Radio Television of Kosovo (Albanian: Radiotelevizioni i Kosovës;[a]Serbian: Radio Televizija Kosova; RTK) is the public service broadcaster in Kosovo. RTK operates two radio services broadcasting a diverse programming of news and entertainment and four 24-hour television services broadcasting on terrestrial and satellite networks.
Logo of RTP (1974–1992)RTK's previous logo used from 1999 to 2013
RTK replaced Radio Televizioni i Prishtinës [sq] (The Radio Television of Prishtina, RTP), which ceased to function in July 1990. After UNMIK took over the administration of Kosovo in June 1999 and re-employed former RTP staffs, RTK began broadcasting in September 1999 via analog satellite in PAL and SECAM television broadcast standards with a daily two-hour transmission, expanding to four hours per day in November 2000, with programming mainly in Albanian and once-a-day news edition in Serbian and Turkish. The following July, it expanded to seven hours a day and began offering programming in Bosnian as well.
In 2001, RTK was established as an independent public service broadcaster by a UNMIK broadcasting regulation. The station was initially managed by the European Broadcasting Union to permit time for a non-political Board of Directors to be established. This was in place and the station was independent of the EBU by the end of the year. In January 2002, an office was opened in Tirana, with a website launching in July. A second office was opened in Tetovo in November 2002.
In 2002, at which time it was broadcasting 15 hours a day, 35% of the station's broadcasts were produced externally, with the bulk of programming local. It included news and business coverage as well as farming information. Broadcasting remained multilingual, with programming in another language (the Romani language magazine “Yekhipe") beginning in September 2003. On 22 December of that year, the station began broadcasting 24 hours a day. Also in 2002, RTK began hosting awards, with the best news moderator being honored by the "Drita Germizaj" award and the best cameraman by the "Rudolf Sopi" award.
RTK's radio transmission began with the October 1999 acquisition of the multilingual public radio station "Radio Prishtina", which became "Radio Kosovo". In 2000, it acquired the multi-ethnic UN youth radio station Radio Blue Sky.
In 2013, RTK introduced a new logo and a newly corporate identity for the first time of 14 years since 1999. By that, the grey-coloured 1-numeral along with the red letter R, the white letter T, and the yellow letter K are all replaced by something brand new that is the RTK wordmark which is coloured blue, but it has the letter K being put inside a half square. At the same time, RTK's TV services were expanded to include a channel called RTK 2, which is intended to focus on minorities, and with it, all minority language programming were moved from RTK 1 to RTK 2.[1]
By 2014, RTK saw the launch of two new stations such as RTK 3 which is a news channel and RTK 4 which is an arts and documentary channel.
Journalists at RTK have repeatedly protested in 2015 against political interference, up to asking for the dismissal of chief editors for obstruction and internal censorship.[2]
Managementedit
RTK is regulated by the Law on Public Broadcasting. Its financing was originally guaranteed by a license fee paid over electricity bill, until the Constitutional Court declared that it was not due[3] and shifted RTK's budget over state subsidy (0.7% of Kosovo's budget). The change raised concerns for the preservation of RTK's independence. The legal requirement for RTK to plan an end to the transitional state budget funding has not been enacted.[4]: 33 [5]
RTK has been criticised for lack of investigative journalism and political bias, e.g. in the extensive coverage of the ruling political party (including the annual meeting of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo) as opposed to the short and misleading coverage of opposition Vetëvendosje 2012 protests, which was deemed "a major signal of state financing putting the editorial independence of public television at risk" (IREX, 2013b). Moreover, RTK coverage only reaches 62.7% of Kosovo's territory[6]
RTK Board members are elected by the Parliament by majority vote, thus entrusting their appointment to the majority parties. Political pressures aside, RTK maintains an untapped potential thanks to good equipment and professional editors and journalists.[4]: 33
^Decision of the Constitutional Court on the temporary measure Case KI 11/09, Tomë Krasniqi vs. RTK et al[permanent dead link]. Complete text of the Decision.
