The Communications Commission has deemed Palitra News and Obieqtivi to have violated the Election Code of Georgia and issued them with violation protocols.  ComCom carried out media monitoring and found that Palitra News placed free political adverts of the political unions Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia, Girchi, European Democrats and Citizens in violation of the Election Code, while Obieqtivi aired the free political adverts of Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia and the ...

The Communications Commission has announced a second auction for the implementation of 5G mobile internet. Cellfie Mobile was the only company who took part in last year’s auction. As it is vitally important for the Commission to facilitate the implementation of new technologies, it took the request of operators into account and allowed them to participate in the second auction in order to implement 5G technology and provide customers with high-quality services. The auction has been ...

The Communications Commission has partially upheld the complaint lodged by the political union Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia 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. Today’s session of the Communications Commission dealt with the complaint, which concerned several ...

The Chairman of the Communications Commission, Kakha Bekauri, spoke about the importance of free political advertising in the pre-election period and noted that refusal to place free political advertising on behalf of a political subject by broadcasters creates a dangerous and damaging precedent both for the election environment and the said subject, which puts it in an unequal environment during the pre-election period. “If a broadcaster refuses to place a free political advert requested ...

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 ...