Imedi Media Holding
The Imedi Media Holding (Georgian: იმედი, dt Hope Media Holding ) is a Georgian media company. It has the private Imedi TV, the radio station Radio Imedi, a magazine and news agency Imedi News.
The holding company was founded in 2001. Owners are the Russian-Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili ( 49%) and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (News Corp) ( 51%). A contract for the purchase of shares was signed in New York on 28 April 2006. On 31 October 2007 handed Patarkatsishvili Newscorp. the management rights of its shares for a period of one year.
Radio Imedi
Radio Imedi resumed his work in December 2001 in Tbilisi on the frequency 105.9. Since December 2003, the stations throughout Georgia is to receive. Focal points of the transmitter are news and analysis. On 7 November 2007 the transmitting operation of state bodies inhibited ( more under Imedi TV) was. On 6 December the same year Radio Imedi went back on the air.
Imedi TV
Imedi TV was founded in April 2003. Managing Director is Bidsina Baratashvili. Also, the television station provides news and policy analysis in the foreground. The transmitter can be received in almost all regions of Georgia. From September 2004 to April 2005, the station profiled with a prepared, in collaboration with UNICEF weekend talk show on child education and health, who scored extremely high ratings.
According to a poll by the polling institute MGM between March and April 2006 the Georgian Imedi TV hold for the most credible TV station in the country. 67 % of respondents said they trusted most Imedi, while 18.3 % said they consider Rustavi 2 more credible. All other Georgian TV stations were simply considered each less than four percent of the respondents as credible.
The then owner of the Imedi Media Holding, Patarkatsishvili, the Georgian government accused in March 2006, they try on the financial authorities pressure to the transmitter and to exercise it. He established a connection to the reporting of the editors about the murder case Sandro Girgvliani, which reported on the involvement of high-ranking employees of the Georgian Interior Ministry.
On 5 July 2007 the station revealed a misuse of public funds by the Minister of Health, Vladimir Tschipaschwili, and the Minister for Refugees, Gia Chewiaschwili on. During the mass protests in Georgia from 2 to 7 November 2007, he turned against President Mikheil Saakashvili on the side of the demonstrators. On 7 November, the rooms of the television station of police troops were stormed. The transmitter was switched off and destroyed the studio equipment part. On November 14, Imedi TV was officially revoked the broadcasting license. Following protests by the Council of Europe, the television station went back on the air on 12 December.
26 December 2007 Imedi TV introduced its transfers a temporary, two days after alleged efforts of the co-owner Patarkatsishvili were known previously to overthrow President Saakashvili with a coup d'etat of special Interior Ministry troops. The management and staff wanted to order from Patarkatsishvili and "dirty political games " distance.
On 14 March 2010, a report of the sender triggered panic among the population, were invaded by the Russian forces in Georgia and again the president had been killed. Only at the end of the broadcast was made clear that we are dealing only to a scenario in relation to a threat from Russia. Following it came to public protests against the channel.
Print media
Originally founded on January 30, 1994 Tiflisser newspaper Dilis Gazeti belonged (English morning newspaper ) to the holding company. It made its appearance, however, on 2 July 2004 because of financial difficulties one. Your readers had been mainly officials, bankers and businessmen.