^ abElda Brogi, Alina Dobreva, and Pier Luigi Parcu, "Freedom of Media in the Western Balkans", 19 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine, study for the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, October 2014, EXPO/B/DROI/2013/16
^RTK Financial Sustainability, 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, GAP Policy Brief
^Independent Media Commission of Kosovo (2013), Annual Report for 2012[permanent dead link]
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News about Radio Television of Kosovo
November 01, 2023
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Radio Television of Kosovo Albanian Radiotelevizioni i Kosoves a Serbian Radio Televizija Kosova RTK is the public service broadcaster in Kosovo RTK operates two radio services broadcasting a diverse programming of news and entertainment and four 24 hour television services broadcasting on terrestrial and satellite networks Radio Television of KosovoTypeRadio television and onlineTV stationsRTK 1RTK 2RTK 3RTK 4Radio stationsRadio Kosova 1 Radio Kosova 2HeadquartersPristina KosovoBroadcast areaWorldwideOwnerGovernment of KosovoKey peopleShkumbin AhmetxhekajLaunch date1945 radio 1974 as RTP 1992 as RTS P 1999 as RTK Former namesRadio Televizioni i Prishtines Radio Televizija PrishtinaOfficial websitewww rtklive com Contents 1 History 2 Management 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Logo of RTP 1974 1992 nbsp RTK s previous logo used from 1999 to 2013RTK replaced Radio Televizioni i Prishtines sq The Radio Television of Prishtina RTP which ceased to function in July 1990 After UNMIK took over the administration of Kosovo in June 1999 and re employed former RTP staffs RTK began broadcasting in September 1999 via analog satellite in PAL and SECAM television broadcast standards with a daily two hour transmission expanding to four hours per day in November 2000 with programming mainly in Albanian and once a day news edition in Serbian and Turkish The following July it expanded to seven hours a day and began offering programming in Bosnian as well In 2001 RTK was established as an independent public service broadcaster by a UNMIK broadcasting regulation The station was initially managed by the European Broadcasting Union to permit time for a non political Board of Directors to be established This was in place and the station was independent of the EBU by the end of the year In January 2002 an office was opened in Tirana with a website launching in July A second office was opened in Tetovo in November 2002 In 2002 at which time it was broadcasting 15 hours a day 35 of the station s broadcasts were produced externally with the bulk of programming local It included news and business coverage as well as farming information Broadcasting remained multilingual with programming in another language the Romani language magazine Yekhipe beginning in September 2003 On 22 December of that year the station began broadcasting 24 hours a day Also in 2002 RTK began hosting awards with the best news moderator being honored by the Drita Germizaj award and the best cameraman by the Rudolf Sopi award RTK s radio transmission began with the October 1999 acquisition of the multilingual public radio station Radio Prishtina which became Radio Kosovo In 2000 it acquired the multi ethnic UN youth radio station Radio Blue Sky In 2013 RTK introduced a new logo and a newly corporate identity for the first time of 14 years since 1999 By that the grey coloured 1 numeral along with the red letter R the white letter T and the yellow letter K are all replaced by something brand new that is the RTK wordmark which is coloured blue but it has the letter K being put inside a half square At the same time RTK s TV services were expanded to include a channel called RTK 2 which is intended to focus on minorities and with it all minority language programming were moved from RTK 1 to RTK 2 1 By 2014 RTK saw the launch of two new stations such as RTK 3 which is a news channel and RTK 4 which is an arts and documentary channel Journalists at RTK have repeatedly protested in 2015 against political interference up to asking for the dismissal of chief editors for obstruction and internal censorship 2 Management editRTK is regulated by the Law on Public Broadcasting Its financing was originally guaranteed by a license fee paid over electricity bill until the Constitutional Court declared that it was not due 3 and shifted RTK s budget over state subsidy 0 7 of Kosovo s budget The change raised concerns for the preservation of RTK s independence The legal requirement for RTK to plan an end to the transitional state budget funding has not been enacted 4 33 5 RTK has been criticised for lack of investigative journalism and political bias e g in the extensive coverage of the ruling political party including the annual meeting of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo as opposed to the short and misleading coverage of opposition Vetevendosje 2012 protests which was deemed a major signal of state financing putting the editorial independence of public television at risk IREX 2013b Moreover RTK coverage only reaches 62 7 of Kosovo s territory 6 RTK Board members are elected by the Parliament by majority vote thus entrusting their appointment to the majority parties Political pressures aside RTK maintains an untapped potential thanks to good equipment and professional editors and journalists 4 33 See also editList of radio stations in Kosovo Television in KosovoNotes edit Formerly spelled Radio Televizioni i Kosoves References edit Sennitt Andy 2009 03 20 EBU renews service agreement with RTK Kosovo medianetwork Archived from the original on 2009 03 23 Retrieved 2009 08 30 Journalists solidarity in Kosovo the RTK case Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 13 January 2016 Decision of the Constitutional Court on the temporary measure Case KI 11 09 Tome Krasniqi vs RTK et al permanent dead link Complete text of the Decision a b Elda Brogi Alina Dobreva and Pier Luigi Parcu Freedom of Media in the Western Balkans Archived 19 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine study for the European Parliament s Subcommittee on Human Rights October 2014 EXPO B DROI 2013 16 RTK Financial Sustainability Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine GAP Policy Brief Independent Media Commission of Kosovo 2013 Annual Report for 2012 permanent dead link External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radio Televizioni i Kosoves Official website News about Radio Television of Kosovo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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