: TRP scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 32 crore of three television channels #IndiaNEWS The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday attached assets worth about Rs 32 crore of three Maharashtra-based TV

TRP scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 32 crore of three television channels #IndiaNEWS
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday attached assets worth about Rs 32 crore of three Maharashtra-based TV channels in the alleged Television Rating Points, or TRP, scam.“Television channels namely Fakt Marathi, Box Cinema and Maha Movie had entered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat and commit the offence of criminal breach of trust, forgery in order to gain wrongfully by manipulating TRPs of these television channels,??? said the Enforcement Directorate. “Thus, by fraudulently enhancing the TRP ratings, these channels have garnered enhanced advertisement revenue.???In a statement, the central agency said that the properties attached were in the form of land and commercial and residential units in Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram and Indore besides some bank deposits.The agency claimed that “in two of these channels just 5 compromised households were contributing to approximately 25% of the viewership of Mumbai for the relevant period and for the third channel, 5 compromised households were contributing to about 12% of viewership of Mumbai???.In November, the ED had filed a money laundering case against the channels after studying a Mumbai Police’s first information report on the alleged manipulation of TRPs.The TRP scamA fake TRP racket was uncovered in October when the Broadcast Audience Research Council filed a complaint through Hansa Research Group – one of BAR@?&??[??????XY[?H

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