made by the MOM team on 21 July 2023. See sources for more.