Controversial news anchor Arnab Goswami바카라s Republic TV and two other media channels are being probed for allegedly inflating their viewership by bribing households in Mumbai, police said on Thursday, exposing the murky underbelly of the cut-throat world of electronic media in India.
Two people have been arrested, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said at a press conference, adding that one of them is a former employee of an agency that installed 바카라people metres바카라 used to measure viewership.
TV viewership바카라called the Television Rating Point or TRP바카라is measured through a complex system that involves installing a device that can detect which channel was on in households during a particular period of time. More viewership means more revenue as advertisers go to channels that grab maximum eyeballs.
The Mumbai Police chief said these channels바카라including Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema바카라paid Rs 400-500 to households to keep their channels on.
바카라The biggest name to emerge is Republic TV. Republic TV employees admitted to manipulation...The directors and promoters of Republic TV are being investigated for rating fraud,바카라 said Singh. They will be investigated for cheating and breach of trust and the bank accounts of these channels will be examined, he added. Some reports said few Republic TV employees have admitted to tampering with TRPs.Â
 In a statement put out its Republic TV바카라s official Twitter handle, Arnab Goswami denied the allegations as 바카라baseless바카라 and said the channel will sue the Mumbai Police Commissioner for 바카라criminal defamation바카라. 바카라He should issue a public apology or get ready to face us in court,바카라 the statement added.
 Goswami, loved and reviled in equal measure for his shrill style of anchoring, had taken on the Mumbai Police over the Sushant Singh Rajput death case and accused it of hushing up what he said was "murder" of the young Bollywood anchor. An AIIMS panel asked by the CBI to analyse the findings has, however, ruled out murder and said the Rajput, 34, killed himself.
