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
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...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.44 PM 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
Add CTV views in audience measurement, BARC toldThe I&B ministry has urged BARC to integrate Connected TV (CTV) viewership into its measurement framework to enhance the system as consumer...
10 Oct, 2025, 01.07 AM IST
MIB allows BARC to share raw audience data with broadcastersThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has given approval to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to share raw-level ...
23 Aug, 2023, 11.12 PM 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
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...
15 Feb, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
TRP scam: Ex-COO of ratings agency BARC arrestedOn Sunday, the police had arrested Republic Media Network's Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani in connection with the scam. However...
17 Dec, 2020, 04.12 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
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
Make TV ratings more accurate, tamper-proof: Industry groups to TraiBARC India, a joint initiative of broadcasters, advertising agencies and advertisers, is India’s defacto official rating agency.
05 Dec, 2018, 07.29 AM 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
Here is the inside story of the BARC-TAM dealBARC was being propelled as an alternate TV viewership measurement system to the incumbent, TAM Media Research.
24 Mar, 2016, 06.11 AM 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
TV rating body asked not to release data before registrationBARC, which released its first TV viewership ratings last week, has been asked by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry not to publish ...
04 May, 2015, 08.09 PM IST