Imedi TV Tests Signal

Imedi TV’s logo appeared on TV screens on April 1 as the station prepares to resume partial broadcasts.

Imedi radio accompanied the logo.

Bidzina Baratashvili, the executive director of Imedi TV, said on March 26 he expected the television station to resume partial broadcasts from April 1 and its normal programming, particularly news, no later than April 10.

The Imedi TV ownership issue, meanwhile, remains disputed between Joseph Kay, a relative of late tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Patarkatsishvili’s widow, Inna Gudavadze, who claims that Kay is just a frontman for the authorities, who are using him to gain control of the station.