Maestro ( ka, მაესტრო) is a
Georgian
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* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
television channel launched in February 1995, located in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
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Satellite dishes' affair
On July 2, Maestro TV announced that one of its co-owners and its financial backer,
Maka Asatiani Maka or MAKA may refer to:
* Maká, a Native American people in Paraguay
** Maká language, spoken by the Maká
* Maka (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire
* Maka, Biffeche, capital of the kingdom of Biffeche in pre-colonial Senegal
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, was planning significant investments for further development of the television channel. The TV channel is available through some cable providers mainly in Tbilisi and via satellite. As part of the efforts to broaden the scope of audience, Maestro TV said earlier that month, it was planning to launch a campaign ‘Maestro in Every Family’, involving “handing out” satellite dish antennas to households in the provinces. The satellite dishes were seized as part of an investigation into a vote-buying scheme allegedly orchestrated by
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Bidzina Ivanishvili ( ka, ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili ; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who serv ...
and for which the billionaire opposition politician was fine with GEL 63.1 million. Though, Bacho Kikabidze, general director of Maestro TV, denied having links with Ivanishvili-affiliated companies or with the politics and said the allegation by the chief prosecutor's office was “absurd”.
One of Maestro TV's co-owners, Mamuka Glonti, also said that satellite dishes were to sold rather than hand out freely, so they could not have been involved in the vote-buying process.
See also
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Media of Georgia
The mass media in Georgia refers to mass media outlets based in the Republic of Georgia. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sa ...
External links
www.maestro.ge
References
Television stations in Georgia (country)
Television channels and stations established in 1995
Mass media in Tbilisi
Georgian-language television stations
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