Television
Barc India gets Dolly Jha as chief of product & research
Mumbai: Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the world’s largest Television Audience measurement body, today announced the appointment of Dolly Jha as its chief of product & research.
Jha is a Postgraduate in Management from IRMA and has an experience of close to three decades across KANTAR, ITC Foods & Nielsen. She comes with a rich experience across Consumer Research, Audience Measurement, Media Analytics, ROI Measurement and Innovation Research.
Jha needs absolutely no introduction neither to the BARC Team nor to the industry at large. Prior to joining BARC India, she has been associated with Nielsen for 13 years where she has held multiple leadership roles. Her last role was as the managing director for Nielsen Media – India. At Nielsen, she led large Audience Measurement Mandates for multiple Industry Bodies. She has also steered the launch of various industry-first solutions in the digital Measurement space in India. She has worked extensively with broadcasters, agencies and publishers and strongly believes in an attitude of collaborative team spirit.
Jha on her appointment said, “I am excited to join BARC India as the chief of product & research. BARC today runs the largest Audience Measurement system in the world. With all the experience behind me, I am looking forward to contributing to BARC by evolving the Measurement further to meet the growing needs of stakeholders.”
Welcoming Jha, BARC India CEO Nakul Chopra said, “It is indeed wonderful that Jha will join the BARC Leadership Team. As the chief of product & research – she will expectedly bring immense value to our eco-system, both from the perspective of working back from our output, to improve input quality and, over time in helping build value added services that will benefit all our subscribers. Both these vital functions are new capabilities that we seek to add to BARC – given her vast experience, I cannot think of a leader more suited to this role. In her stint at Nielsen, Jha has already deep exposure and understanding of what BARC does – I am confident that this will augur for an extremely fulfilling partnership. I warmly welcome her and look forward to working closely with her.”
Reality
Jio bets big on gaming with global reality show push
Good Game India promises Rs 1 crore prize and a hunt for the country’s first gaming superstar
MUMBAI: India’s gaming gold rush just got flashier. Reliance Jio has teamed up with Good Game Group to launch Good Game India, billed as the world’s first as-live global gaming reality show, set to go live in July 2026.
The ambition is sweeping. The show aims to tap into over 500 million young viewers, streaming across platforms including JioHotstar, JioTV and JioGames’ own ecosystem.
Backing the spectacle is a high-profile jury. Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu, cricketer Rishabh Pant and gaming creator Ujjwal Chaurasia will front the show as brand ambassadors and judges, lending mainstream heft to an industry hungry for crossover appeal.
At stake is Rs 1 crore, one of the richest purses in India’s reality-show circuit, alongside a shot at global representation. But this is no ordinary gaming contest. Contestants will be judged not just on skill, but on creativity, content chops and their ability to build communities, a nod to the creator economy reshaping digital entertainment.
The format blends esports-style challenges with in-real-life tasks, layered with fan voting, live interactions and always-on social storytelling. The pitch is clear: gaming is no longer just play, it is performance, influence and commerce rolled into one.
With early traction already building online, Jio’s gamble signals a larger shift. As screens multiply and attention fragments, the battle is no longer for viewers alone, but for creators who can command them. In that race, gaming may well be India’s next big stage.
