MUMBAI: Research on the television rating points The manipulation scam (TRP) has shown that one of the four arrested defendants, Bomapallirao Mistry, had received in the last year a total of more than 1 million rupees in his bank account of between four and five people, said the Mumbai police. …
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The Mumbai criminal branch of the police on Saturday issued a subpoena to Republic TV’s CEO and two COOs for questioning in the bogus TRP scam case, an official said. Earlier in the day, Republic TV CFO Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram and another official, Ghanshyam Singh, decided not to appear before …
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Republic TV Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Shiva Sundaram has written to Mumbai Police stating that he would be available to join investigations into the alleged TRP bogus ratings scam from October 14-15 only and has asked the Mumbai police who do not continue with the investigation until a petition in …
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Republic TV has been accused of manipulating its audience numbers Mumbai: Republic TV CFO Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram is scheduled to appear before Mumbai police today on allegations that the news channel paid people to gamble with its ratings and illegally earn more advertising revenue. Sundaram is the first major Republic …
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Mumbai Police have summoned Republic TV Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Shiva Sundaram, Madison World Founder, President and CEO Sam Balsara, and IPG Mediabrands CEO Shashi Sinha to record their statements regarding with the TRP attachment racket that they claim to have broken. “They have been called upon to register their …
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File photo of the leader of Congress, Shashi Tharoor. The police mentioned Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema in the matter. Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had said that the owners of the three channels involved in the alleged scam had been charged with criminal breach of trust and …
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Republic TV has been accused of manipulating its audience numbers. Mumbai: Republic TV’s chief financial officer was questioned on Saturday by Mumbai police in the investigation of allegations that the television station paid viewers to play its ratings and illegally obtain more advertising revenue, authorities said. Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram is …
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Four people have been arrested, including the owners of Box Channel and Fakt Marathi. Mumbai: After the Mumbai police announced an investigation against Republic TV and two other channels for audience manipulation, a man whose home had a “people meter” to verify the audience revealed that he had received monthly …
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Republic TV is among the three channels investigated for allegedly gaming ratings. New Delhi: Republic TV and two other television channels have been accused of modifying audience ratings to obtain high advertising rates, a procedure that amounts to fraud, Mumbai police announced on Thursday, amid a dispute over coverage of …
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Written by Krishn Kaushik, edited by Explained Desk | Updated: October 8, 2020 11:59:57 pm For PRTs, it doesn’t matter what the entire country is watching, but essentially what the 45,000 households, which are supposed to represent the country’s television audience, have seen. Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said …
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