---
title: "Broadcast Law"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/broadcast-law-en"
field: "Media, Entertainment & Sports Law"
description: "Broadcast law in Georgia: definitions, hate speech ban, program age categories and advertising rules under the Broadcasting Law. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Broadcast Law

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/broadcast-law-en

## Broadcast Law: The Regulator and the Field

Broadcasting in Georgia is regulated by the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. Article 2 of the law assembles the basic terms of the field and defines the regulator: the Commission — the Georgian National Communications Commission — whose regulatory scope covers the fields of media services and video-sharing platform services. Regulation means the adoption of legal acts by the Commission and the carrying out of monitoring, supervision, control and coordination.

The law describes the field in two directions: one is classical broadcasting, carried out through a broadcasting schedule and chronological order, and the other is on-demand audiovisual media services and video-sharing platform services. The distinguishing criterion between them is editorial responsibility: a broadcaster and a provider of on-demand audiovisual media services exercise effective control over the selection and organization of programs, while a provider of video-sharing platform services delivers user-generated videos without editorial responsibility.

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### Who regulates broadcasting?

The Georgian National Communications Commission, whose scope includes media services and video-sharing platforms.

### What is the boundary of the hate speech ban?

Inciting violence or hatred on protected grounds is prohibited unless necessary in the program's context; critical content alone does not count. Incitement to terrorism is categorically prohibited.

### How are programs categorized?

By age groups under 18, 15, 12 and 7, with corresponding content criteria.

### Where may teleshopping be placed?

Not on the public broadcaster's channels, nor on university broadcasting; teleshopping may not be aimed at minors.