Vizion Plus

Country	Albania
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Programming
Language(s)	Albanian
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Ownership
Owner	Artan Dulaku (33.3%) Genc Dulaku (33.3%) Adrian Dulaku (33.3%)
History
Launched	1999 (1999)
Links
Website	Official Website
Availability
Terrestrial
Albania	Analog/Digital

Vizion Plus is a national^[1] privately owned channel established in 1999 in Tirana, Albania. The channel started as a local station and a few years later began broadcasting all over Albanian territory, covering about 80% of audience and with a market share of 30–35%. Vizion Plus is rated among the most preferred television stations by Albanians, domestically and abroad.

Vizion Plus operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week through a network located throughout Albania. A professional staff with field experience in broadcasting provides a high level of communication with audiences. The channel has positioned itself as provider of high quality innovative television programs and as the authoritative voice in Albania for news and current affairs programs. Programs and documentary in the form of a guide or aesthetic dialogue as well as a communication through the reflection of cultural phenomena, which attract attention and raise awareness. Winner of several awards for productions in the documentary genre.^[2]

Programs

Vizion Plus bought the rights to Zonë e Lirë, 2007–2011, considered as the highest rated talk show hosted by a former news editor, Arian Çani. The channel collaborates with the famous film studios Sony Pictures Universal and Paramount Picture, and has succeeded, with media partners, in the production of quality programmes such as editions of Miss Albania 2006, 2007 and 2008, Albanian Clip Nights, Miss Globe 2008, Editions of Shkodra Jazz Festival, Jazz Fest Tirana, the 5th edition of the Microphone Festival of Arts and editions of Cult Awards Academy.

In collaboration with Tring Digital, Vizion Plus successfully bought the rights of the first Albanian edition of Dancing with the Stars and improvised comedy show Apartmenti 2XL. These two shows produced record audiences.^[3] Every Wednesday, Vizion Plus airs Uefa Champions League matches with hosts Eva Murati and Andi Nuraj.

Awards and controversies

Vizion Plus has won the following awards: First Prize at the International Festival "Orsini" for best documentary film, the Award "Cult 2005" for the documentary cycle "Tunnel" and 5 awards given by the Academy of Radio and TV Annual Evaluation. Mero Baze, the anchor of investigative show Faktori Plus was assaulted by a businessman at a Tirana restaurant. In 2010, Baze's show was ordered to close down.

Programs

See also

• Television in Albania
• Communication in Albania
• Tring
• Tip TV
• Tring Sport HD
• TV Klan

References