DigitAlb

DigitAlb Sh.A
Company type	Joint stock company
Industry	Telecommunication, publishing
Genre	Albanian TV platform
Founded	15 July 2004; 21 years ago
Founder	Dritan Hoxha
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Area served	Albania, Kosovo, Europe (via Satellite and OTT), North America (via OTT), Australia (via OTT)
Key people	Eglinor Ramaj (CEO)
Products	TV channels with a variety of programs
Services	Digital MPEG-4 signal; TV channels with pay (pay-per-view)
Owner	Union Distribucion Service Albania (10%); DEM Capital (10%); Union Group (10%); Loresa (30%); E&E Investment (10%); Others (30%)
Parent	Top Media Group Sh.A
Subsidiaries	Top Channel; Top News; Gazeta Shqip; Top Albania Radio; Top Gold Radio; Shqip magazine; VGA Studio; My Music Radio; Melody TV; SuperSport; DigitAlb Kosova
Website	digitalb.al

DigitAlb is an Albanian media, digital satellite and terrestrial TV platform based in Tirana, Albania.^[1]^[2] The TV platform founded by Dritan Hoxha, began terrestrial broadcasts on 15 July 2004, and satellite broadcasts by the end of that year. At the same time, DigitAlb began broadcasting some channels of defunct AlbaniaSat's satellite platform SAT + which eventually went bankrupt. DigitAlb closely collaborates with absorbing sports package SuperSport while having introduced wireless DVB-H technology for wireless TV for the first time in Albania since 2006. On 15 July 2022, to celebrate 18 years, DigitAlb launched its OTT service. The company with Eglinor Ramaj serving as CEO,^[3] forms part of Top Media Group together with Top Channel, Top News, Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radio, daily newspaper Shqip, Shqip Magazine, coffee producer Lori Caffe, VGA Studio, My Music Radio, and musicAL. In Europe, Digitalb will broadcast until the year 2026 on Eutelsat (Eutelsat 16A).^[4]

Channels

DigitAlb's channels include Top Channel HD, Top News, T HD, Stinët,Bang Bang, Çufo, Junior, Explorer Shkencë, Explorer Histori, Explorer Natyra, DigitAlb 20, Gold HD (aka Digi Gold), MAX HD, Eurofilm, Film Autor HD, Film Hits HD, Film Thriller, Film Dramë, Film Aksion HD, Film Komedi HD, SuperSport channels. During the airing season, Big Brother VIP 1 and Big Brother VIP 2 are also available as dedicated 24/7 channels on the DigitAlb platform.

Other available via DigitAlb: BabyTV, National Geographic HD, 24Kitchen, Star Movies, Star Channel, Star Life, Dizi Channel, FilmBox Premium HD, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon, DocuBox HD, Fast and Fun Box HD, Fight Box HD, MTV, Dorcel XXX, Dorcel TV, Playboy TV.^[2]

New developments

On February 14, 2013, DigitAlb launched a new model of set-top box, and also new services. Launching a middleware set-top box, DigitAlb started interactive services for its customers. VOD (video-on-demand), online betting, lotteries, games, IPTV, web navigation through the set-top box and many other options became available to customers. This was the most important new development since the launch of the HD service back in 2007.^[5]

Decoders

Decoders List
Category	Decoder Models
Standard definition decoders	Opentech ODS 3000C, Opentech ODS 2000C (old SD decoder)
High definition decoders	Kaon KSF-S660HDCO, Opentech ODS 3000H, ODS 2000H (old HD decoder)
Terrestrial standard definition decoders	Opentech ODT 1000C, Kaon KTF-270CO (old terrestrial SD decoder)
Terrestrial high definition (T2) decoders	ODT 2000H (premium HD terrestrial decoder)
Satellite HD Middleware decoders	ODS 4000H (HD middleware satellite decoder), FlyBOX (introduced in 2013, includes PVR, Internet, online apps, etc.), FlyBox mini (Limited edition), Hard Disk i DigitAlb (HDD)