Updated Feb 16, 2021 · 03:10 pm A file photo of former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. | Partho Dasgupta via Twitter
Former head of the Broadcast Audience Research Council Partho Dasgupta on Monday told the Bombay High Court that the purported WhatsApp exchanges between him and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami were mere “loose talks” and that he should not be kept in detention on the basis of the chats, reported
Bar and Bench.
Dasgupta made the submission before a bench of Justice PD Naik, which was hearing the former media executive’s bail plea. The Mumbai Police had arrested Dasgupta in connection with its investigation into the Television Ratings Point scam on December 24. The police have alleged that Goswami bribed Dasgupta with “lakhs of rupees” to ramp up Republic TV’s viewership.
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
Media15/Feb/2021
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.
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, according to an
BARC is responsible for measuring the television rating points (TRPs) of channels.
Shambhavi Thakur
Renting Ferraris in Monaco, purchasing Rolex watches using company funds, and âchangingâ TRPs to get âdesired outcomesâ. 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 complaints about alleged malpractices, including inaccuracy in its ratings process for TV channels and the concentration of power in its former senior management. The board included BARC chairman Punit Goenka.
Did PM Modi Leak State Secrets to Arnab Goswami? : Rahul Gandhi Calls for Inquiry We want to know who among these people gave Arnab Goswami that information. Was it Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself? Or was it the home minister?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference on January 19, 2021. Photo: PTI
Politics19/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Commenting for the first time on Republic TV editor Arnab Goswamiâs Whatsapp chats which indicated that he may have had prior knowledge of the 2019 Balakot airstrikes, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joined the opposition chorus and demanded that a parliamentary committee enquire into the matter.Â