Television in North Macedonia was first introduced in 1964; it remains the most popular news medium. The public broadcaster is the Macedonian Radio Television, founded in 1993. TEKO TV (1989) from Štip is the first private television channel in the country. Other popular private channels are: Sitel, Kanal 5, Telma, Alfa TV, Alsat-M and TV 24. Most private media are tied to political or business interests and state media tend to support the government. Public broadcast networks face stiff competition from commercial stations, which dominate the ratings. A European Union sponsored report says that with scores of TV and radio networks, the market is overcrowded and many local broadcasters are struggling to survive financially.
DVB-T DVB-T was introduced in Republic of North Macedonia in November, 2009 as a Pay TV platform known as BoomTV by ONE. The platform includes national channels with national frequency and the most popular world channels. Boom TV is using 3 multiplexes (MUX 1, MUX 2 and MUX 3). The DVB-T switch off in the country was completed on 1 June 2013. MRD (Republic of Macedonia Broadcasting Council) operates and maintains the DVB-T network in the Republic of North Macedonia and the public Macedonian Radio Television using MUX 4 and MUX 5 while ONE operates the private national and local TV stations in North Macedonia using MUX 6 and MUX 7. The DVB-T transmissions in North Macedonia are standard-definition and high-definition, MPEG-4, X7F modulation, 64-QAM, 2/3 Code-rate.
IPTV On 17 November 2008, IPTV was officially launched when the country's first IPTV service, MaxTV, was launched by Makedonski Telekom. On 1 November 2023, Telekom Srbija officially launched it IPTV service, MTel streaming platform MOVE TV.[1]
Cable television Cable television is highly developed, with cable television penetration in Skopje at 67% of all households. There are 49 cable TV providers with the two majors A1 and Telekabel holding 80% of the market. The two majors offer cable television in both analogue and digital, and they have also introduced triple play at the beginning of 2007.
Public television stations with national frequency MRT 1 MRT 2 MRT Sobraniski Kanal
TV Channels at the state level through the operator of digital terrestrial multiplex
Sitel TV Kanal 5 Alfa TV Telma TV Alsat-M
TV Channels at the state level through public electronic communications network
TV Art
TV Channels at the state level through satellite
Sitel 3 Kanal 5 plus TV 24 Naša TV TV Sonce
TV Channels at the regional level through public electronic communications network that uses limited resources
TV Skajnet TV Tera TV M
High-definition television stations MRT 1 HD MRT 2 HD MRT 3 HD
Macedonian television stations on satellite MRT 1 MRT Sat MRT 2 Sat Sitel Sitel 3 Kanal 5 Kanal 5 plus Alfa TV 24 Vesti Naša TV TV Sonce TV ERA
International channels translated into Macedonian Channels marked with an asterisk (*) have a Macedonian audio channel, all others have Macedonian subtitles only
24Kitchen Animal Planet Animal Planet HD AXN Adria* CineStar Action and Thriller CineStar TV DaVinci Learning Discovery Channel Discovery HD Showcase Discovery Travel & Living DocuBOX HD E! Entertainment FilmBOX HD FilmBOX Plus Fox Crime FOX TV Fox Life HBO Adria* HBO Comedy* History Channel National Geographic Channel MTV Adria OrlandoKids* Travel Channel Tring Max Viasat Explore Viasat Film Viasat History Viasat Nature
See also Lists of television channels Television List of language television channels Television in Europe
References
External links Alsat-M Mktv Sitel Kanal 5 Telma TV Orbis TV Medi

