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MUMBAI: Disney Star, official television broadcaster of TATA IPL, registered a cumulative reach of 307 million (30.7 crore) viewers for the first ten matches of the 2023 edition of world cricket's richest annual tournament, the network announced Thursday.  

The broadcaster further declared that it has garnered 23% more viewers compared to the previous IPL edition. This reach happens to be the second-highest ever in IPL history (other than IPL editions during Covid). 

May 17, 2022 10:05
MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council India has appointed Bavan Matthews as head of People Operations and Ashish Gupta as BARC's chief financial officer. Matthews joined the audience measurement body in March, e4m reports. Prior to BARC, he was with Kantar South Asia as a human resource business partner. 
Oct 23, 2020 18:10
MUMBAI: At the halfway mark of the ongoing Indian Premier League, a total of 361 million viewers have watched 32 matches in the first four weeks of the IPL between 19 September and 16 October, with total viewing minutes standing at 233.9 billion.
Oct 23, 2020 13:10
The latest BARC figures show that the first 32 matches of IPL 2020 in the first four weeks (Week 38-41) have been watched by 361 million viewers.  Data provided by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India further says that the total viewing minutes for the ongoing IPL season stands at 233.9 billion.
Sep 22, 2020 18:09
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League 2020's opening fixture  between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings on September 19 saw an unprecedented 200 million tuning in, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah has asserted. Shah cites ratings data provided by BARC to assert that total viewership on the Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar streaming platform came up to 200 million. 
May 15, 2019 17:05
MUMBAI: Audience measurement agencies BARC (India), Médiamétrie (France), Numeris (Canada) and Video Research (Japan) have collaborated to form the Global Alliance for the Measurement of Media Audiences (GAMMA). Brad Bedford, a veteran audience measurement executive, has been appointed Global managing director of GAMMA.
Apr 04, 2019 18:04
MUMBAI: The 12th edition of the VIVO IPL has delivered a "historical" opening week both in terms of reach and viewership, host broadcaster Star India, distilling BARC data, asserts.
Dec 05, 2018 13:12
MUMBAI: Although football is still far off to be compared to cricket’s position as the top sport in the country, 498 million viewers from across the country watched the beautiful game on television in 2018 as compared to 741 million tuning in for cricket. This is an all-time record for Indian television for football.
Oct 31, 2018 16:10
MUMBAI: The VIVO Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) hasn’t got off to the best of starts in terms of viewership in its first 24 matches this season. According to BARC India’s report, in 2017, 344.7 million people in the country tuned into the Star TV Network to watch the matches, as compared to 237.2 million people this year, a massive drop of 107.5 million.
Oct 25, 2018 13:10
MUMBAI: The Indian cricket season running parallel with the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament and the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League has done wonders for Star Sports as it attracted the maximum reach in the sports genre in Week 41, according to BARC’s weekly report.
Sep 28, 2018 12:09
MUMBAI: India’s matches at the Asia Cup 2018 in the UAE ensured that Star Sports, the tournament’s official broadcaster topped the television charts as per BARC India’s Week 38 data.