Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor reaches criticality, boosts India’s nuclear programme: Dr SC ChetalA key figure in India’s fast breeder nuclear programme has highlighted the significance of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achiev...
04 May, 2026, 05.50 AM IST
IBDF backs MIB TV rating guidelines, seeks extended timelines for rolloutThe Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation is requesting an extension to implement new television rating rules. Key provisions regardin...
24 Apr, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
Government extends TRP suspension for news channels by four weeksThe Information and Broadcasting ministry has extended the suspension of television news ratings. This move aims to curb sensationalism and...
08 Apr, 2026, 12.54 AM IST
TRP rigging: Broadcast Audience Research Council to conduct auditBARC India has initiated a forensic audit by an independent agency following allegations of a Malayalam news channel concerning a BARC empl...
29 Nov, 2025, 07.15 AM IST
BARC India sees 44% decline in FY24 profit to Rs 20 croreIndia's TV audience measurement body, BARC, experienced a 44% profit decline in 2023-24, despite stable revenue. The firm, reliant on broad...
18 Nov, 2024, 11.52 AM IST
BARC resumes ratings for news channelsThe move comes two months after the government asked the agency to release the ratings following an overhaul of its systems and methodologi...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
BARC India to resume publishing of news genre viewership data starting March 17“BARC India and the industry at large, welcomes the MIB’s directive to resume the release of data for individual news channels. The data wi...
07 Feb, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
TRP scam: Did BARC brush investigations under the carpet?Senior executives in media companies are miffed with the BARC board and its management for not disclosing the details of the forensic repor...
20 Jan, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Republic TV misrepresented private and confidential communication, says BARCThe BARC statement came after the Arnab Goswami-owned Republic TV disclosed what it described as an email conversation between BARC CEO Sun...
19 Oct, 2020, 08.39 AM IST
BARC metrics under lens after alleged TRP racketBARC’s measurement system was once again in the spotlight after Mumbai’s police commissioner claimed on Thursday that the police had busted...
10 Oct, 2020, 07.16 AM IST
Trai recommends restructuring of BARC India with an aim to improve credibility, transparencyIndustry experts call Trai recommendations impractical and driven by vested interests.
29 Apr, 2020, 12.18 AM IST
BARC: Rating fraud in Karnataka, Tamil NaduThe council set up a six-member committee headed by former judge Mukul Mudgal in April to investigate complaints pertaining to viewership m...
17 Jun, 2017, 01.19 AM IST
BARC India plans to provide strategic consultancy services, calls for RFPsBARC said many subscribers have been expressing their need for this service and hence reputed data Insight consultants may provide this.
28 Nov, 2016, 02.19 PM IST
BARC penalises three news channels for tampering with rating metersET has learnt that BARC decided to take action against these three channels after they were found to be tampering with the BARC rating mete...
24 Nov, 2016, 11.57 PM IST
BARC India files police complaint in Kerala against tampering panel homesThe complaint was filed after the rating agency’s vigilance team received constant complaints regarding attempts to retrieve addresses of t...
21 Oct, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
Television rating agencies BARC,TAM form a meter management companyTelevision rating agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC India) today said it has partnered with television audience measurement ...
27 Aug, 2015, 07.36 PM IST
BARC set to be the currency for TV ratings in country, joins hands with TAM IndiaAround 12,000 TAM meters will be redeployed under Meter Company along with the BARC meters and the company will now have a total of 34,000 ...
27 Aug, 2015, 04.59 AM IST