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...

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...

The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to Adjarasport.tv for the sale of shares without the Commission’s prior approval. The case concerns the 3 March 2024 transaction that changed the mid-level beneficiary ownership of Adjarasport.tv. Specifically, a change was made in the founding document of Adjara.com, which owns 100% of Adjarasport.tv, with company partner City Loft being replaced by P.A. Holding as the owner of 100% stake. The Communications Commission was...

In the second quarter of 2024, TV broadcasters collected a total of GEL 17.9 million in commercial advertising revenues. The information supplied by broadcasters to the Communications Commission under the Law on Broadcasting shows that the following companies spent the most money procuring advertising on Teleimedi, Rustavi 2, Mtavari Arkhi, PosTV, Formula, TV Pirveli and GDS TV in Q2 2024: Teleimedi had 161 advertising clients in the second quarter of 2024. The broadcaster collected between GEL...

The total commercial advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters in the second quarter of 2024 decreased by 12.7% year-over-year to GEL 20 million. TV broadcasters alone collected GEL 17.9 million in advertising revenues (14.8% less than in the previous year), with direct advertising accounting for 67.6% of the total, and product placement accounting for 17.5%. The fall in TV advertising revenues is probably due to a change in the behavior of broadcasters and advertisers. During the...

As part of the efforts to integrate media literacy into formal education, the Communications Commission trained 85 teachers in teaching media literacy. The training was led by ComCom Media Literacy department representative Mariam Bibilashvili, who informed the participants about the media literacy educational standard and the “Media Literacy Lessons” textbook. The trained teachers will teach 10th, 11th and 12th grade pupils media literacy as an optional subject. For one semester,...

The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to TV Obieqivi for broadcasting political adverts in violation of the law. The Commission carried out media monitoring and found that in August of this year, the broadcaster aired such adverts on numerous occasions. Specifically, the video clips include party leaders and other representatives of the political union Alliance of Patriots of Georgia talking about issues such as pensions, land sale to foreign nationals, recovery of...

The Communications Commission has published a guide for broadcasters regarding the regulation of election-related issues to comply with the legislation during the coverage of the pre-election period of the 2024 parliamentary elections. The purpose of the guide is to clarify for the broadcasters the issues that must be in full compliance with the Georgian legislation when covering the elections. The published document is of an informative and advisory nature, and will help broadcasters conduct...