Disappointed at misrepresentation of its communication by Republic TV: BARC

Disappointed at misrepresentation of its communication by Republic TV: BARC

New Delhi: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Sunday (October 18) mentioned that it’s extremely upset with the actions of the Republic Network by disclosing non-public and confidential communications and misrepresenting the identical. 

“BARC India has not commented on the ongoing investigation and it is providing necessary assistance to the law enforcement agency. BARC India is highly disappointed with the actions of the Republic Network by disclosing private and confidential communications and misrepresenting the same,” learn an official assertion.

The assertion added that the BARC India reiterates that it has not commented on the continued investigation and with out prejudice to BARC India’s rights, it expresses its dismay on the actions of the Republic Network.

Earlier on October 15, BARC had introduced a short lived suspension of weekly rankings of reports channels throughout languages within the wake of the pretend Television Rating Points (TRP) rip-off. 

They mentioned that the council would assessment and increase the present requirements of measurement to enhance on “statistical robustness”, and the train will lead to a “pause” within the weekly rankings for as much as 12 weeks. 

“In the light of the recent developments, BARC Board has proposed that it’s technical committee review and augment the current standards of measuring and reporting the data of niche genres, to improve their statistical robustness and to significantly hamper the potential attempts of infiltrating the panel homes,” an official assertion mentioned.

As per just a few experiences, the Mumbai Police has to date arrested six folks for allegedly influencing specific channels’ rankings by inducing the houses which fashioned the pattern dimension which was being monitored to find out the rankings. 

 

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