The Communications Commission has fined Formula GEL 7,500 for violating product placement (PP) rules, and TV Pirveli GEL 2,500 for violating PP and sponsorship rules.  Media monitoring carried out by the Commission found violations of advertising rules on the “Family Doctor” show aired by TV Pirveli on 5 and 19 October, and on the “Every Day” show aired by Formula on 11, 12, 18 and 19 October, where products were afforded excessive importance, product placement ...

The Communications Commission carried out an analysis of paid and free political advertising for the 2025 Georgian local government elections, which showed that TV and radio broadcasters devoted a total of over 15,000 minutes to free political advertising during the pre-election period. The cost of free advertising during this period was approximately GEL 103,000,000 at current prices. TV stations accounted for 83% of the time, while radio stations accounted for 17%.  The distribution of ...

Member of the Communications Commission Ekaterine Imedadze, and Head of the International Relations Department Nino Grdzelishvili, took part in the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25), organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan (Mincom). The main theme of the event was “Universal, meaningful and affordable connectivity for an inclusive and sustainable digital future.” During ...

The Communications Commission has announced the winners of the second Media Literacy Olympiad for teachers and students – Lakhamula Public School in the Municipality of Mestia and Public School N1 in Batumi – and awarded them with a modern media laboratory. The Commission also presented both schools with other high-tech prizes such as an interactive whiteboard and a laptop, as well as a mobile phone stand, microphone, and LED lighting. In addition, a common area was set up in the ...

The Communications Commission has completed the second phase of the holistic study of the Georgian telecommunications sector, which included an analysis of the physical communications infrastructure markets. The EU experts participating in the study, together with the ComCom team, determined that Silknet is an operator with significant power in the physical infrastructure market, and particularly in the market for access to communication/sewerage channels. In addition, the study showed that the ...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission has announced the 11th edition of the startup idea contest Ideadrome – a one-week acceleration programme that aims to discover digital entrepreneurs, improve their ideas and help transform them into products. Startuppers operating in the fields of digital communications, artificial intelligence, cyber security, protection from fake news and information accessibility can take part in Ideadrome. Teams applying to take part in the contest must ...

The Communications Commission has fined Teleimedi GEL 20,000 and Rustavi 2 (Media Holding) GEL 10,000 for violating product placement and sponsorship rules. The media monitoring conducted by the Communications Commission revealed that advertising communications, including product placement and sponsorship messages, were aired by Teleimedi and Rustavi 2 in violation of the legislation. More specifically, the TV show Imedis Dila aired by Teleimedi on 8 and 9 October, and the TV programme Shua ...

The total commercial advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters in the third quarter of 2025 increased by 73.6% year-over-year to GEL 31.4 million. TV broadcasters alone collected GEL 29.5 million in advertising revenues (85% more than in the previous year). Direct advertising accounted for 88.6% of the total advertising revenues in Q3 2025, sponsorship accounted for 6.7%, and product placement accounted for 4.6%. Once again, Teleimedi had the largest share of commercial TV advertising ...

Member of the Communications Commission Vakhtang Abashidze, together with leading representatives of fellow regulators, took part in the opening session of the Fourth International Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection, where he reviewed important projects implemented by the Communications Commission in Georgia to ensure the provision of quality services to consumers in the telecom sector, and to develop media literacy. In his speech, Vakhtang Abashidze noted that the development of ...

The Communications Commission held a working meeting with representatives of Georgia's leading private FM radio broadcasters to present and discuss ComCom's initiative to simplify the licensing process for private radio broadcasting. The aim is to create more flexible conditions for radio broadcasters and save on investments. More specifically, the initiative envisages increasing the number of broadcasting zones from 15 to 28, including dividing the Kakheti, Adjara and Samtskhe-Javakheti zones ...