The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has virtually 'exonerated' Republic TV and R. Bharat English and Hindi news channels owned by Arnab R. Goswami, but the agency has booked 16 others of various private television channels and a market research .
The ED charge sheet was filed on September 26 on behalf of Assistant Director Pawan Kumar before the Special PMLA Court Mumbai, and has sought initiation of proceedings, among others, to confiscate the provisionally attached properties of all the accused as stipulated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, as they were bought from the proceeds of the crime.The
The ED charge sheet was filed on September 26 on behalf of Assistant Director Pawan Kumar before the Special PMLA Court Mumbai, and has sought initiation of proceedings, among others, to confiscate the provisionally attached properties of all the accused as stipulated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, as they were bought from the proceeds of the crime.The
TRP Scam: Times Group Sends Legal Notice to BARC, Seeks Rs 450 Cr in Damages
The notice, which follows alleged chats between Partho Dasgupta and Arnab Goswami, said BARC should also publish a statement stating that Times Now was the leader in the English news genre between 2017-2019.
Logos of BARC and Republic TV and a TV control room. Photo: Reuters Illustration: The Wire
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Mumbai: Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency “deliberately reduced” its English news channel’s viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017 and demanded compensation of Rs 450 crore.
Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd is a subscriber of viewership data from Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). Broadcast Audience Research Council
New Delhi: Times Group has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency deliberately reduced its English news channel s (Times Now) viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017 MZM Legal LLP on behalf of Bennett, Coleman and Co (BCCL) on February 11. The media giant has demanded a compensation of Rs 450 crores.
The notice was sent on February 11 following a probe by Mumbai Police into the fake TRP case. The former chief executive of BARC Parto Dasgupta and Republic s promoter and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, have been arrested in connection with the case.