Shenja
"Shenja" Television began broadcasting a program under their motto "5 minutes earlier, 5 minutes closer" in 2015. It has received a work permit from the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU), to broadcast programs at the national level through a cable operator.
Its launch comes immediately after that of the bilingual "TV 21". At that time, only "Alsat-M" operated in billingual format in the Macedonian media market. This stirred up the market and caused a flow of journalistic staff from existing to new media. Since its foundation, the television has been associated with the movement of Albanian intellectuals, the Albanian political party Besa, and is considered to be a medium with a conservative editorial policy. The television is a strong critic of the largest Albanian party DUI, which is why for a certain period members of this party refused to be guests on the television.
Audience Share
Missing Data
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
CBC Television Shenja
Ownership Structure
TV "Shenja" was founded by the Trade and Services Company "MEDIA WORLD NEWS Skopje", which is owned by the Culture and Education Foundation "Kult Vizoni Skopje", whose founder is Taxhudin Shabani.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
2015
Affiliated Interests Founder
"Shenja" Television was founded by the Trade and Services Company "MEDIA WORLD NEWS Skopje", which is owned by the Foundation for Culture and Education "Kult Vizioni" from Skopje. Taxhudin Shabani, the ultimate owner of the television, is the founder of “Kult Vizioni”.
In addition to TV "Shenja", which broadcasts programs in Albanian, Turkish and Macedonian languages, Shabani is also the owner of the regional Television "Era", which broadcasts programs in Albanian and Turkish. Furthermore, Shabani is one of the co-founders of the Center for Islamic Civilization Foundation, which advocates for the promotion of Islamic culture in the country. He is also connected to the monthly print publication "Shenja", through its publisher, the non-governmental organization "Vizioni M". This organization is registered at the same address as the Culture and Education Foundation "Kult Vizioni". Shabani himself is the general secretary of the non-governmental "Vizioni M". This year, according to media articles, Shabani also met in Turkey with the vice-president of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), whose president is Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Is the director of the Commercial Broadcasting Company "Shenja", Commercial Broadcasting Company "TV Era" and their founding company "MEDIA WORLD NEWS".
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Has been an editor at the television since March 2023. He previously worked in several newsrooms such as "Almakos" and "Zoom". He was part of the political movement Besa, and in 2016 he was a donor to the party. He is often consulted by the media as a political analyst.
Contact
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
129.522 $ / 7.59 Mln. MKD
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
-68.601 $ / -4.02 Mln. MKD
Advertising (in % of total funding)
120.137 $ / 7.04 Mln. MKD (92.7%)
Market Share
0.58%
Further Information
Meta Data
The ownership structure and the financial reports are based on data recived from Central registry of the Republic of North Macedonia. The documents were received on 03.07.2023 based on a government decision from 2017 for free access for investigative journalists. The financial information is for 2022. For the calculation of the amounts in US dollars, the average exchange rate for 2022 from the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia was used.
