__full__: Imedi Tv

Patarkatsishvili died in February 2009. His family inherited the channel but struggled to maintain its oppositional edge. In 2012, Georgian Dream, a political coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, won the parliamentary election, ending UNM’s rule. Shortly thereafter, ownership of Imedi TV changed hands: first to Georgian businessman Roin Gvetadze, and then in 2015 to the “Imedi Media Holding,” whose ultimate beneficiary links back to individuals with close ties to the Georgian Dream government (Transparency International Georgia, 2017).