TRP Ratings Are Changing in 2026: How India Counts Viewers

TRP ratings decide which shows survive — they're built from a tiny metered sample, not your remote

BARC currently measures ~210 million TV homes using just 55,000+ panel households with BAR-O-meters

From September 2026, India gets unified TV + OTT ratings under a new government policy

The panel is being scaled to 80,000 homes now, with a long-term target of 1.2 lakh

Landing-page tricks that inflated channel numbers are banned from 30 May 2026

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