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Television news broadcasters demand exemption from new IT rules

Already "sufficiently regulated" by various statutes, laws, guidelines, codes and regulations: Broadcasters

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 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

TRP scam: Court rejects bail plea of BARC's ex-CEO Partho Dasgupta

Dasgupta is an accused in the alleged fake Television Ratings Point (TRP) case

The nation needs to know

Arnab Goswami's purported claims must be investigated

TRP case: Ex-CEO of ratings agency BARC Partho Dasgupta hospitalised

Dasgupta was arrested in the alleged fake television ratings points case

TRP case: No interim bail for former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta

Dasgupta is former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and an accused in the TRP manipulation case

TRP rigging scam: Court rejects bail plea of Barc's ex-CEO Dasgupta

A local court rejected the bail plea of Partho Dasgupta who was arrested in the alleged manipulation of TRP (television rating points) scam

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

Former CEO of rating agency BARC arrested in alleged TRP scam

The crime branch of Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested a former CEO BARC from Pune district in the fake TRP scam

TRP rigging case: Former operations head of ratings agency BARC arrested

This is the 14th arrest in the case

HC says Sudarshan TV matter pending in SC, refrains from entertaining plea

The Delhi High Court said the issues in the plea challenging the Centre's approval for Sudarshan TV's 'Bindas Bol' programme were already being looked into by the Supreme Court

No legal void to regulate TV news content, Centre tells Bombay HC

There was no void in the existing legal framework on regulating the content broadcast by the electronic media and adequate mechanism existed for the purpose, the Centre told Bombay High Court

TRP scam: Mumbai court grants bail to Fakt Marathi channel owner

A Mumbai court on Thursday granted bail to Fakt Marathi channel owner Shirish Pattanshetty, who was arrested in the alleged fake TRP scam

Fake TRP: Mumbai police scrutinise financial transactions of 5 channels

The Mumbai police have started scrutinising the financial transactions of five channels, which were allegedly involved in fake Television Ratings Points (TRP) scam, an official said on Thursday

Is there mechanism for checking TV news before damage is done: HC asks govt

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Union government if there is any mechanism for checking the content broadcast by news channels before the "damage is done"

BARC suspends ratings of TV news channels for 3 months amid TRP controversy

BARC will continue to release weekly audinece estimates for genre of news by state and language

How real is the change that social media and TV news cacophony exhibits?

The cacophony on TV would have us believe that the character of India has changed, but this narrative too is distorted

Why not have statutory body to regulate TV news content? Bom HC asks

Bombay High Court asked the government why there should not be a statutory body to regulate the content broadcast through television news channels

TRP scam an open secret, but industry seems disinclined to address problem

At stake is the Rs 78,800-crore TV industry revenue (subscription and advertising put together), as estimated by EY as of 2019