The Communications Commission has issued written warnings to the TV broadcasters Formula and Formula Multimedia, as well as the radio broadcasters Journalists' Union People’s Voice, Radio-TV Nori and Gamma System for violating the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, and ordered them to cease receiving funding from a foreign power.  In the second quarter of 2025, Formula Multimedia LLC received GEL 1,336,675 from INFINITY CV GROUP CY LTD, a legal entity registered in Cyprus. During the...

The Communications Commission has published the media monitoring report for the pre-election period of the 2025 municipal elections, which covers the period from 4 August to 4 September. A total of 51 broadcasters were quantitatively monitored during the reporting period. Within the framework of the monitoring process, the Commission monitored the following: pre-election advertising; pre-election debates; news and political shows; pre-election agitation; public opinion surveys and...

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 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...

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 Communications Commission has fined Sezoni TV GEL 2,500 for violating the rights of minors. More specifically, the Commission received a complaint from individuals who alleged that derogatory and offensive statements were made against them during the live broadcast of Sezoni TV programme “Summary of the Day with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze.” According to the complaint, the report contained hate speech and was intended to incite hostile and negative attitudes. The Communications...

Based on a complaint filed by the citizen L. Mamporia, the Communications Commission found Obieqtivi to have violated the rules on due accuracy on air, and freed the broadcaster from liability.  Specifically, the broadcaster was found to have disseminated information about L. Mamporia without maintaining due accuracy, and reported information obtained from an anonymous source as a fact without clearly informing the viewers about the anonymity of the source, which constitutes a violation of...

The Communications Commission has issued TV Pirveli, Sezoni TV and Obieqtivi with a written caution, and fined Teleimedi GEL 2,500 for product placement violations. The Commission carried out monitoring of the programmes aired by the aforementioned broadcasters and identified violations such as influencing the content of the programme through product placement, direct encouragement to purchase specific products, and affording excessive significance to the products. In case of Sezoni TV and...

The Communications Commission has deemed TV Pirveli, Formula and Mtavari Arkhi to have violated the principle of impartiality in broadcasting news, and freed all three broadcasters from administrative liability. Specifically, the Communications Commission received a complaint from the political union Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia, based on which the Communications Commission studied the issue and determined that in the news programmes aired by TV Pirveli and Formula, the broadcasters...