Top Channel

Top Channel is a leading Albanian commercial television broadcaster founded in 2001. Its website carries national news, politics and current affairs for a broad audience.

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Top Channel at a glance

Country: Albania
Region: Southern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: top-channel.tv ↗
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How Crosswire groups Top Channel

Crosswire groups Top Channel as Centrist for comparisons within Albania's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Top Channel sits in Albania's press

Top Channel is one of 5 outlets tracked in Albania and the only television news channel tracked there. By outlets tracked, Albania ranks 35th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 14 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Top Channel outside Albania, starting with Southern Europe, are laSexta (Spain), N1 BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Klan Kosova (Kosovo) and Sky News (United Kingdom). Opening one of them beside Top Channel is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.