Agon Channel

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 on 1 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 from Vizion Plus, Adi Krasta and Saimir Kodra from Top Channel, Gentian Zenelaj, Mimoza Picari and Menada Zaimi.

CountryAlbania

AffiliatesTelevision, online and livestream

HeadquartersTirana, Albania

LanguageAlbanian

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Agon Channel

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Country	Albania
Affiliates	Television, online and livestream
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Programming
Language	Albanian
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Ownership
Owner	Francesco Becchetti Communications
Sister channels	Agon Channel Italia
History
Launched	5 April 2013 (Albania)
Founder	Francesco Becchetti

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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 which led to the channel's shutdown.