The Communications Commission has issued the television company BMG with a violation protocol for broadcasting a public opinion poll in violation of the law. As a result of pre-election media monitoring, it was established that the broadcaster unlawfully aired the public opinion poll on 14 September. Specifically, the company violated the Election Code of Georgia, which states that when publishing public opinion poll results, the broadcaster must specify the person ordering the poll, the date ...

ComCom member Natia Kukuladze took part in the Digital Skills Forum organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). As part of a high-level dialogue about digital transformation and the inequality of digital skills, she talked about the steps and initiatives undertaken by ComCom to develop digital skills, as well as the importance of developing media literacy and the challenges in this regard. “Along with other important initiatives and projects, I would like to highlight ...

ComCom member Ivane Makharadze and Head of Media Services Regulation Department, Kote Koridze, held a workshop at the TV company PosTV to eliminate product placement violations in the Georgian television space. The meeting served to raise awareness among TV representatives about product placement violations, as well as to discuss in detail the legal framework and product placement guidelines developed by ComCom.  During the meeting ComCom representatives and BMG employees discussed ...

As part of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Week, the Communications Commission has announced the Media Literacy Olympiad for teachers and students, aimed at raising awareness about media literacy and encouraging the fight against disinformation among the school community. The Olympiad is open to teams composed of I-V and VI-XII students, each led by one teacher. Teams must answer the question “How do we deal with disinformation?" in the form of a blog, essay, article, video, ...

The Communications Commission upheld the complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia against TV Pirveli and Formula, and issued violation protocols to the broadcasters. The case concerns the political advertising submitted by Georgian Dream, which was taken off the air by the broadcasters.  The TV stations initially aired the video clip, but after a few days, both broadcasters removed the advert from the network due to a possible violation of the law. ...

The Communications Commission upheld the complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia against the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Mtavari Arkhi, TV Pirveli and Formula. The Commission issued violation protocols to the TV companies but appealed to the court to free the broadcasters from liability. Based on the precedents of the case, the Commission has recommended not to fine the broadcasters.   The case concerns the complaint lodged by Georgian Dream ...

The Communications Commission rejected the complaint lodged by the political union Unity – National Movement against the following broadcasters: Mtavari Arkhi, Formula, TV Pirveli, Teleimedi, Rustavi 2 (Media Holding), Studio Maestro, PosTV, Georgian Public Broadcaster, Adjara TV and Radio of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Silk Media, and Ilioni.  According to the complaint lodged by Unity – National Movement, the coalition requested free placement of political advertising ...

The Communications Commission has upheld a complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia against Mtavari Arkhi and issued the broadcaster with a violation protocol. The case concerns the political adverts submitted by Georgian Dream, which Mtavari Arkhi refused to broadcast.  Mtavari Arkhi cited a potential violation of the law as reason for refusing to place the advert. The broadcaster believes that the video clip may violate the hate speech regulation ...

To facilitate the integration of media literacy into formal education, the Communications Commission trained the lecturers at partner universities in teaching media literacy. Based on a specially developed programme, participants received detailed information about media literacy and information literacy, which will enable them to develop a syllabus for the subject, conduct lectures and integrate media literacy components into the existing courses. The two-day meeting was led by researcher and ...

The Communications Commission has started media monitoring of the 2024 parliamentary election period. During this time, the Commission will monitor up to 55 TV stations 24 hours a day. Aside from quantitative monitoring, the 5 most popular channels (Teleimedi, Rustavi 2, PosTV, Mtavari Arkhi and TV Pirveli) will also be subject to qualitative monitoring between 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. The monitoring process will be implemented by 25 specially trained monitors who will follow pre-election ...