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
Media13/Jan/2021
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