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 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 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...

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...

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...