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BARC will fully comply with the agencies.
14 Jan, 2021 - 05:18 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: In another major development in the much-talked-about alleged TRP scam, the enforcement directorate (ED) today summoned certain officials in the top rungs of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
Sources confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com, stating that BARC India is complying with the investigative agencies completely and is willing to help them with any information they require.
Recently, former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta was named the ‘mastermind’ behind the whole TRP racket, which was brought to light in October last year by the Mumbai police. It has been alleged that Dasgupta accepted monetary kickbacks from the owners of a top news media company in exchange for rigging viewership ratings.
In Report, Committee on TRP Ratings Stresses Need for Greater Transparency
The panel â constituted after allegations of a TRP scam â submitted its report to information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.
The panel on TRP ratingws submits its report to Union minister Prakash Javadekar. Photo: Twitter/@sashidigital
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New Delhi: Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said there has to be more transparency in the way television rating points (TRPs) are awarded, after the committee constituted to review guidelines on television rating agencies submitted its report.
Javadekar announced that the recommendations of the report submitted by the panel, headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, will be evaluated. Certain guidelines will be issued to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), the primary body that publishes TRPs in India. Incidentally, Vempati is also a board member of the BAR
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It names Republic TV CEO, ex-COO and former BARC CEO and managing partner
The Mumbai police on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case against officials from the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and employees of the ARG Outlier Private Limited.
The chargesheet runs into 3,600 pages and names Republic TV chief executive officer (CEO) Vikas Khanchandani, former chief operating officer (COO) Romil Ramgarhia and former BARC CEO and managing partner Partho Dasgupta.
It states “Mr. Khanchandani illegally increased the TRP through dual promotional and helped to gain more revenue to the channel.”
Mr. Ramgarhia and Mr. Dasgupta conspired with each other to rig the data of random sampling of 40 weeks. They misused their position to deceive the advertisers and common people about TV channel viewers.