Exactly one week after the Mumbai police announced that they had busted a scam to manipulate TRP’s ratings and increase the advertising revenue of Republic TV and two Marathi channels, the Broadcast Audiences Research Council (BARC) on Thursday paused its weekly rating for all news channels for the next three …
Read More »TV News Self-Regulation Requires Strengthening, Supreme Court Says
The existing mechanism governing media self-regulation is ineffective and must be strengthened so that media freedom is not used to the detriment of human dignity, the Supreme Court observed on Friday, making an exception to the content of a television show. Bindas Bol, broadcast by Sudarshan News. A three-judge bench …
Read More »Delhi High Court issues notice to Center, Prasar Bharati and NBA on statement by actor Rakul Preet Singh
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to I&B ministry, Prasar Bharati, the Association of News Broadcasters (NBA) and the Press Council of India (PCI) on Thursday after actor Rakul Preet Singh moved to court. claiming a ‘media trial’ over reports that she was named by fellow actor Rhea Chakraborty …
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