The Communications Commission has added another group of online lectures to its Masterclass series, this time by TV presenter and military reporter David Kakulia. The masterclass is designed for people who are interested in the coverage and reporting of emergency situations, and is available on the Media Academy YouTube channel free of charge. In the online lectures, David Kakulia shares his multi-year experience and knowledge. He recalls numerous episodes from various battlefields and...

100 MB/sec fixed interest is 136% more expensive in Georgia than in Europe, while 10 GB mobile internet together with 1795 minutes of talking time is 35% above the average price in 24 EU countries and the UK.  These are the findings of the comparative analysis of telecom service rates commissioned by the Communications Commission in April 2023. According to the benchmarking study, low-volume and low-speed services on the Georgian mobile and fixed internet markets are similar or cheaper...

A new book on telecommunications, co-authored by ComCom Advisory Board member Professor Sergo Shavgulidze and titled  Communication through Low Earth Orbit Satellites, has been published with the support of the Communications Commission.  The scientific publication covers topics such as new technologies and the prospects of research into low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems. It also presents the main technical challenges and findings related to the...

Georgia will chair the European Audiovisual Observatory in 2024. The Communications Commission will organise EAO’s public media conference that same year. ComCom member Ivane Makharadze will represent Georgia on the EAO Executive Board. “We are honoured to assume EAO chairmanship from our Portuguese colleagues. We are ready to make a valuable contribution to the activities of the Observatory in 2024, and to work closely with our partners,” Mr. Makharadze...

In the third quarter of 2023, commercial advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters totalled GEL 19.9 million, which represents a 23.5% increase year-on-year. Revenues of TV broadcasters from commercial advertising totalled GEL 18.2 million, which represents a GEL 3.5 million (23.3%) increase over the same period in 2022. Direct advertising accounted for 74% of the revenues of TV broadcasters. The share of sponsorship revenues fell by 3.5%, while the share of product placement revenues...

The Digital Support Programme of the Communications Commission has successfully concluded in te municipalities of Ambrolauri and Oni, where more than 600 locals were trained in over 50 seminars. With the help of specialists, the programme beneficiaries learned how to search for information, create and use e-mail, use Google Maps and Google Translator, share locations, use online communication tools and detect fake news. Since 2022, more than 3500 citizens from 135 villages of the municipalities...

The Communications Commission has successfully held the 10th edition of the media literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?” for bachelor’s degree students from various universities, whose submissions were assessed by a competent jury panel. According to the rules of the contest, participants were required to identify fake news in Georgian media space that had not yet been confirmed as inaccurate, explain how they identified the information, present the relevant source and...

Cellfie Mobile is implementing 5G technology in Georgia. Fifth-generation internet will be available in time for the winter season in Bakuriani and Gudauri, as well as the Didube and Didi Dighomi districts of Tbilisi. ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze attended the 5G launching ceremony and congratulated the company in her speech: “I would like to congratulate Cellfie Mobile, as well as the users who will benefit from this new opportunity. I believe that this is the beginning of a historic...

The Media Academy of the Communications Commission organised a TV product management, production optimisation and creative team management seminar for TV producers. The two-day meeting was chaired by the BBC Change and Improvement Manager Natia Abramia, who shared her extensive experience with the participants. During the seminar, participants learned about the different stages of TV production on the basis of practical examples. They also received detailed information on important topics such...

From 15 December, subscribers whose Silksat service will be disconnected will be able to receive television broadcasts from the Azerspace 46E satellite for free throughout Georgia. More specifically, the following Georgian channels can be received from the Azerspace satellite: First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Adjara TV, Imedi, GDS, TV Pirveli, Mtavari Arkhi, Formula, Rustavi 2, Marao, Comedy Channel, POS TV, Objektivi, TV 25, Second Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster,...