TBILISI, DFWatch — A former owner of a Georgian TV station claims that he was forced to sell it by the former government.
TV Mze (which in Georgian means ‘Sun’) was launched by millionaire Vano Chkhartishvili, a member of parliament before the Rose Revolution in 2003
TBILISI, DFWatch — A TV channel controlled by the former Saakashvili’s government on Wednesday got a new director, who used to be former government official.
Rustavi 2 is considered to have played a major role during the Rose Revolution in 2003 and used to be
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former editor of Forbes Georgia has been appointed as new director of Imedi TV, which used to be one of the government-controlled channels during the previous government.
Shortly after the parliamentary election, the former owners of Imedi made
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian TV viewers will get a new channel in the near future, to be produced by the owners of the magazine Tabula.
The new channel will be focused on news and will probably go on air in January 2013.
The editor of the new channel will be Tabula
TBILISI, DFWatch — The audit agency in Georgia wants the chair of the Public Broadcaster to be changed, while groups demand reforms in GPB to return it to people and free broadcaster from government control.
Online newspaper Ambebi.ge conducted a
TBILISI, DFWatch — It is still unknown what will happen to a Russian language TV channel based in Georgia.
PIK TV is one of the channels run by the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Since October 12, PIK has been had reduced programming, broadcasting old material
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Public Broadcaster has abolished its contract with the Russian language TV station PIK, which has been off the air since October 19.
PIK, or First Informational Caucasian, was a channel belonging to Georgia’s Public Broadcaster. It
TBILISI, DFWatch — Civic groups in Georgia Friday presented an eight-point plan for how to improve the media environment in the country.
Coalition for Media Advocacy, which unites twelve non-government organizations (NGOs), considers it important to make
TBILISI, DFWatch — Another pro-government television station has been sold in the wake of the parliamentary election in Georgia: Real TV.
Real TV, which was a competitor to Rustavi 2 and Imedi TV, and contained pro-government news, shortly after election
TBILISI, DFWatch — A government-controlled TV channel is in the process of be transferred back to the family of its old owner, the deceased businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili.
The return of Imedi TV to its fonder’s family has become the hottest topic on social networks