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...

Representatives of the Communications Commission held a working meeting with lawyers, marketing service employees and producers of TV Pirveli on the subject of product placement rules. The meeting served to raise awareness among TV representatives about product placement violations, as well as to discuss in detail the legal framework and product placement guidelines developed by ComCom. The aim of the consultations was to eliminate product placement violations in Georgian television space and...

The Communications Commission has trained another 135 teachers in teaching media literacy for the purpose of integrating media literacy into formal education. The meetings were chaired by media literacy expert Natalia Ingorokva and media literacy trainer Khatuna Tsikhelashvili, who introduced participants to the educational standard and Media Literacy Lessons manual devised specifically for teaching media literacy. Trained teachers will be able to teach media literacy as an optional subject to...

ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze and Head of the Market Regulation Department Ekaterine Sichinava took part in the 19th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In addition, ComCom representatives took part in the meetings of the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) and Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators.  As part of the event, Ekaterine Imedadze held a meeting with the Director of the ITU Development...

The number of public schools teaching media literacy as an optional subject increased substantially and reached 227 this year. Notably, public schools in Georgian regions account for 91% of the 227 facilities. These significant results have been achieved through the project to integrate media literacy into formal education, which was implemented with the help of UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia. As part of the project, media literacy was integrated into formal...

The Chairman of the Communications Commission, Kakha Bekauri, met the observer mission of the Council of Europe in to discuss the monitoring of the Georgian media space during the election period, election campaigns and free political advertising, as well as to assess the current situation and discuss the challenges in this regard. After the meeting, Kakha Bekauri spoke to the media about the aforementioned issues and emphasised that all decisions made by the Communications Commission are based...

The Communications Commission has added another group of online lectures to its Masterclass series, this time by TV presenter Naniko Khazaradze. The masterclass is designed for people who wish to achieve success in the entertainment industry and present educational and entertainment programmes. As part of the Masterclass, Naniko Khazaradze uses her 35 years of experience to talk about the transformation of educational and entertainment programmes over time and the skills required to achieve...

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...