Agon Channel

Agon Channel
Country	Albania, Italy
Affiliates	Television, online and livestream
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Programming
Language(s)	Albanian, Italian
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9) ; 1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Ownership
Sister channels	Agon Channel Italia
History
Launched	5 April 2013 (Albania) ; December 2014 (Italy)
Closed	10 October 2015

41°19′23.28″N 19°49′18.94″E / 41.3231333°N 19.8219278°E / 41.3231333; 19.8219278

Agon Channel was a private television station from Tirana, Albania, launched on 5 April 2013 by Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti. The Italian version of Agon Channel was launched in December 2014 on the Italian digital terrestrial television network with channel slot 33, as a sister channel of the Albanian Agon Channel. Agon was available in two languages; Albanian and Italian. Italian celebrities such as Simona Ventura, Pupo, Maddalena Corvaglia and Sabrina Ferilli were associated with the station along with Albanian personalities such as Sonila Meço, Adi Krasta, Saimir Kodra, Gentian Zenelaj, Mimoza Picari and Menada Zaimi.

Agon Channel shut down on 10 October 2015.^[1] Francesco Becchetti, the owner of the channel and his mother, Liliana Condomitti were accused and wanted for money laundering. Francesco Becchetti's assets were frozen, and Agon Channel was unable to continue.

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