TBILISI, DFWatch–A parliamentary commission in Georgia has exposed how one television station was operating for years without a license during Saakashvili.
The channel, Alania, was found to have close links to the government while Saakashvili was in power and though
TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of parliament from the National Movement party was fined 50 000 lari (USD 30 000) on Monday for defamation of businessman Joseph Kay.
Kay is the investor who took over the control of Imedi TV after the owner, Badri Patarkatsishvili, died
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia tops a new survey of media freedom among those eastern European countries that are not members of EU but associated through the Eastern Partnership.
The report is called Media Freedom Index in Eastern Partners Countries and was presented in Moldova
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Broadcaster has dismissed Channel 1 talk show hosts Eka Kvesitadze and Davit Paichadze.
The two journalists claimed at a press conference on Wednesday that their dismissal, which they learned about the day before, was politically
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says journalists and employees of TV9 made a mistake when they closed down the channel immediately after his statement.
“Journalists didn’t come to TV9 from BBC and CNN. Many of them weren’t professionals; [they]
TBILISI, DFWatch–Several persons have already expressed interest in buying Georgia’s Channel 9, which yesterday stopped functioning.
The TV station’s director Luba Eliashvili said to employees gathered outside its office building that several persons already have
TBILISI, DFWatch–TV9, a channel affiliated with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, went off air on Monday. It had earelier announced that it would close on September 1.
The news program at 21:00 was its final broadcast, with News Director Luba Eliashvili saying goodbye
TBILISI, DFWatch–Channel 9, a TV company affiliated with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, is to be closed from September 1.
Luba Eliashvili, chairman of the TV company’s news division, explained that for the last ten months they have been looking for new owners
TBILISI, DFWatch–A conference on digital media was held in Tbilisi May 23-24 to discuss the transition to digital TV, good and bad examples from other countries and positive and negative sides of the process.
Media experts from Estonia, Lithuania, UK, Moldova, Russia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia climbs 15 places on Freedom House’s latest list of press freedom around the world.
On the list Freedom of the Press 2013, Georgia is listed as partly free in 96th place with 49 points, up from 111th place and 52 points the year before.