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Editorial: The sad spectacle unfolds as TVs go dark

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The evening of the 10th of September as well as a few days after that one could observe a sad show outside of the shop doors of the companies that sell decoders and subscriptions to cable TV in Tirana. As the analogue signal was interrupted, part of the nationwide campaign to conform to EU rules about digital transmissions, many families in Tirana and Durres which relied on their simple antennas to watch the free TV channels saw themselves in the dark. Faced with this situation, many families and especially pensioners rushed to the doors of the shops…

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