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Guest Column: Does TRP policy ’26 keeps pace with changing paradigm?

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting notified the ‘TV Ratings Policy 2026 – Guidelines for the Regulation of Television Rating Agencies’ on March 27, 2026, replacing guidelines that had governed television audience measurement in India since January 2014. In the intervening 12 years, how India watched televis...


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Govt extends TRP suspension for News Channels

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has extended its directive to withhold Television Rating Points (TRPs) for news channels, asking the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC India) to continue the suspension for another four weeks or until further orders. The move comes amid concerns over sensational and speculative coverage linked...


Mumbai police names Arnab in TRP charge sheet

Mumbai police names Arnab in TRP charge sheet

The Mumbai Police has named senior television journalist Arnab Goswami as an accused in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam in its second chargesheet filed before a Mumbai on Tuesday.

The police's Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), probing the case, submitted the char...