The Communications Commission has fined Spero TV GEL 2,500 for violating the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. Specifically, the Commission received a complaint from citizen K.K. in August of this year, alleging that the broadcaster had spread false information about him in one of its stories and on social media. Based on the decision of the Commission, K.K. appealed to the self-regulatory body of Spero TV, and received a letter a month and a half later stating that the complaint was not...

The Communications Commission has launched the Digital Support Programme in the Municipality of Sachkhere. Within the framework of the project, the Commission organised an informational meeting at Sachkhere Town Hall, which was attended by the Mayor of Sachkhere, as well as representatives of the local government, administration and resource centre.  As part of the Digital Support Programme, residents of the target settlements in Sachkhere will be able to receive free training in digital...

The Communications Commission has drawn up a violation report against POSTV for covering a public opinion poll in violation of the law.  The monitoring conducted by the Commission revealed that on 11 September, the broadcaster covered a public opinion poll in violation of the law. Specifically, POSTV published the poll without indicating who commissioned the poll or whether the poll was paid or free. According to the Election Code of Georgia, when reporting the results of a public opinion...

The Communications Commission has announced the second Media Literacy Olympiad for teachers and students. Held within the framework of UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the event is designed to raise awareness about media literacy in schools.   The Olympiad is open to teams composed of I-V and VI-XII grade students, each led by one teacher. Teams must produce a video, presentation, comic or digital poster on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation...

In the second quarter of 2025, TV broadcasters collected a total of GEL 15.6 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, PosTV, Formula and TV Pirveli in Q2 2025: Teleimedi collected between GEL 100,000 and GEL 500,000 in advertising revenues from Coca-Cola Bottlers Georgia, Diplomat...

Member of the Communications Commission Ekaterine Imedaze and IR Department representative Mzia Gogilashvili took part in the 25th Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-25). One of the key outcomes of the symposium was the adoption of the GSR Best Practice Guidelines (GSR), which set out a future vision for the regulation of global digital markets. The Communications Commission was actively involved in the consultation process and presented its vision both in the format of a roundtable of heads...

Member of the Communications Commission Ekaterine Imedaze and IR Department representative Mzia Gogilashvili took part in the 25th Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-25), where they held bilateral meetings with the heads of fellow regulators. The symposium was organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Communications, Space and Technology Commission of Saudi Arabia (CST).  Within the framework of the symposium, ComCom representatives held a working meeting with...

In order to properly and effectively implement the amendments to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting of 1 April 2025, the Communications Commission published a guide for broadcasters on content requirements with regards to fairness, impartiality, due accuracy, right of reply, privacy, and coverage of emergency situations. The purpose of the guide is to make the views of the Communications Commission on the aforementioned issues, as well as ComCom's approaches in case of violation of the...

The Communications Commission has begun studying and investigating the case of Magticom potentially abusing its dominant position by increasing internet prices.  The issue concerns Magticom's decision to increase the price of mobile internet packages from 1 June, and the price of fixed internet from 1 August.  More specifically, Magticom raised the price of the one-week unlimited mobile internet package by 11% (from GEL 9 to GEL 10), and the price of the one-month unlimited mobile...

The total commercial advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters in the second quarter of 2025 decreased by 12.1% year-over-year to GEL 17.6 million. TV broadcasters alone collected GEL 15.6 million in advertising revenues (13% less than in the previous year).  Direct advertising accounted for 71.1% of the total advertising revenues in Q2 2025, sponsorship accounted for 17.7%, and product placement accounted for 11%.  Once again, Teleimedi had the largest share of commercial TV...