Mumbai Police has filed a charge sheet in Bombay High Court that includes extensive WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and others in the fake TRP scam.
From sharing confidential BARC data with Goswami to making him lobby a union minister, Partho Dasgupta’s Whatsapp chats with the Republic TV editor made public by the Mumbai police paint a grim picture of collusion between the media and the Modi government.
BARC will fully comply with the agencies.
14 Jan, 2021 - 05:18 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: In another major development in the much-talked-about alleged TRP scam, the enforcement directorate (ED) today summoned certain officials in the top rungs of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
Sources confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com, stating that BARC India is complying with the investigative agencies completely and is willing to help them with any information they require.
Recently, former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta was named the ‘mastermind’ behind the whole TRP racket, which was brought to light in October last year by the Mumbai police. It has been alleged that Dasgupta accepted monetary kickbacks from the owners of a top news media company in exchange for rigging viewership ratings.
linkedin The year 2020 will be remembered for more reasons than one. Although the entire advertising, media and marketing industry took a hit owing to the pandemic, further compounded by the economic crisis, news channels went on to take a bigger sip from the chalice of grief. The uproar created in the news genre stemming from the TRP manipulation scam caused massive skepticism in the minds of advertisers associating with news channels. After news broke out about certain channels tampering with BARC data to boost ratings, followed by the arrest of the CEO of Republic TV Vikas Khanchadani and two others connected with BARC, marketers carefully evaluated their decisions on the selection of mediums and channels.
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
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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