In 2017,
Republic TV and the Zee Media Networkâs channels circumvented Prasar Bharatiâs auction system to gain viewership on DD Free Dish.
Free Dish is a free-to-air DTH service provided by the Indian government. In 2017, it reached 22 million subscribers in the country, mostly in rural, Hindi-speaking regions. To be available on this platform for a limited period, broadcasters have to bid for a slot and pay a fee amounting to crores of rupees.
Republic TV and Zee Media did not pay this fee, thanks to help from Dish TV, a private DTH service then owned by Zee Media. The three companies violated norms and, as a result, cost the public exchequer more than Rs 52 crore.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta admitted to JJ Hospital
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta admitted to JJ Hospital
Mirror Online / Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 15:03 IST
Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), has been admitted in the ICU of state-run
JJ hospital in Mumbai.
Dasgupta, a diabetic, was admitted to the intensive care unit of JJ hospital and is on oxygen support. Dasgupta, who was arrested in the alleged fake Television Ratings Point (TRP) case, was rushed to the hospital from the Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai in the early hours of Saturday after his blood sugar levels went up on Friday midnight.
TRP Scam: WhatsApp Messages Reveal Arnab Goswami s Collusion With Former BARC Chief
The Mumbai police have annexed alleged conversations between the Republic TV founder and former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta in a supplementary chargesheet. The discussions also reveal Goswami has connections in high places and was aware of many key Central government decisions.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, Arnab Goswami and the logo of BARC. Illustration: The Wire
Media16/Jan/2021
Mumbai: In the ongoing investigation into the alleged manipulation of television rating points (TRP), the Mumbai police has submitted damning messages that were allegedly exchanged between Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) discussing ways to âmanipulateâ the ratings.
The hearing has been adjourned till 29 January
15 Jan, 2021 - 02:47 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai police counsel in the Republic TV channel vs Mumbai police case, related to alleged rigging of TRP by the former, showed strong objection to the enforcement directorate (ED) appearing in the court. Appearing on behalf of the police department, senior advocate Kapil Sibal asserted that only the Mumbai police has the jurisdiction to investigate the case.
The ED had filed an affidavit in the impleading application filed by Republic TV’s parent company ARG Outlier, naming the agency as an additional respondent in the case, and that a status report can be filed in a sealed cover.
ARG media had approached the HC last year seeking, among other things, that the police be restrained from taking coercive action against its employees.