Top Channel was founded by the late President of Top Media, Mr. Dritan Hoxha, on the 30th of July 2001. Since day one, Top Channel has had a clear objective: becoming the television of all Albanians through the information, entertainment, and education triangle. Top Channel’s persistent endeavours to fulfil this objective with professionalism and quality have eventually enabled this television to be considered by all as the biggest and most powerful medium watched in the country and in the whole pan Albanian area.Soon after its creation, due to the high quality of its informative, entertainment and educational programs, Top Channel won the battle of competition by attracting the Albanian audience. Since 2003, a reliable poll ranked Top Channel as the first most watched television in the country, whereas according to a research of the IPSOS agency of 2011, Top Channel is a leading television in the market.
Broadcasts started for the first time in December 20th, 2001 and in only few months, owing to the staff of creators, reporters and producers, to the new technology and innovative ideas, Top Channel could become the main and most loved TV channel for the Albanians.
Top Channel enabled the full signal coverage of the territory of Albania and of mainland Europe on Eutelsat W2 satellite on the 15th of September 2003 whereas on the 15th of December 2004, Top Channel enabled such coverage through the DigitAlb platform. On the 15th of August 2005, Top Channel became available with its signal in the US and Canada. Top Channel opened its office in Kosovo in March 2006 whereas the Skopje office, in June 2008.
On May 10th 2009, Top Channel started the HD broadcasting with the Final Awards Night of Top Fest 6, therefore becoming the first channel in the region to introduce such novelty.
Since the beginning of its broadcasts, Top Channel brought a wide spectrum of all programs and genres, targeting all age groups.
Programs and talk shows on politics and current affairs: “Fiks Fare”, “Shqip”, “Top Story”, “Ora 0”, "Poker", etc. The first and only programs where investigative journalism is applied, where the guests make the difference and constitute the main political forums where controversies, confrontations, news and ideas are generated.
Talk show: “Top Show”, “Pasdite në Top Channel”, “Déjà vu”, "Wake Up", “Kush e ngriti flamurin”, etc.
Programs with topics that can be stretched in time and analysed thoroughly, where the daily issues are discussed from the general public point of view, where all strata of society are invited to express themselves, where personalities of the nation are deeply appreciated, always communicating and having fun together.
