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((Short description|Georgian domestic public service broadcaster))
((For|the broadcaster in the United States state of Georgia|Georgia Public Broadcasting))
((Refimprove|date=September 2007))
((Infobox company
| name = Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB)
| native_name = საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი
| native_name_lang = ka
| logo = GPBLOGO.svg
| logo_caption = 
| type = LEPL((efn|Legal Entities under Public Law))
| industry = [[Mass media]]
| predecessor = State television and radio corporation
| founded = ((start date and age|2004|12|23)) (as GPB)<br>((start date and age|1925)) (as Georgian Radio)
| location = 68 Merab Kostava Street, [[Tbilisi]] 0171, Georgia
| divisions = ((ubl|[[First Channel (Georgian TV channel)|First Channel]]|[[First Channel — Education]]|Georgian Radio|Georgian Radio Music))
| products = ((flat list|
* [[Broadcasting]]
* [[web portal]]s
))
| services = ((flat list|
* [[Terrestrial television|Broadcast television]]
* [[radio]]
* [[online]]
))
| area_served = Nationwide
| owner = [[State owned]]
| key_people = [[Tinatin Berdzenishvili]] (CEO)
| founder = 
| motto = 
| past_names = 
| website = ((URL|http://gpb.ge))
))
'''Georgian Public Broadcaster''' (((lang-ka|საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი)), ((transl|ka|sakartvelos sazogadoebrivi mauts'q'ebeli))) is the national [[Public broadcasting|public broadcaster]] of Georgia.

==History==
[[File:Georgian Public Broadcaster.JPG|thumb|Headquarters of the Georgian Broadcasting in Tbilisi (2015)]]
It started broadcasting radio in 1925, and Georgian TV started broadcasting in 1956. Today, 85% of the Georgian population receive the [[First Channel (Georgian TV channel)|First Channel]], and 55% receive the [[Second Channel (Georgian TV channel)|Second Channel]]. Georgian TV's programmes are also received by satellite and over the Internet in a number of European and Asian countries.

The adoption of Law on Broadcasting in 2004, started the process of transformation of Georgian TV from being a state broadcaster into a public broadcaster. In 2005 the Georgian Parliament elected a Board of Governors, composed of nine members. One of them, [[Tamar Kintsurashvili]], from [[Liberty Institute (Georgia)|Liberty Institute]], was later elected as the first Director General of GPB. [[Tinatin Berdzenishvili]] is the current occupant of this position.

==Programming==
===Television===
GPB's '''[[First Channel (Georgian TV channel)|First Channel]]''' (პირველი არხი, ''p'irveli arkhi''), also known as '''1TV''', broadcasts both its own original programming and also foreign series and movies. As of August 2009, the First Channel programming schedule includes such shows as the following:

* მოამბე ''[[Moambe (TV Program)|moambe]]'' ("The Narrator") — a news program shown several times each day.
* პოლიტიკური კვირა p'olit'ik'uri k'vira ("Political Week") — a talk show interviewing public figures.
* პირველი თემა p'irveli tema ("First Theme") — a news analysis show.
* მე მიყვარს საქართველო me miq'vars sakartvelo ("I Love Georgia") — a game show dealing with Georgian culture.
* ცხოვრება მშვენიერია tskhovreba mshvenieria ("Life Is Beautiful") — a talk show.
* Syndicated foreign shows such as ''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'', and ''[[Veronica Mars]]''.

GPB's '''[[Second Channel (Georgian TV channel)|First Channel Education]]''', previously Second Channel, broadcasts since 1963 and in its current educational format since 2020.

Previously, GPB operated the Russian-speaking channel Pyervy Caucasus Channel (Russian: Pyerviy Kafkazskiy, Первый Кавказский канал or just Первый Кавказский), which was broadcast between 2010 and 2012.

===Radio===
*'''Georgian Radio''' – general-interest station broadcasting information and entertainment content. It also offers various programs for ethnic minorities in the country since 1925
*'''Georgian Radio Music''' – thematic station with musical content and educational programs for older age groups with a focus on Georgian music since 1995

Georgian Public Broadcasting previously operated the now-closed international shortwave radio station [[Radio Georgia]].

==Controversies==
((See also | Freedom of religion in Georgia (country) | Eurovision Song Contest 2009))
A [[Freedom of religion in Georgia#Censorship in the media|controversy]] arose in early 2009 over a GPB television program, ''[http://www.bestgeorgians.ge/index.php?l=1 Sakartvelos Didi Ateuli]((dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))'' (''საქართველოს დიდი ათეული;'' "Best Georgians" or "Georgia's Top Ten") — a show which invited viewers to pick Georgia's top historical personages. Officials of the [[Georgian Orthodox Church]] publicly objected to the inclusion of both religious and secular figures in the competition, as well as to the idea of having viewers rank the popularity of saints.<ref>((Cite news|date=23–29 January 2009|title=Controversial TV Show Continues|work=[[Georgia Today]]|url=http://www.georgiatoday.ge/article_details.php?id=6199|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401082003/http://www.georgiatoday.ge/article_details.php?id=6199|archive-date=1 April 2012))</ref> After extensive public debate and private deliberation, GPB announced that ''Didi Ateuli'' would proceed, with both saints and secular figures retained in the competition, but that the final list of ten would not be ranked but would be announced in alphabetical order. A later statement released by the Georgian Orthodox Church attempted to downplay the controversy and suggested that it had been an effort to dissuade church officials from speaking out on social issues.<ref>((Cite news|date=23 January 2009|title=Public TV Changes Show Format to Allay Controversy|work=[[Civil Georgia]]|url=http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20307|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930105940/http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20307|archive-date=30 September 2011))</ref>

Georgia's entry in the 2009 [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009|Eurovision Song Contest]] – "[[Eurovision Song Contest 2009#Georgian entry disqualification and withdrawal|We Don't Wanna Put In]]" – was deemed by the [[European Broadcasting Union]] to be a political statement against Russian prime minister [[Vladimir Putin]], and the song was disqualified from the competition. After GPB officials rejected a demand to change either the lyrics of the song or the song itself, it withdrew from the contest.

==Notes==
((notelist))

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category))
* ((Official website|http://gpb.ge/))
* [http://www.1tv.ge/ GPB First Channel]

((European Broadcasting Union Members))
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[[Category:Mass media in Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Publicly funded broadcasters]]
[[Category:European Broadcasting Union members]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1925]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1956]]
[[Category:1925 establishments in Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:State media]]

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