In a letter to BARC CEO Nakul Chopra, Avinash Pandey, President of NBDA, contended that the ratings agency's four-week rolling data methodology has been ineffective
In a statement, the ISA has stated that BARC India has introduced an algorithm into its data validation method to remove the impact of the landing page on forced viewership data across channels
As per the TAM data, ad volume of Hindi news channels grew by 1% whereas English news channels witnessed a drop of 8% compared to Hindi and other regional news channels
The September THINK Report analysed ads on TV during the Ganesh Chaturthi week where ad volumes grew 4% compared to the previous four-week average and posted a healthy 28% growth over 2019
In February, Times Network had issued a legal notice to BARC for fraudulent viewership manipulation and tampering of Television Audience Measurement & Television Rating Points
The latest BARC data says that broadcasters across Hindi GECs launched over 20 shows by April 2021, but none could make it to the top ten, barring Super Dancer Chapter 4 on SET
Comparatively, the first 14 matches of IPL 2020 had a cumulative reach of 116 million viewers, and IPL 2019 had a cumulative reach of 101 million viewers for the first 17 matches
Industry experts opine that multiple factors — from pricing to improved consumer sentiments — may be responsible for 2021 starting out on a good note for TV advertising
Five months into the BARC data blackout, smaller news channels have endured losses and some have also disappeared from TV screens in the last four to five months
In a letter written out on Wednesday, the news broadcasters’ body has requested the commission to investigate the “monopoly practice" of BARC India and its impact on FTA news channels in the county