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October 20, 2020
Research:
Lessons From Paneer: Quality Of News Channels
How do you measure anything qualitatively, when, almost by definition, there seeps in large doses of subjectivity in the judging?
April 2, 2020
News:
Melt Update | 2nd April | Hindustan Unilever Drags Reckitt Benckiser To Bombay High Court & MORE
In other news, SoftBank Group terminates $3 billion tender offer to acquire WeWork.
November 22, 2019
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Melt In A Minute | Twitter Rolls Out ‘Hide Replies’ Tool, Star India Posts 30% Jump In Revenue For FY18-19 & MORE
From Twitter rolling out ‘Hide Replies’ to Dream11 spending more than 785 crore rupees on advertising and promotions during the fiscal year 18-19, here are the top news of the day:
June 14, 2019
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Melt In A Minute | BARC Resumes Outlier Exclusion & MORE
From BARC resuming outlier exclusion to Star India raking in ad revenue of Rs 25-30 crore for the upcoming India vs Pakistan match, here are the top stories of the day:
December 12, 2018
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Melt TV | Episode 08 | BARC, Data, And The CMO
"Only 5% of BARC's data and services are being used by the marketer."
May 7, 2018
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12 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With BARC Data
For advertisers, it is of prime importance to understand viewership numbers and data in order to know where to invest. However, a lot of advertisers are not even aware what all they can do with the data released by BARC India. Here’s what you get if you scratch below the surface!
November 21, 2017
Media:
There’s An Acute Shortage Of TV Inventory, Not A Glut
How valuable is your inventory? Anant Rangaswami answers.
August 4, 2017
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Burning Issues: “BARC-ing up the wrong tree?” Republic TV and how BARC India works
Let’s face it. You may like him. Or you may not. But you CAN’T ignore him.Yes. I am talking about Arnab Goswami, once the mascot of Times Now’s brand of aggressive journalism, and now the face of Republic TV. For the past month or so, he had promised to return to our TV screens soon, and all the ads we saw gave the impression of an impending storm. And boy, did the storm arrive! But if you had thought the noise would be limited to TV newsrooms, well, think again!
May 19, 2017
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Burning Issues: “Leaky T(A)RP? I don’t think so.” Of TV Audience Measurement in India
When BARC was born and heralded a new era in television audience measurement in India, marketers heaved a sigh of relief. They look forward to a stable measurement regime based on which they could allocate their AdEx spends with a considerably greater degree of confidence. As we witness the battle between the English news channels and BARC, it is apparent that BARC is structurally weak, allowing disgruntled elements to withdraw their watermark on a whim or a fancy. Let’s take a look at what the experts have to say in Burning Issues, a series where we look at pressing issues within media & marketing in India.