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 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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Mumbai police arrested two TV channel owners, while the directors and promoters of the third channel, Republic TV, will be investigated for alleged tampering with TV rating points or TRP. “The arrested defendants are owners of the Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema channels, while the directors and promoters of Republic …
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Noting that there is a need for a mechanism or metric to measure popularity, the Union’s minister of information and broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, said on Wednesday that the current TRP-oriented TV or program rating point system needs a rethinking. TRP is a tool that is used to collect data on …
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