Senior television industry executives told e4m that the withdrawal was driven by a combination of legal setbacks and increasing industry pressure to restore certainty to the TV measurement ecosystem

Imran Fazal Jul 29, 2026 9:57 AM

The federation reserves liberty to file a fresh writ petition on the same or similar cause of action

Tasmayee Laha Roy Jul 29, 2026 8:09 AM

The decision removes the interim roadblock that had kept the provision in abeyance since May 22 and marks a significant victory for the Centre and BARC

Imran Fazal Jul 24, 2026 11:35 AM

The petitioners further argued that the Centre had failed to justify why existing safeguards developed by the BARC were insufficient

Imran Fazal Jul 13, 2026 5:13 PM

BARC also urged the MIB to withdraw its directive barring charges to news broadcasters during the TRP blackout, stating that the ratings suspension should not halt subscription fee collection

Imran Fazal Jul 1, 2026 6:22 PM

AIDCF has already filed its counter submissions opposing the Centre's plea seeking vacation of the interim order granted by the court

Imran Fazal Jun 19, 2026 3:00 PM

MIB has filed an affidavit in response to a petition by AIDCF and DEN Networks challenging the validity of the provision that excludes landing page-generated viewership from TV rating calculations

Imran Fazal Jun 6, 2026 9:58 AM

The petition contends the blanket exclusion of landing page viewership ignores technological realities & existing safeguards, and said it was neither technically justified nor operationally feasible

Imran Fazal May 26, 2026 8:49 AM

The association fears that MIB will have the unbridled power to regulate news content based on whimsical interpretation of terms like ' obscene', 'anti-national' and ' good taste' in Rules 6 and 7

Javed Farooqui Jul 19, 2021 8:28 AM