Ratings must remain suspended till BARC addresses concerns: NBA

In the wake of purported WhatsApp conversations between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) head Partho Dasgupta emerging in the public domain, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) on Monday said ratings of television news channels should remain suspended till the TV ratings agency takes action to address concerns and shares details of it with the stakeholders.

In a statement, the Rajat Sharma-headed NBA said it is “shocked to see hundreds of WhatsApp messages that have been exchanged between BARC India’s former CEO — Partho Dasgupta — and Arnab Goswami, Managing Director, ARG Outlier Media Pvt. Ltd”.