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Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL) that owns the Times of India newspaper and Times Now channel has sent legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) alleging illegal and fraudulent viewership data manipulation and tampering of television rating points (TRP) of its TV channel, Times Now, by the Council. In the notice, BCCL has demanded a compensation of Rs431 crore along with an interest from BARC. It also asked refund of its licence fee of Rs21.83 crore paid to BARC along with the interest.    In the notice (seen by Moneylife), BCCL says, "Times Now’s viewership numbers...

Partho Dasgupta's Statement Says Arnab Goswami Bribed Him, 'No Evidentiary Value' Says Lawyer The former BARC chief's handwritten statement to the Mumbai police says that Goswami paid him $12,000 and over Rs 40 lakh to "rig" viewership ratings of Republic TV. Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. Photo: LinkedIn Media25/Jan/2021 New Delhi: The former chief executive of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), Partho Dasgupta, has alleged in a handwritten statement to the Mumbai Police that Arnab Goswami bribed him to manipulate viewership ratings in favour of his channel Republic TV, accor...

Shambhavi Thakur Renting Ferraris in Monaco, purchasing Rolex watches using company funds, and “changing” TRPs to get “desired outcomes”. These are just some of the unscrupulous practices followed by top former executives of the Broadcast Research Audience Council, according to a forensic audit of its operations. The audit was done by Acquisory Risk Consulting Pvt Ltd, or ARCPL, a Mumbai-based risk management consultancy after it was approached by the BARC board and management last March. The board had decided to audit and review its records after receiving multiple compla...