RTK Song Festival organising by Adi Krasta, two contracts for organisation go to companies in Albania

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11 October 2024, 15:23(2 years ago)

With the takeover of Kosovo Radio Television Deputy Director (RTK), Ad Krasta hosted the first edition of the 2010 Song Festival in RTK. The second edition of this festival will be held on 26 October, 27 October and 28 October. Public television has already made most of the preparations, but to accomplish this show, it had to [...]

RTK has started preparations for the festival's broadcast, providing funds for its organisation. RTK's procurement has selected companies that will handle the festival's artistic and technical organisation.

It has been estimated that local companies in Kosovo do not have enough capacity and experience to organise events of this size. Therefore, two separate contracts with companies from Albania have been linked. One of them, linked through negotiations without publishing the contract's announcement, has been made public today.

It's about the “design and graphics contract for the 20248x1> Song Festival, which is linked to the AK Company. CREATIVE from Tirana, worth 10,150.00 euros, writes Democracy. com

Based on the specifications of this tender, the contents of the contract include:

Promo x 3: Promotive video before the festival begins in October (55 seconds).
OpeningFestival opening.
BoomperA brief announcement to artists.
Lower Thirds: Strikes used for the names of performers and singers.
Transition V1 and V2: The bridge between scenes and artists.
Boomper V2: Singers' notation, showing video and listening to the performance song at the LED screen festival 4K and 8K resolution.
BackRoound Vote Table: Unrefunded neutral voting signs, with 4K resolution and 8K.
OtroPromo to close the festival.

Days ago, Democracy. com reported that tender titled “Technical services for the Second Song Festival at RTK” have been won by a company from Albania from which Ad Krasta, “A S LV ALBANIAN SOUND LIGHTTING & VIDEO” With administrator Altin Alizot. This company was the only one in the race. The value of the contract is 96,840.00 euros.

Kosovo's “Radio Television, in the absence of advanced technical equipment for the realisation of such an event, has been forced through procurement procedures to provide the necessary technical services for the implementation of the 2010 Song Festival, including voice, lighting and LED Wall”, says the tender file, presented Democracy.com.

RTK had opened the song delivery competition for the second edition, which has been postponed until September 7th, 2024. Kosovo's public broadcaster aims to participate next year as Eurovision contestants, to be held in Switzerland. The official turnout requirement has already been submitted to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

The handover of this request was made after a series of meetings of former Board Chairman Besnik Boletin and former director Shkumbin Ahmetxekaj, with the management of the EBU and European public broadcaster.

Following Shkumbin Ahmetzhekaj's resignation on July 8th 2024, the position of RTK General Director is still open. The deputy director of this institution is currently Adi Krasta, who has taken the lead in managing RTK's daily tasks. Krasta is a familiar figure for the public, also being the main host of the RTK Song Festival.