Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address had more unique viewers than the Indian Premier League (IPL) final, which was watched by 133 million.
The average daily reach of TV rose from 560 million Indians pre-COVID-19 (January 11-31) to 592 million post-COVID-19 (March 14-20)
With updates about the outbreak being tracked widely by the national and state media, there was an increase in news consumption on TV, with a 57 per cent rise in impressions, it said.
DD Network's total viewership increased from 492 billion minutes in 2018 to 573 billion minutes in 2019, up 16 per cent, the BARC data showed.
BARC says the event at Motera had 11.69 billion viewing minutes across India
Key news events in 2019 saw huge viewership - 4.9 billion impressions during the Pulwama and Balakot attacks - surpassed the 4.8 billion impressions during the general elections
A stable regulatory environment, digital transparency, the disappearance of Indian news television and better informed citizens
Viewership for 2018-19 on TV alone was 168 million, and digital viewership was over 12 million
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BARC (India), Mediametrie (France), Numeris (Canada) and Video Research (Japan) collaborate to align audience measurement operational processes and technical standards across the globe
The data will be available only to the BARC's subscribers
While the agency is working on expanding the sample size and making the panel more representative of TV viewing India, it is also making use of AI and machine learning to help with analytics and data
The October-December is the strongest quarter of the year with respect to TV viewership, however, this quarter witnessed the least growth of 1% in 2017 over the same quarter in 2016
Sports-heavy weeks have had many restaurants/pubs/lounges showcasing channels airing matches
Audience measurement agency Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) has announced the phased rollout of a digital measurement service, with the brand name and logo of its products in this regard. The dearth of digital viewership and advertising data is known. While individual publishers do generate enough and more data at their end, there is no common currency to compare different platforms on digital media. Advertisers, hence, face a problem in deciding what to spend here. "While each (OTT or digital content streaming platform) individually has a lot of analytics at the back-end, it's only their own. Here, we'll have a common currency, which means a like to like comparison will be possible. Platforms will be able to drive value according to the growth they are seeing and planners will have a better way to buy TV and digital properties. While advertisers will know exactly what they are putting their money on. So, it's win-win for everyone," says Gaurav Gandhi, operations ..
BARC's new baseline survey could redraw the TV map in India and allow broadcasters more bargaining power in negotiating ad rates
BARC said that any kind of change takes time, and the same applies for TV measurement