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with Russia, which sent the nation into a panic and was a blow tothe credibility of <strong>Georgia</strong>’s independent media. 59TV Alania started broadcasting in 2005 without a broadcastinglicense and apparently, without the knowledge of GNCCChairperson, Giorgi Arveladze. 60 When he was asked in 2007what frequency Alania was using for broadcasting Arveladzereplied he wasn’t aware of such a station 61 . His friend MikheilSaakashvili, however, was aware of this station and announcedto a group of journalists that he watched Alania programs in theevenings. 62Alania, as an Ltd. was established in July 2007, 7 months afterthe President’s statement. 63 It received its license on 16 May 2008.In the three years it had been broadcasting illegally, Alania waswatched throughout <strong>Georgia</strong>, including the Tskhinvali region ofSouth Ossetia - it’s target audience - but the GNCC claimed itknew nothing of its existence, despite the fact that TV Alaniapublished its weekly schedule in “TV Program” newspaper 64 . TheCommission explained they never monitored Alania’s TV signalsbecause no one had instructed them to. 65In an interview with Radio Utsnobi, the Head of the GNCCLegal Department, Kakhi Kurashvili, said Alania broadcastedthrough the cable network.“Ayety and Global 1 and many others operate on a cablenetwork, but they weren’t considered to be broadcasters. Thisis a significant legal peculiarity of this situation. As the Head of59 Imedi TV Chief Defends Fake Report. Civil.ge http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22083 Accessed on 19/11/201260 Media after the Rose Revolution. Studio Monitor Investigation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-vefDcvLZY Shortened written version available athttp://shokoladi.ge/content/54-nabijit-ukan Accessed on 19/11/201261 Ibid62 Ibid63 Ibid64 Ibid65 Ibid20
the Legal Department, I have not received a single documentclaiming Alania was illegally using any resources of any radiofrequencies,” he said. 66Yet by law, a studio still needs a license even if it broadcaststhrough the cable network. Moreover, in 2007 Saakashviliclaimed that 95% of the Tskhinvali population watched Alaniaand South Ossetian authorities jammed its signals, although cableTV wasn’t available in Tskhinvali. 67The truth is that Alania was a “secret” state-backed stationdesigned to broadcast to the Tskinvali region in South Ossetiaas part of an engagement policy with the breakaway territory. Itwas using the former frequency of TV company Obieqtivi. 68“Obieqtivi TV” was established in 2001 and owned byKetevan Asatiani 69 . In 2004, her representative and technicaldirector, Misha Agladze, was summoned to the GNCC. He saysthat GCNN Chairman, Dimitry Kitoshvili, told him the companymay have problems and lose its license. 70 Soon, Kitoshvili’sneighbor, a dentist named David Kakauridze, contacted Agladzeand said he could make the problems “go away” for a 50% sharein the company. Kakauridze agreed to pay 10,000 GEL in additionto a yearly payment of 4000 GEL to the GNCC for the license. Hethen demanded an extra 1% and became the controlling partner. 71When Kakaudirdze failed to pay, “Obieqt TV” sued. KetevanAsatiani requested her agreement to relinquish 51% of her sharesto Davit Kakauridze be annulled, as it had been signed underduress and was illegal. While the case was pending, Kitoshvili,who had become the President’s spokesman and parliamentarysecretary, was arrested for extortion in conjunction with the66 Ibid67 Ibid68 Ibid69 Ibid70 Ibid71 Ibid21
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