Republic Bharat TV

R. Bharat, officially Republic Bharat is an Indian Hindi-language news channel, launched on 2 February 2019. Arnab Goswami is the owner and Editor-in-chief of Republic Bharat TV.[2] It is also available on DD Free Dish.[3] It is a sister channel of Republic TV which broadcasts news primarily in English.

Republic Bharat
Country India
Broadcast areaWorldwide[1]
NetworkBroadcast television and online
SloganRashtra Ke Naam (ISO)
transl. In the name of the nation
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s)Hindi
Picture formatHD
4320p 8K UHD
Ownership
Owner
Key peopleArnab Goswami
Sister channelsRepublic TV
Republic Bangla
History
Launched2 February 2019 (2019-02-02)
Links
WebsiteRepublic Bharat
Availability
Cable
DENChannel no 305
GTPL CableChannel no 233
HathwayChannel no 199
Siti CableChannel no 301
Asianet Digital (India)Channel no 519
Satellite
Airtel (India)Channel no 316
DD Free Dish (India)Channel no 175
Tata Sky (India)Channel no 521
d2h (India)Channel no 311
Streaming media
Republic Bharat liveLive TV
YouTubeRepublic Bharat

History

Republic Bharat was officially launched on 2 February 2019 with slogan 'Rashtra Ke Naam'.[4][5] Soon after the launch of the channel, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) received three complaints against the channel alleging that the channel was violating TRAI's broadcast sector regulations. The complaint was filed by TV Today network which owns Aaj Tak, India TV and TV18. According to the complaint, Republic Bharat had declared its genre as Hindi news, but it was being added in additional genres. This was seen as a deliberate attempt to illegally garner higher BARC ratings and increase viewership.[6]

As of 2 October 2020, according to BARC, Republic Bharat has the highest TV viewership among all Hindi news channels of India with 206861K weekly impressions.[7]

In 2020 Mumbai Police initiated an investigation into the TRP manipulation scam of the channel after a complaint was filed that some channels were fraudulently inflating their viewership ratings. The police conducted an audit into the accounts of the ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd accounts. It showed that the TRPs (TV rating points) and viewership of Republic Bharat, were high from the first month of its launch in 2016. With an inflated TRP ARG Outlier Media (the company which owns Republic TV and Republic Bharat) was able to bargain for higher revenue from advertisers.[8]

Availability

India

Republic Bharat was launched in India on 2 February 2019 through various satellite and cable platforms.[9]

United Kingdom

Republic Bharat launched in the United Kingdom through the Sky platform on August 15. The channel is available on channel number 708.[10] Republic Bharat has a separate UK beam with locally curated programs and events.[11] in May 2020, Republic Bharat topped with a share of 0.04% of UK TV viewership in the Indian news genre.[12] Republic Bharat's strongest time band has emerged to be between 21:00 and midnight in the UK.[13] [14]

Republic Bharat, the Hindi news channel arm of Republic TV, was fined 20,000 pounds (approximately Rs 19.73 lakh) by the United Kingdom’s communications regulator Office of Communications on 22 December 2020 for broadcasting content that involved "offensive language", "hate speech" and "abusive or derogatory treatment of individuals, groups, religions or communities". Republic Bharat has also been asked to air an apology on the channel.[15] Between 26 February and 9 April the channel had broadcast an apology in Hindi and English 280 times, at all hours of the day.[16]

References
  1. "Republic's Hindi channel R.Bharat starts broadcasting in UK". Republic. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. "Shamsher Singh to head Republic TV's soon-to-be-launched Hindi channel - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. "Prasar Bharati sells 40 DD Free Dish slots for Rs 394.49 cr under new policy - TelevisionPost: Latest News, India's Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI". Televisionpost.com. 15 February 2019.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "MIB grants six new TV licences in non-news category - TelevisionPost: Latest News, India's Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI". Televisionpost.com. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  6. "Is Republic Bharat flouting TRAI regulations for TRPs?". Newslaundry. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. "BARC India". Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. Ali, Ahmed (15 December 2020). "Republic's TRPs high from 1st month, used to get revenue: Cops | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. "Republic Bharat Fined £20,000 By UK Communications Regulator Ofcom". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  10. "Republic Media Network expands global operations, launches in UK - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. Puri, Rahul (14 August 2019). "Republic Media Network expands its global operations, launches in the UK". Agency Reporter. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  12. Baddhan, Raj (20 May 2020). "Overnights: Republic Bharat stays strong on Tuesday in UK". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  13. Baddhan, Raj (29 May 2020). "Overnights: Republic Bharat rules Indian news genre again in UK". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  14. "Arnab Goswami's programme fined 20,000 pounds by UK broadcast regulator". Scoll.in. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  15. "UK Media Watchdog Fines Arnab's Republic Bharat £20,000 for 'Hate Speech Against Pakistanis'". The Wire (India). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  16. "Report by Office of Communications" (PDF). ofcom.org.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2020.


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