Klan TV JSC
TV 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, Radio Klan and indirectly through ABC News TV - where Frangaj family is a minority shareholder.
TV Klan is second biggest free on air media company in Albania by revenues and has the highest profits in the entire media market in the country, including pay per view distribution platforms. TV Klan has book value (total assets) of 2.4 Bn. Lek, (USD 18.8 Mio), which amounts to 15% of total assets of the TV media market in Albania.
TV Klan company own TV Klan channel, TV Klan Plus and Radio Klan. It 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 is owned by 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.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Joint Stock Company
Business Sectors
Radio and Television Broadcasting; Music Production; Digital Broadcasting Network
Individual Owner
Other Online Outlets
www.klanplus.al
Media Business
Telecommunications
Hightel Towers Albania (4.42%)
Business
Television Broadcasting
Klan Kosova is a TV station in Pristina, Kosovo, which is owned by TV Klan.
General Information
Founding Year
1997
Affiliated Interests Founder
Aleksander Frangaj – is a former journalist and media entrepreneur with shares in TV Klan, ABC News and a company named Albania 2017 founded in 2017. 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, Julian Roche and Marsel Skendo. Frangaj owned 50% of the company, while his two partners owned 25% each. The company 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. He initiated a plan for satellite pay TV service called Satellite + in 2004 and in a similar platform focused on Sport called "Supersport" in 2006 through the shares owned by his wife Alba Gina. He is considered to be a pro-government media owner regardless of who holds the power and has managed successfully to switch allegiances and side with any party in power over the past 20 years.
Marsel Skendo – (25%) and Julian Roche (25%) are two business partners in 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 has activities in airline industry, communication, construction, trade and energy it included Adanet – the first Internet Service Provider in the country.
Julien Roche – is a French national and businessman currently the President of Franco-Albanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and founder and shareholder of Helicopters Albania. He was also the co-president of Ada Air, the country’s first Airline company. Until last year he was Board Member at the Société Generale Albania. However, Skendo and Roche are no longer active in the media market since 2007.
Employees
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Contact
National Television Klan, Rruga: “AleksanderMoisiu”, nr.97, PranëIsh – Kinostudio, 1007, Tirana, Albania.
Tel: +355 42 347 821/2/3;
Email: info@tvklan.al
Tax/ ID Number
J71413001L
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
9.1 Mio. $ / 1.166 Bn. Lek
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
1.93 Mio. $ / 247 Mio. Lek
Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Management
Supervisory Board
Sotir Bicka – is a member of the supervisory board of TV Klan.
Albert Dumani – is the director of programs at TV Klan and a member of the supervisory board of the company.
Eldrid Malosmani – is a TV producer and a member of the supervisory board of TV Klan.
Other Influential People
Eduard Frangaj – is a journalist and the brother of Aleksander Frangaj the CEO and majority shareholder of TV Klan.
Blendi Fevziu – is the host of Opinion, the most popular political show in Albanian media since 1997. Fevziu has been a journalist since 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 early 2000s, he was Director of Korrieri, now a defunct newspaper. His show has been aired four times per week since 2008. Fevziu authored also several, fiction and non-fiction books.
Armand Shkullaku – has been a journalist since early 1990s with a career as editor, editor in chief and director in several media outlets. He is also the President of the Association of Professional Journalists of Albania, an NGO registered in Albania.
Pandi Laço – is a TV director for various shows in TV Klan. His flagship “Histori me Zhurmues” [Tales under Censorship] show (2008-2011) dealt with history through film archives and interviews.
Further Information
Meta Data
TV Klan is a joint stock company. Its ownership structure and financial statements are published in Albanian National Business Registry. For the purpose of evaluating weigh of assets and revenues of this company in the media market, MOM have calculated the value of assets, revenues and profits of 8 TV groups and two pay per view platforms. The companies included in the calculation are as follows: DigitAlb, Tring, Top Channel, Klan, Media Vizion, Multiscreen, Focus Media News, ABC News, Ora News and Scan.
The ownership structure and financial statement are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. The financial data provided are for 2016. The Central Bank's average exchange rate for 2016 was used to convert the amounts into USD. Audience share for Top TV stations was provided by Abacus Research and Telemetrix for 2017, the data are conflicting that’s why both audience shares are presented.
