Television Viewership

47 million tune in to watch first 58 Fifa World Cup matches on TV

Viewership grew nearly 11 per cent over first 48 matches and almost 51 per cent over first 19 matches

Larger sample size needed for BARC to measure viewership, says Zee Media

Comments come as the broadcaster becomes the second to exit the body in seven months

Zee is in talks with CCI to get approval for merger with Sony Entertainment

As per the BARC data for the ongoing financial year (2023), the merged entity has 36 per cent TV viewership market share in the Hindi GEC segment, and 33 per cent in the Hindi movies channels.

IPL 2022 TV viewership slips further in second week of tournament

Fatigue, marquee teams not performing well among reasons for slide; bids for forthcoming media rights auction may take hit, ad rates steady for now, say experts

The future of television

A closer look at the numbers for 2016, 2018 and 2020, shows that just over half of TV viewers and homes have always been in rural India

TV ownership sees 7% rise in 2020 amid Covid-19 pandemic, says BARC

Experts said the pandemic and need for entertainment led to the rise in TV ownership

Men or women, who owns TV remote? A study busts popular viewership myths

An unreleased study busts popular myths around television viewership

Modi ruled TV in 2020, emerges as most watched personality: BARC report

PM Modi's public addresses regarding the ongoing Covid pandemic, his speeches focussing on a range of issues -- from being at the forefront of exporting vaccines to the ongoing farmer protests

TRP case: Ex-BARC CEO directly involved, rigged entire system, HC told

Ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta rigged the "entire" TRP system for news channels and also discussed issues of national security with "a certain owner cum news anchor" on Whatsapp, Police told the HC

Eyes and ears of marketing

Media experts point out various flaws in the BARC television rating system. But what they don't point out is that BARC ratings (or the earlier TAM ratings) are not used by advertisers in isolation

TRP scam: HC asks ARG Media to complete its pleadings by Feb 9

ARG Outlier Media is the company that runs all Republic TV channels

TRP scam case: Times group plans to take legal action against BARC

Former CEO of BARC, Partho Dasgupta is already in jail along with several top executives of Republic TV - which, as per Mumbai police, benefitted due to the TRP manipulation by BARC top officials

The push for pay - now or never

It is time to break the hegemony of advertising over news media; it is time to push for subscription revenues

The nation needs to know

Arnab Goswami's purported claims must be investigated

BARC may extend news ratings blackout by three months as TRP probe deepens

Suspension likely for another three months, say industry sources

TRP scam: Former CEO of BARC in police custody till December 28

A magistrate's court remanded Partho Dasgupta, a former CEO of the rating agency BARC, in police custody till December 28 in the alleged fake TRP scam

Covid-19 pushes up OTT subscription growth by 60%: BCG report

Consultancy says trend is expected to stay as life returns to normalcy, points to propensity of Indian consumers to now pay for content they are watching

India's movie buffs are up, close and personal with Hollywood: Study

The study, "Hollywood Is For Everyone", covered a sample of 1,500-plus movie buffs across eight metros and non-metros, including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Indore

CBI team to investigate TRP manipulation scam in Uttar Pradesh too

The CBI has registered an FIR in a case of alleged manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRP), based on a complaint filed in Uttar Pradesh

CBI takes over probe into UP-origin complaint of alleged TRP manipulation

The CBI has registered an FIR into alleged manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRP) on the basis of a reference from the Uttar Pradesh Police, officials said on Tuesday.