The Communications Commission calls on the election observation missions to respond to the unprecedented and alarming violations of the law by broadcasters during the pre-election campaign for the 2024 parliamentary elections. Instances of the broadcasters violating the law have not only been identified by the Commission, but also backed up by numerous court decisions. Nevertheless, the election observation missions are yet to respond to these alarming events.  During...

The Communications Commission has deemed Rustavi 2 to have violated the Election Code of Georgia by refusing to place paid political advertising, while Teleimedi has been deemed to have violated the Election Code by refusing to place paid political advertising and unlawfully disseminating the results of a public opinion poll. Both broadcasters have been issued with an administrative violation report.  In case of Rustavi 2, the Commission received a complaint from the political union Strong...

The Communications Commission has deemed TV Formula to have violated the Election Code of Georgia and issued the broadcaster with and administrative violation report.  On 1 October, the Commission received a letter from TV Formula regarding the assignment of the status of a qualified electoral subject to the political union Gakharia for Georgia. According to the Election Code of Georgia, a broadcaster is authorised to recognise a political party as a qualified electoral subject, provided...

The Communications Commission has deemed Mtavari Arkhi, TV Pirveli and Formula to have violated the Election Code of Georgia and issued the broadcasters with an administrative violation report.  The Commission received a complaint from Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia, according to which the aforementioned broadcasters refused to air the party’s political advertising. In response, Mtavari Arkhi, TV Pirveli and Formula presented a letter stating that they refused to air the...

Magticom will be the sole participant in the second auction announced by the Communications Commission for the implementation of 5G mobile internet. The company has applied for one combined lot and separate lots in the 700, 800, 3410-3710 and 2600 MHz frequency bands. The combined lots will be auctioned on 18 October, the separate lots in the 700, 800 and 3410-3710 MHz frequency bands on 21 October, and the separate lots in the 2600 MHz range on 22-23 October. The auction has been announced for...

The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to BMG, Alt-Info, Kvemo Kartli TV and Radio Company, Marneuli TV, Media Centre for Open Abkhazia, Advertising of the Future, Imperia, Voice of Abkhazia, Med FM and Media Group for violating the Election Code of Georgia.  According to the Election Code, a broadcast licence holder or authorised broadcaster must, not later than 5 calendar days from the 60th day before polling, for the purpose of publishing on the website of the...

The Communications Commission has deemed the television company BMG to have violated the Election Code of Georgia and issued the broadcaster with a violation protocol.  Media monitoring carried out by ComCom established that BMG aired free political adverts of the political unions Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, Girchi, Coalition for Change – Gvaramia Melia Girchi Droa, European Democrats and Unity – National Movement in violation of...

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...