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Times Network mulls legal action against BARC for rating manipulation

Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd, India's top newspaper publisher and television channel owner, on Monday said it is mulling legal action against BARC over its alleged role in the manipulation of TV ratings. In a statement, BCCL said it is contemplating legal action against Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) over alleged fraud in declaring rival Republic TV as leading in the English News Genre ahead of the group's Times Now news channel. BARC's Forensic Audit of July 2020, as well as the multiple emails and WhatsApp chats of that period, which has been accessed by Mumbai Police, clearly shows that BCCL's Times Now's TRPs were indeed manually reduced by BARC officials. BCCL, a subscriber of viewership data from BARC for its channels, including Times Now operating under Times Network, said the rating agency had "fraudulently declared Republic TV as No 1, even when Times Now was consistently higher" by a large margin. "Due to this unacceptable and unpardonable act of BARC, Times

BARC ex-CEO Dasgupta's condition stable: Mumbai Police tell HC

Broadcast Audience Research Council's former CEO Partho Dasgupta was arrested in an alleged TRP rigging scam

'Arnabgate' undermines the Modi govt's national security narrative

Goswami's source can be prosecuted under Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act for communicating and disclosing secret information, and Goswami for receiving such information and purveying it further

TRP scam case: Times group plans to take legal action against BARC

Former CEO of BARC, Partho Dasgupta is already in jail along with several top executives of Republic TV - which, as per Mumbai police, benefitted due to the TRP manipulation by BARC top officials

The push for pay - now or never

It is time to break the hegemony of advertising over news media; it is time to push for subscription revenues

BARC has a history of ratings pauses, latest being the fourth in six years

First suspension was in April 2015 when those subscribing to television viewership data were asked to switch from TAM, the erstwhile television measurement agency, to BARC

Ratings must remain suspended till BARC addresses concerns: NBA

This comes in the wake of purported WhatsApp conversations between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) head Partho Dasgupta

The nation needs to know

Arnab Goswami's purported claims must be investigated

TRP case: Ex-CEO of ratings agency BARC Partho Dasgupta hospitalised

Dasgupta was arrested in the alleged fake television ratings points case

BARC may extend news ratings blackout by three months as TRP probe deepens

Suspension likely for another three months, say industry sources

Advertising volumes grow 10% in 2020, Dettol steals show: BARC data

Growth in ad volumes for 2020 was up 10 per cent from a year ago, with the recovery being sharp in the second half of the year when the Unlock phase began

TRP case: No interim bail for former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta

Dasgupta is former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and an accused in the TRP manipulation case

BARC's ex-CEO Dasgupta played 'vital role' in TRP scam: Mumbai Court

A Mumbai court, while rejecting the bail plea of Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) former CEO Partho Dasgupta, has observed that he played a "vital role" in the alleged TRP scam

TRP scam: Ex-BARC CEO Dasgupta's police custody extended

The Mumbai police told a local court here that Partho Dasgupta, arrested former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council manipulated the television rating points of Republic TV and its Hindi arm.

Arrested ex-CEO of BARC was 'mastermind' of fake TRP racket: police

Mumbai police claimed that former CEO of the Broadcast Research Audience Council (BARC) Parth Dasgupta played the main role in the manipulation of TRP of certain TV channels including Republic TV.

Former CEO of rating agency BARC arrested in alleged TRP scam

The crime branch of Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested a former CEO BARC from Pune district in the fake TRP scam

TRP rigging case: Former operations head of ratings agency BARC arrested

This is the 14th arrest in the case

IPL becomes first sports tournament to surpass 400 bn viewing minutes: BARC

Last year, the IPL recorded 326 billion viewing minutes, while the 2019 Cricket World Cup registered 344 billion viewing minutes

Bombay HC quashes BARC's order on imposing fine on TV Today Network

Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order passed by the BARC imposing a fine of Rs 5 lakh on TV Today Network Limited for alleged viewership malpractices

BARC expresses dismay at leak, Republic says it ends Mumbai Police campaign

The Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) has expressed "dismay" at the leak and "misrepresentation" of its confidential communication by the Republic Network