The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to BMG for violating sponsorship rules. ComCom monitored the programmes aired by the broadcaster in April 2023 and found violations of the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. Specifically, a reference to the sponsor contained advertising messages, highlighting its special features, characteristics and benefits.  Due to the fact that BMG did not commit a similar violation in the past year, the Commission issued the broadcaster with a...

The Communications Commission has held a media literacy seminar titled “Truth or Fiction?” for around 140 students from villages located near the line of occupation, including Zemo Nikozi, Kvemo Khviti, Ditsi, Mereti, Plavi and Ergneti. During the meeting, youngsters learned about ways of detecting fake news.  The seminar was chaired by representatives from the Media Literacy Department of the  Communications Commission. Together with the IX, X and XI grade students, they...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission held a seminar for startuppers, titled “Beyond Marketing.” The meeting was chaired by marketer Giorgi Gogeshvili, who shared his experience in improving and developing a startup. The seminar covered important and relevant topics for startups, including: rules and strategies, the ignorance of which causes nine out of ten startups to fail; the difference between a good and a successful startup; the role of the customer and a business plan...

The Communications Commission has completed the Digital Support Programme in the municipality of Khelvachauri, which involved the training of around 800 locals from 29 target villages in digital literacy and safe use of the internet. With the help of specialists, participants learned how to search for information, create and use e-mail, use Google Maps and Google Translator, share locations and use online communication tools.  The Log-in Georgia project is co-funded by the World Bank and...

Employees of the Communications Commission have been retrained by experts from Cullen International in the field of regulation of electronic communications and media services. The session related to the regulation of media services was chaired by the founder and head of the research and consulting company Wagner Hatfield, Jean-Francois Furnemont. The session was aimed at raising the qualifications of employees, sharing international experience, and effective implementation of the amendments to...

The Communications Commission has fined “Teleimedi” for unlawful product placement and violation of sponsorship regulations. In April 2023, ComCom monitored the broadcaster and found violations in the shows “Culinary Duo,” “Imedis Dila,” “Chventan Ertad” and “Chveni Ojakhi.”  Specifically, the broadcaster violated the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, which prohibits the placement of a product with undue prominence, contains a...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission has trained startuppers in user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design and effective communication with designers. The seminar was presented by graphic designers Rezo Kakabadze and Elene Geliashvili, who shared their experience in properly formulating and delegating design tasks. The seminar consisted of a theoretical and an interactive part. Startuppers learned about lowering the costs of startup management, setting the correct tasks for the...

The Communications Commission has fined “Rustavi 2” for unlawful product placement on air. In April 2023, ComCom monitored the broadcaster and found violations of product placement and sponsorship rules in the shows “Good Morning Georgia,” “Shuadghe” and “Paata Guliashvili Show.” Specifically, the broadcaster violated the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, which prohibits the placement of a product in a way that exaggerates its importance, contains a...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission has identified the winners of the “Ideadrome” contest, which aims to discover digital media startups and help them realise their ideas. The winners received cash prizes of GEL 5000, GEL 3000 and GEL 2000. One-off task delegation platform Wempler took the first place. Rocketman, a platform created to simplify communication in the digital space, took second place. VRTalk, a game created to develop people's skills, took third place....

In the first quarter of 2023, the total advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters fell by 12.5% year-on-year to GEL 15.6 million. Revenues of TV broadcasters from commercial advertising totalled GEL 14.1 million, which represents a GEL 2.2 million decrease over the same period in 2022. Direct advertising accounted for 66.7% of the revenues of TV broadcasters. The share of sponsorship revenues fell by 1.2%, while the share of product placement revenues increased by 5.5%...