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In mid-2006 Rustavi 2, the television company Mze TV and radio station Pirveli Stereo merged into a holding which is currently owned by the Georgian Industrial Group (GIG) and GeoMedia Group. GIG, which owns a 45% share of both stations, is a large company with diversified business interests ranging from coal mining and energy to travel.
The country hosts 40 TV stations, of which nine are in Tbilisi and 31 in the regions. Four stations have national coverage (Georgian Public Broadcaster Channel I, Imedi, Rustavi 2 and Ajara); three of them are Tbilisi-based. Viewers prefer Rustavi 2, followed by Imedi TV and GPB's First Channel.
The Liberty Institute was founded in 1996, shortly after the events related to Rustavi 2, an independent TV station which had its broadcast license revoked about a month earlier by the Georgian Ministry of Communications. This move was criticized as a violation of freedom of speech and a threat to independent media.
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Imedi Media Holding ( Georgian: იმედი მედია ჰოლდინგი) is a private television and radio company in Georgia. The stations were founded by the Georgian media tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili. The station mainly concentrates on news and analytical coverage, but broadcasts pop music as well, particularly at ...
Mze TV. Mze TV ( Georgian: მზე) was a Georgian television channel, launched in 2003 by Vano Chkhartishvili, a Georgian millionaire [1] and member of the Georgian parliament from 1999 until 2007. He served as Economy Minister under President Eduard Shevardnadze from November 2001-November 2003.
In 2003, Chkhartishvili, became the Founder of Mze TV and publicly complained about the apparent smear campaign against him made by the rival TV station Rustavi-2. [25] [26] Between 2006 and 2011, Chkhartishvili was a minority shareholder in SOCAR Energy Georgia supplying petroleum products from Azerbaijan to Georgia.
Pages in category "Georgian-language television stations" ... (TV channel) Mtavari Arkhi; Mze TV; R. Rustavi 2; T. TV Sakartvelo