ComCom Issues a Warning to Formula, Formula Multimedia and 3 Radio Stations, and Orders Them to...

The Communications Commission has issued written warnings to the TV broadcasters Formula and Formula Multimedia, as well as the radio broadcasters Journalists' Union People’s Voice, Radio-TV Nori and Gamma System for violating the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, and ordered them to cease receiving funding from a foreign power.  In the second quarter of 2025, Formula Multimedia LLC received GEL 1,336,675 from INFINITY CV GROUP CY LTD, a legal entity registered in Cyprus. During the... more

ComCom Publishes the First Pre-Election Media Monitoring Report

The Communications Commission has published the media monitoring report for the pre-election period of the 2025 municipal elections, which covers the period from 4 August to 4 September. A total of 51 broadcasters were quantitatively monitored during the reporting period. Within the framework of the monitoring process, the Commission monitored the following: pre-election advertising; pre-election debates; news and political shows; pre-election agitation; public opinion surveys and... more

ComCom Fines Spero TV GEL 2,500 for Inefficiency of its Self-Regulatory Mechanism

The Communications Commission has fined Spero TV GEL 2,500 for violating the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. Specifically, the Commission received a complaint from citizen K.K. in August of this year, alleging that the broadcaster had spread false information about him in one of its stories and on social media. Based on the decision of the Commission, K.K. appealed to the self-regulatory body of Spero TV, and received a letter a month and a half later stating that the complaint was not... more

ComCom Finds POSTV Guilty of Reporting on a Public Opinion Poll in Violation of the Law

The Communications Commission has drawn up a violation report against POSTV for covering a public opinion poll in violation of the law.  The monitoring conducted by the Commission revealed that on 11 September, the broadcaster covered a public opinion poll in violation of the law. Specifically, POSTV published the poll without indicating who commissioned the poll or whether the poll was paid or free. According to the Election Code of Georgia, when reporting the results of a public opinion... more

ComCom Develops a Guide to Ensure Effective Enforcement of Legal Content Requirements for the Media

In order to properly and effectively implement the amendments to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting of 1 April 2025, the Communications Commission published a guide for broadcasters on content requirements with regards to fairness, impartiality, due accuracy, right of reply, privacy, and coverage of emergency situations. The purpose of the guide is to make the views of the Communications Commission on the aforementioned issues, as well as ComCom's approaches in case of violation of the... more