The court has issued a written warning on a newspaper “Khashuris Moambe”
GNCC has drawn a protocol of administrative offenses on a newspaper “Khashuris Moambe” due to the violation of rules of pre-election agitation and advertisement and has transferred it to the city court (Khashuri) for the further dispute resolution. The court made a decision to issue a written warning upon the newspaper. An agitation letter published in the newspaper “Khasuris Moambe” in the month of August with a headline - “No Nationalist in the ...
An administrative proceeding launched towards “Rustavi2” due to the failure to present information is still...
An investigation launched based on a letter submitted by the journalist Shalva Ramishvili putting under suspicion the legitimacy of public opinion poll results commissioned by TV Company “Rustavi2” that was carried out by GFK Customs Research LLC, is still in progress at GNCC. In order to timely determine compliance of the rules related to the publication of public opinion poll results as defined in accordance with Paragraph 51 of the Organic Law of Georgia “on ...
Fourth Mid-term Report of Georgia’s Parliamentary Pre-electoral Media Monitoring of October 8, 2016...
On June 8, 2016, GNCC has launched monitoring of pre-electoral period of the Georgian Parliamentary Elections of October 8, 2016, and will carry out the monitoring of 53 TV companies 24/7 during the period of four months. All general broadcasters fell under the subject of monitoring, including Public Broadcaster and the Public Broadcaster of Adjara. Subjects of Commission’s observations during the monitoring process are: a) Pre-election advertising; b) Pre-election debates; c) News and ...
Commission’s statement related to the publication of social opinion poll results
GNCC reminds broadcasters and electronic media outlets, that in accordance with the Paragraph 5 of Arti8cle 50 of the Organic Law of Georgia “on Elections” It is prohibited to publish public opinion poll results with regard to elections, except for the possible number of voters in elections and the number of voters participating in elections on polling day, within 48 hours before polling day and until 20:00 of that day. From the day of calling elections until the publication of ...
The court has imposed administrative responsibilities on 5 TV Companies
GNCC has drawn a protocol of administrative offenses related to the violations of the rules of publication of public opinion polls on 11 TV Companies and has transferred the document to the City Court for the further response. It concerns publication of election public opinion poll results commissioned by TV Company “Rustavi2” by „GFK“(23.08.2016) and by TV Company “Imedi” by „GMP.“ These TV Companies are: Broadcasting company ...
Tusheti has digital terrestrial Free-to-Air TV broadcasting
The coverage of digital terrestrial Free-to-Air network area in Georgia is still in progress. The owner of national TV network “TV-Radio Center” Ltd has installed a new radio-relay link in Tusheti, in particular, on Abanos Qedi range. Also, new digital terrestrial Free-to-Air TV station has been installed in the Omalo village which shall operate using solar energy. Omalo residents have an opportunity to receive following Georgian channels: 1st Channel (HD quality), 2nd Channel and ...
Commission to draw a protocol of administrative offenses against TV Company “Rustavi2”
On September 26, 2016, an election subject “David Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inasvili United Opposition of Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” has submitted a claim to the GNCC against TV Company “Rustavi2.” The subject of dispute was an issue regarding cancellation of pre-electoral free political advertisement of “David Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inasvili United Opposition of Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” from the broadcasting net of TV Company “Rustavi ...
The third Mid-term Report of Georgia’s Parliamentary Pre-electoral Media Monitoring of October 8, 2016,...
On June 8, 2016, GNCC has launched monitoring of pre-electoral period of the Georgian Parliamentary Elections of October 8, 2016, and will carry out the monitoring of 53 TV companies 24/7 during the period of four months. All general broadcasters fell under the subject of monitoring, Public Broadcaster and the Public Broadcaster of Adjara. Subjects of Commission’s observations during the monitoring process are: a) Pre-election advertising; b) Pre-election ...
An article of the head of the Commission’s Radio Frequency Management Department – Mr. Sergo Shavgulidze, has...
Scientific-research publication of the head of the Commission’s Radio Frequency Management Department – Mr. Sergo Shavgulidze, has been published in the American journal “„IEEE Transactions on Communications.“ In Mr. Sergo Shavgulidze’s next article (attached) is presented a new decoding algorithm of generalized concatenated codes, which can be efficiently used both – during data transmission through communication channels, as well as, for encoding of ...
Memorandum of mutual agreement in regard to the international roaming service has been signed between the...
The Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission – Vakhtang Abashidze, and the Chairman of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania - Feliksas Dobrovolskis have signed the memorandum of mutual agreement in regard to the international roaming service between Georgia and Lithuania. The ceremony of the document signage has been held on September 20, 2016, at 12 pm at GNCC. The readiness for co-operation between Georgia and Lithuania within the scope of the ...