GNCC has imposed sanctions in the form of written warnings to cable operators Ltd “ Imer TV” and Ltd “ TV for Kakheti” for retransmission of some Georgian and foreign channels without having proper permits and licenses.

The monitoring group of the Commission has carried out inspection of Ltd “Imer TV” on September 22, 2014. The company exercised retransmission of the following broadcasting channels without appropriate permits and licenses: “I Channel of Public Broadcasting,” “Rustavi2,” “Imedi,” “ Maestro,” “Obieqtivi,” “Adjara,” “II Channel of Public Broadcasting,” “Comedy Channel,” “Kavkasia,” “Ertsulovneba,” “Enki – Benki,” „Мультимания,” “2*2,” “Silk - Sport,” “Silk – Sport 2,” Eurospost,” “RU tv,” „ОРТ,” “Россия 2,” “футбол 2,” “футбол,” “Setanta sport,” “Спорт онлаин,” “Охота и рыбалка,” ”National Geographic,” ”National Geographic Wild,” “Discovery science,” “Fashion tv.”

As for Ltd “ TV for Kakheti,” the inspection has been carried out on November 11, 2014. The company has been illegally retransmitting the following broadcasting channels: “Imedi,” “Rustavi2,” “Comedy Channel,” “GDS TV,” “Gurjaani,” “Obieqtivi,” “Tabula,” TV 3” (in Georgian,) “ RU TV,” “Bridge TV.”