Today, the Communications Commission launched the media monitoring process for municipal elections, which involves carrying out round-the-clock qualitative monitoring of 6 national channels and quantitative monitoring of 50 broadcasters.  Qualitative media monitoring will apply to the following broadcasters: Georgian Public Broadcaster, Adjara TV of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Imedi, Rustavi 2, Mtavari Arkhi and TV Pirveli.  The Communications Commission will periodically publish...

The Communications Commission has deemed the television company Alt-Info to have violated the law by broadcasting obscenity. The case concerns the programs “Alt-Interview” and “Alt-Analytics,” which were aired by Alt-Info on 5, 6, 7 and 12 July. Profanity language and obscenity were frequently used by program presenters and guests alike.  The Commission studied the circumstances behind the airing of the aforementioned programs and established that the programs...

Starting from today, Caucasus Online has a new special manager. The Communications Commission has appointed Tamta Tepnadze to the position of special manage, replacing Tamar Bokuchava. The Commission took this decision upon Ms Bokuchava’s request to be relieved of her duties as special manager.  Tamta Tepnadze is an international lawyer with five years work experience g in the communications sector. From 2014 until 2019, she held the position of the Communications Ombudsman. She has...

The Communications Commission has published ComCom Digest for the month of June, which provides an overview of the activities and important decisions taken by the Commission over the past month. ComCom Digest presents the 2020 annual report of the Communications Commission, which includes detailed information about the work performed by the Commission during the previous year. An extensive interview with the Chairman of the Commission is also part of the annual report. Further,...

The Communications Commission condemns the violence against members of the media on July 5, which resulted in more than 50 journalists, operators and photographers sustaining severe injuries. Apart from the physical violence, journalists were subjected to verbal abuse, threats and interference in their work. Although media representatives were not prevented from carrying out their professional duties, they put their lives and wellbeing at risk to keep the public informed about the ongoing...

The Communications Commission will suspend regulation of tariffs on the mobile service market, giving mobile operators back the flexibility in setting the rates. Suspension of tariff control will give the mobile service providers the opportunity to quickly respond to economic challenges during the pandemic, conduct investment and implement new technologies to continuously provide customers with high-quality services.  The new mechanism, which came into effect as a result of changes to the...

The Communications Commission held an information meeting with school teachers regarding the media literacy project “Hello Ruby.” During the meeting, representatives from 10 target schools received detailed information about the Finnish teaching method. The schools in question will take part in the media literacy project, teaching primary school pupils the basics of programming, computer science and code writing. Along with members of the Communications Commission, the meeting was...

Commissioner Ekaterine Imedadze participated as a speaker at the 2021 ITU Global Symposium for Regulators and presented  the steps taken by the Communications Commission to develop the telecom sector and establish a competitive environment. During the plenary meeting, members of the symposium learned about the vision and activities of the Commission related to market development and promotion of the competition. Together with fellow regulators and leaders of international organisations,...

The Communications Commission has fined Mtavari Arkhi and Teleimedi for violating the product placement regulations. The Commission took into account the circumstances related to the pandemic and issued the broadcasters with the minimum fine of GEL 2500 for violating the legislation. The case concerns the programme “Sheni Dila” (“Your Morning”), which was aired on 26 April 2021 at 07:56 and included a report about th ehousehold appliances storeElit Electronics. The...

The Communications Commission’s decision regarding financial transparency of broadcasters is in full compliance with the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeals related to this matter. In particular, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the former management of Rustavi 2 (current management of Mtavari Arkhi) regarding the Commission’s decision. Thus, the broadcaster’s case has been dismissed at all...