Transparency International Georgia publishes a traditional report on TV advertising market review. In 2021, COVID-19 remained a major challenge for the advertising market, and subsequent pandemic restrictions significantly affected the economy.
Five applicants will compete for the position of director of Ajara TV and Radio of the Public Broadcaster. One of them is the current director, Giorgi Kokhreidze, whose term in the office expires in November.
Transparency International-Georgia appeals to the Public Defender of Georgia to establish a possible discrimination and obstruction of labor activities against members of the Public Broadcaster's “Akhali Kvira” program, Imeda Darsalia, Sopho Zedelashvili and Tamta Janadze.
Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) studied the current state and the main tendencies on the advertising market in 2020. The study examines how the restrictions imposed in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the money spent by political parties on political advertising during the parliamentary elections affected the advertising market.
Georgia’s national government and the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara have established a flawed practice which prevents the media from attending government sessions. This imposes significant restrictions on the work of journalists aimed at obtaining information and controlling the authorities and is a backslide in terms of the openness and accountability of the government.
* 2017 includes data as of October 2017
The request for information on total funding of individual programs, as well as on salaries of employees, by Ninia Kakabadze, a newly elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster, has been followed by a sharp response on the part of several employees who criticized the s