TRP reporting for TV news channels withheld for another 4 weeksThe government has extended its order to withhold Television Rating Points for TV news channels. This measure aims to curb sensational and ...
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...
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...
MIB asks BARC to withhold publishing news channels' TRPs amid Iran warThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has instructed BARC to halt reporting TRPs for news channels for four weeks. This measure aims...
TV news TRP pause accepted by stakeholders, no objections so far: L MuruganIn an order dated March 6, it noted that amid the Israel-Iran conflict, certain news channels were displaying “unwarranted sensationalism a...
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...
News broadcasters raise concerns over anomalies in BARC's viewership ratingsLast week, the lobby group representing the top national news broadcasters made a presentation to BARC India, raising concerns about the sa...
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...
BARC to resume news channels' ratings after 17 months"BARC India is currently working towards ensuring the seamless release of individual news channel data and intends to commence release with...
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...
Times Network sends legal notice to BARC, seeks Rs 431 crore compensationTimes Network has accused BARC of material breach of the end user licence agreements (EULAs) on account of “illegal and fraudulent” viewers...
TRP manipulation: NBA asks BARC to suspend ratings of Republic TV till final court orderIn a statement issued on Monday, NBA has said that the manipulation of ratings by Republic TV has “immensely damaged” the “reputation” of t...
BARC suspends news channels’ TV ratings for up to 12 weeks , NBA welcomes the moveSunil Lulla, CEO, BARC India, said that besides augmenting current protocols and benchmarking them with global standards, BARC is actively ...
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...
News Broadcasters’ Association questions BARC’s viewership dataNBA had alleged that the data for the new English news channel Republic TV was defective and that discrepancies have been noticed across ma...
English news channels pull out of BARC rating systemBARC releasing the corrupt data for Republic TV has caused serious damage to India's existing English news TV channels, said Annie Joseph, ...
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...