BARC selects Prime Focus Technologies for Play-out Monitoring service

The service will input data into BARC's Audience Measurement System for monitoring content, promos and TVCs across channels.PFT will scan over 400 channels on a daily basis

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | June 4, 2014

Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology subsidiary of Prime Focus Limited, the global leader in media and entertainment industry services, yester announced that the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has contracted it to offer Play-out Monitoring Service to power one of the world's largest audience measurement programs.

PFT's globally proven CLEARMedia ERP platform bolstered with next generation content identification technology and digital services will help automatically generate play-out monitoring reports on a daily basis.

“It is a great honor to be selected by BARC, and we consider it equally a great responsibility towards the industry,” said Ramki Sankaranarayanan, Founder & CEO, Prime Focus Technologies. “India has one of the largest TV ecosystems in the world and the audience measurement system ought to be highly credible. We look forward to working with BARC to help build India's very own, trusted rating service.”

Partho Dasgupta

“With PFT on board we are one step closer to our mission of indigenously building a television audience measurement system that is better than the best in the world,” said Partho Dasgupta, CEO, BARC. “PFT's world class technology, deep understanding of Indian broadcast and advertising industry, and across the board relationships with broadcasters and advertisers as a neutral partner made them the perfect choice for this critical role.”

India has 154 million TV households making it the third largest TV market in the world, next only to China and the US. This will be the first fully digital play-out monitoring service employed directly by the Indian broadcast industry and is scheduled to commence operations in October 2014.

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