New Delhi: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Sunday (October 18) said that it was very disappointed in the actions of the Republic Network in disclosing private and confidential communications and misrepresenting them.
“BARC India has not commented on the ongoing investigation and is providing the necessary assistance to the law enforcement agency. BARC India is very disappointed in the actions of the Republic Network in disclosing private and confidential communications and misrepresenting them.” read in an official statement. .
The statement added that BARC India reiterates that it has not commented on the ongoing investigation and without prejudice to BARC India’s rights, expresses its dismay at Republic Network’s actions.
Previously, on October 15, BARC had announced a temporary suspension of weekly ratings for news channels in all languages in the wake of the fake TV Rating Points (TRP) scam.
They said the council will review and increase current measurement standards to improve “statistical robustness,” and the exercise will result in a “pause” in weekly ratings for up to 12 weeks.
“In light of recent developments, the BARC Board has proposed that its technical committee review and increase current standards for measuring and reporting niche genre data, to improve their statistical robustness and significantly hamper potential attempts to infiltrate panel houses. “an official statement said.
According to some reports, the Mumbai police have so far arrested six people for allegedly influencing the ratings of particular channels by inducing the houses that made up the sample size that was being monitored to determine the ratings.
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