TBILISI, DFWatch — The government is offering TV stations exemption from paying outstanding tax debts. This will mostly benefit two pro-government TV stations.
Acting Finance Minister Alexandre Khetaguri said Monday that broadcasters will be allowed to pay reduced fees
TBILISI, DFWatch — There is a crisis in pro-government TV in Georgia, after an opposition coalition won the parliamentary election.
October 5, several well-known anchors and journalists at Imedi TV, which is controlled by Saakashvili’s government, each wrote on their
The founders of Rustavi 2, a TV company are fighting to get back control which they claimed was forcefully deprived from them.
Rustavi 2 played an important role in the rose revolution in 2003, which brought President Mikheil Saakashvili to power, but later became completely
TBILISI, DFWatch – The ruling party says the current parliamentary speaker and the prime minister will represent it in election debates.
Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili is the National Movement’s candidate for prime minister in the election.
The chair of the public
TBILISI, DFWatch – A journalist and a cameraman were beaten while investigating the illegal cutting of trees in eastern Georgia.
Journalists Vasil Dabrundashvili and his cameraman Bacho Buliskeria, who work for the production company Studio GNS, visited the town Akhmeta
TBILISI, DFWatch – Police have arrested a man accused of beating a cameraman working for an opposition affiliated media outlet.
The man has been sentenced to twenty days in jail.
The incident took place August 15 in front of the municipality building in
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report concludes that some of the public service ads in Georgia contain a political message.
The report is based on observation of several TV stations and shows that public service ads don’t meets the standards and are in reality covert
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) Monday published data about the implementation of the must-carry and must-offer principles.
193 642 subscribers are now able to watch Channel 9, an opposition affiliated TV channel, which was
TBILISI, DFWatch – For more than a month, journalists with an opposition-leaning news service in Georgia have been followed around by a group of unknown people while trying to do their work.
The stalkers carry cameras and microphones, but do not appear to have an
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) claims that broadcasters will be forced to air free political commercials, even if they don’t air paid commercials. Regional broadcasters say it is an incorrect interpretation of the law, which will