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45-minute TV blackout investigated as possible sabotage

TBILISI, October 13 – Georgia’s State Security Service has launched an investigation into possible sabotage after one of the country’s leading broadcasters, TV Imedi, and two affiliated channels suddenly went off the air for nearly an hour on Monday. According to the agency’s statement, the investigation began following a formal request from TV Imedi. The … Read more

Imedi-GDS merger heralds further consolidation in Georgian TV

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Ex-PM Bidzina Ivanishvili appearing on 2030, the main news show on GDS.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Imedi TV, one of Georgia’s largest TV stations, has bought GDS, a smaller company linked with billionaire and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Imedi confirmed that it had purchased 100 percent of shares in the broadcasting company

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