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The Latest Breaking News from Broadcast Audience Research Council

‘Total loss of faith and credibility’: iTV Network pulls out of BARC ratings

iTV Network, which owns news channels like NewsX and India News, has “pulled out” from the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TV audience measurement system with “immediate effect”, Exchange4Media reported yesterday.

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After being asked to remove 10 channels from Free Dish, Zee pulls out of BARC ratings

Zee Media has “pulled out” of the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TV audience measurement system, citing issues with the landing page. As reported by Exchange4Media, this means its channels will no longer be a part of BARC’s viewership coverage.

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‘We are suffering’: Zee pulls out of BARC viewership ratings over landing page issues

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Ditch TV networks that opt out of BARC ratings, ad body tells members

The Indian Society of Advertisers has warned members about advertising with TV networks that have opted out of the Broadcast Audience Research Council, or BARC.

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'Press freedom subverted': NBF writes to I&B minister over BARC 'skewing final data' with 'landing page' views

The freedom of the press is being "subverted" due to the Broadcast Audience Research Council's failure to address the issue of "landing pages" being included in viewership data, according to a June 1 letter from the News Broadcasters Federation to IB minister Anurag Thakur.

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NBDA flags 'unnaturally high growth' in BARC viewership ratings for TV9 Bharatvarsh, Republic Bharat

The News Broadcasters and Digital Association has flagged "glitches" and "irregularities" in viewership ratings released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council, Economic Times reported yesterday.

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DD writes to BARC, I&B to act against 9 Zee channels

Authorities at Doordarshan have written to the Broadcast Audience Research Council to take action against nine channels linked to the Zee network – which have not been allotted slots on the DD Free Dish by Prasar Bharati but are available on free to air set top boxes.

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TV Newsance 164: Kashmir Files propaganda and the sham of BARC ratings

This week, we look at every major news channel running amok with the recently resumed television ratings by the Broadcast Audience Research Council. The clamour around which channel made it to the top was finally settled. Spoiler alert, it’s all of them. Arnab took the cake, of course, with a…

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Suspended since TRP case, BARC to resume news ratings next month

Seventeen months after it suspended data for individual news channels, the Broadcast Audience Research Council on Monday said that it will resume issuing the data on March 17, the Press Trust of India reported.

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Arnab Goswami vs Rajat Sharma: Return of TRPs sparks old rivalry of broadcasters

The currency of India’s boisterous news channels will soon be back in circulation. The Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TRP ratings for the news genre, suspended since October 2020, are expected to resume after an order last week by the ministry of information and broadcasting.

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