Tbilisi. Transparency International – Georgia releases the blogpost: ''Georgian Media Environment from 2012 Parliamentary Elections till Present''.

''Since 2012, the Georgian media has experienced significant changes to become much more pluralistic, as confirmed by respective international ratings. In summer 2015, Georgia fully switched to digital broadcasting, which definitely should be regarded as a positive development for the Georgian media environment. Over the last four years, position of Georgia in the media independence ratings has significantly improved.

For the first time over the recent years, advertising revenues started to experience substantial shrinkage in 2015. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that present advertising market is not as much monopolized as it used to be before 2012. There is no gross interference with the advertising market on the part of the State as well,'' is noted in the statement.

Source: www.transparency.ge