Mumbai: Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor's food and lifestyle channel FoodFood is set to go live on Prasar Bharati’s free-to-air DTH service DD Free Dish from 1 April. With this development, FoodFood becomes the only speciality channel to be made available on the largest DTH platform of the country reaching over 40 million households, said the statement. “FoodFood has always been... 

In Week 10 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, Star Maa bagged the top spot in the across genre category with 2541.6 (000) AMA. Sun TV slipped one spot down and stood at the second position with 2435.4 (000) AMA. Star Plus shifted one spot up and claimed the 3rd position with 2373.94 (000) AMA. Star Utsav dropped to 4th position with 2193.61 (000) AMA. Dhinchaak retained its 5th spot with 1734.36 (000) AMA followed by Star Vijay at the 6th spot with 1609.13 (000) AMA. Sony Sab took a leap from 9th spot to 7th spot with 1507.11 (000) AMA as compared to week 9. Star Pravah with 1497.25 (000) AMA retained its 8th spot. Colors with 1479.37 (000) AMA at the 9th spot and Zee TV with 1476.35 (000) AMA at the 10th spot were the two new entrants in the top 10 chart.

BARC India has resumed the data for the news genre and released the ratings for Wk 6 to Wk 10 of 2022. The data from Week 6 to Week 9 has been released for eight Hindi news channels that opted in for the historic data.

BARC has published an updated policy for release of a channel's viewership data ahead of the resumption of news data. The updated policy states that ratings agency needs at least 4 to 8 weeks to perform technical checks and data validation before releasing a channel's data publicly.

With the Broadcasters Audience Research Council (BARC) India all set to come out with news viewership data today after a gap of 17 months, the TV news industry has mixed feelings about the resumption of ratings. Most news channels are feeling a sense of trepidation as they are unsure where they will stand on the viewership table.

BARC India has released the ratings for the news genre after 17 months. The ratings were released today for the period of Week 6 to Week 10 barring NDTV channels.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has taken action against 15 TV channels since 2019 by prohibiting transmission for varying period of time. The ministry has also blocked 56 YouTube-based news channels and their social media accounts for public access during 2021-2022.

This information was provided by I&B minister Anurag Thakur in the Lok Sabha while responding to questions from MPs.

Aaj Tak has again occupied the top spot across YT Live. On March 10, during the counting hours when the entire nation was glued to the election results from UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, Aaj Tak remained the most searched keyword across Google.

Days before the return of ratings for the news genre, the News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) has told BARC India that it will review the changes introduced by the rating agency after three months to ensure that the data is transparent.

Even as the M&E industry is abuzz with chatter about the Supreme Court taking up the landing page matter issue soon, there are varied opinions about the efficacy of landing pages.