The Communications Commission has fined Teleimedi GEL 20,000 and Rustavi 2 (Media Holding) GEL 10,000 for violating product placement and sponsorship rules. The media monitoring conducted by the Communications Commission revealed that advertising communications, including product placement and sponsorship messages, were aired by Teleimedi and Rustavi 2 in violation of the legislation. More specifically, the TV show Imedis Dila aired by Teleimedi on 8 and 9 October, and the TV programme Shua...

The total commercial advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters in the third quarter of 2025 increased by 73.6% year-over-year to GEL 31.4 million. TV broadcasters alone collected GEL 29.5 million in advertising revenues (85% more than in the previous year). Direct advertising accounted for 88.6% of the total advertising revenues in Q3 2025, sponsorship accounted for 6.7%, and product placement accounted for 4.6%. Once again, Teleimedi had the largest share of commercial TV advertising...

Member of the Communications Commission Vakhtang Abashidze, together with leading representatives of fellow regulators, took part in the opening session of the Fourth International Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection, where he reviewed important projects implemented by the Communications Commission in Georgia to ensure the provision of quality services to consumers in the telecom sector, and to develop media literacy. In his speech, Vakhtang Abashidze noted that the development of...

The Communications Commission held a working meeting with representatives of Georgia's leading private FM radio broadcasters to present and discuss ComCom's initiative to simplify the licensing process for private radio broadcasting. The aim is to create more flexible conditions for radio broadcasters and save on investments. More specifically, the initiative envisages increasing the number of broadcasting zones from 15 to 28, including dividing the Kakheti, Adjara and Samtskhe-Javakheti zones...

Head of the IR Service of the Communications Commission Nino Grdzeishvili took art in the 74th meeting of the Executive Board of the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), which was devoted to the approval of the 2026 action plan and budget of EAO. During the meeting, the EAO Executive Director and other representatives of the organisation presented the current activities of the Observatory, and reviewed the main priority areas and other organisational issues. The event also discussed the...

The Communications Commission continues to implement the Digital Support Programme in the Municipality of Sachkhere, where up to 240 locals have already been trained in digital literacy and purposeful use of the internet. The trainees learned about important issues such as finding the desired information online, using Google applications and social platforms, etc.  The target settlements in the Municipality of Sachkhere are: Argveti, Bakhioti, Chala, Chalovani, Chikha, Darka, Ghona,...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission and the Scientific Cybersecurity Association held the second cybersecurity forum Tech Trek, which served to strengthen the positions of startups and tech companies in the field of cybersecurity and raise the awareness of their representatives in this area. The main topic of this year's event was artificial intelligence.  During the event, cybersecurity researcher and PhD in information technology Giorgi Akhalaia held a presentation titled...

Within the framework of the memorandum signed with partner universities, the Communications Commission held a workshop on the subject of media literacy with students of Samtskhe-Javakheti State University and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The training was conducted by the representative of ComCom's Media Literacy Department, Mariam Gugulashvili.  The meeting discussed the importance of media literacy and its role in the modern world; the characteristics of disinformation and...

The Communications Commission hosted representatives of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain in order to deepen cooperation and share experience. As part of the working visit, ComCom was visited by the Director of Market and Competition, Director of Technology and Network Security, and a representative of the International Relations Department of TRA. The meeting was opened with welcoming remarks by ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze and TRA Director of...

The Media School of the Communications Commission held a seminar for journalists and people interested in journalism, titled “Economics for Journalists: Macro Indicators and Economic Policy.” The meeting was chaired by Vakhtang Charaia, Doctor of Economics and Dean of the School of Business and Management at Grigol Robakidze University. During the meeting, participants learned how to cover economic issues in a simple and understandable way. In addition, the seminar discussed what...