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...

The decision by Magticom to increase the price of fixed internet services for up to half a million subscribers raises questions. According to Magticom, from 1 August 2025, the service tariff for the subscribers using 50 Mbps fixed internet or the internet + IPTV package will increase by GEL 3. According to ComCom, this change will affect 496,168 subscribers across Georgia. The company's tariff increase is particularly noteworthy given that high-speed internet prices in Georgia are already much...

Member of the Communications Commission Ekaterine Imedadze and Head of the Market Regulation Department of the Communications Commission, Ekaterine Sichinava, took part in the “Capacity Eurasia 2025” conference in Istanbul organised by Capacity Media. During the event, Ms. Imedadze participated in the panel discussion “New Digital Hubs Connecting Two Continents,” where she talked about Georgia's positioning as a regional digital connectivity hub and highlighted ComCom's...

The Media Academy of the Communications Commission held a seminar on the subject of “Brand Media: Creation and Development Strategies” for people employed in the fields of journalism, marketing, PR and corporate communications, as well as for other interested parties and students in this field. The seminar was chaired by journalist and media communications specialist Tea Skhiereli, who shared her experience with the participants. During the seminar, participants learned why and how...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission held a seminar for startuppers on the subject of digital marketing, titled “Startup Marketing: Strategies for Growth.” The event was chaired by digital marketer and co-founder of AdMagica, Gigi Kurtanidze. AdMagica is an AI-based platform that creates automated and effective advertising visuals for digital channels. It is a former winner of the Media Lab contest Ideadrome. The meeting discussed important issues such as: testing offers...

5G mobile internet will become available to subscribers of all three major operators in Georgia. The Communications Commission has announced Silknet as the winner of combined lot N1 in the third auction for the implementation of 5G. The total cost of this lot was GEL 48,802,257. After paying 30% of the full amount into the state budget, the operator will be granted a license to use the 700 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz frequency bands. The remaining 70% must be paid by the company within one year of...

In order to raise awareness about media literacy among young people, the Communications Commission held a workshop with students from the European University and Tbilisi State University. The meeting was chaired by representative of the Media Literacy Department of the Communications Commission, Mariam Gugulashvili.  The workshop discussed important issues such as the essence of media literacy and its role in the modern world; possible motives for creating or spreading disinformation;...

The Communications Commission has fined Sezoni TV GEL 2,500 for violating the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. Specifically, monitoring conducted by the Commission revealed that in May and June of this year, Sezoni TV aired the programme “Daily Review with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze” at 21:00, where offensive language was used once by a guest, and once by the host.  According to the Law on Broadcasting, programmes containing offensive language are considered unsuitable for minors under...

Member of the communications Commission Ekaterine Imedadze took part in the meeting of the International Telecommunication Union Council in Geneva, which included elections for the positions of Chair and Deputy Chair of the Council.  In addition, the event discussed such important issues as the 2024 ITU Annual Activity Report and Strategic Plan; preparations for the 2025 World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25); ITU projects implemented in 2023-24 and plans for the future;...