<p>Mumbai Police arrested Republic Media Network's CEO Vikas Khanchandani, in connection with the ongoing TRP scam case on Sunday.</p>.<p>Khanchandani is the 13th person to be arrested in the alleged fake ratings scam in which at least three television channels including Republic TV were named by the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police.</p>.<p>Khanchandani is likely to be produced before a holiday court.</p>.<p>Mumbai Police said that it was found after investigations that Republic TV claimed to have the highest TV ratings, and it was influencing its own ratings to charge more for advertising by bribing households where the monitoring machines are set up. </p>.<p>The police began a probe into the alleged scam after ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Agency about rigging of TRP by some channels.</p>.<p>TRP, measured by recording viewership data at sample households, is crucial for attracting advertisers.</p>.<p>The BARC engaged Hansa to install and maintain barometers which record TV viewership data at sample households.</p>.<p>It was alleged that some of these families were being bribed to tune into certain channels to ramp up their TRP.</p>.<p>In a charge sheet filed recently, the police alleged that an official of Hansa paid money to sample households to tune into Box Cinema, Fakt Marathi, Maha Movie and Republic TV.<br /><br /><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
<p>Mumbai Police arrested Republic Media Network's CEO Vikas Khanchandani, in connection with the ongoing TRP scam case on Sunday.</p>.<p>Khanchandani is the 13th person to be arrested in the alleged fake ratings scam in which at least three television channels including Republic TV were named by the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police.</p>.<p>Khanchandani is likely to be produced before a holiday court.</p>.<p>Mumbai Police said that it was found after investigations that Republic TV claimed to have the highest TV ratings, and it was influencing its own ratings to charge more for advertising by bribing households where the monitoring machines are set up. </p>.<p>The police began a probe into the alleged scam after ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Agency about rigging of TRP by some channels.</p>.<p>TRP, measured by recording viewership data at sample households, is crucial for attracting advertisers.</p>.<p>The BARC engaged Hansa to install and maintain barometers which record TV viewership data at sample households.</p>.<p>It was alleged that some of these families were being bribed to tune into certain channels to ramp up their TRP.</p>.<p>In a charge sheet filed recently, the police alleged that an official of Hansa paid money to sample households to tune into Box Cinema, Fakt Marathi, Maha Movie and Republic TV.<br /><br /><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
