About PB-SHABD Platform:
- Prasar Bharati-Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PB-SHABD) was launched in March, 2024.
- It is news feed service from Prasar Bharati, open to media users round the clock.
- Features:
- It gives registered media organisations free, ready-to-use news in text, video, audio, photo and infographic formats.
- It supplies timely, authentic and ready-to-use news content from India and the world.
- Its users are registered media organisations, digital publishers and content creators. Newspapers, news television channels and digital news publishers form the bulk of this base.
- Format and Languages: Under this content is offered in five formats, namely text, video, audio, photographs and infographics and news is provided in 15 Indian languages and under nearly 50 news categories.
- Coverage: Its coverage extends across national, regional and local developments.
- The service is free of cost. Registered users pay no subscription fee for the content they download. Its free access has been assured up to March 2027.
Key Facts about Prasar Bharti:
- It is the Public Service Broadcaster of the country.
- It is a statutory autonomous body established in 1997 under the Prasar Bharati Act 1990.
- Objective: To conduct public broadcasting services intended to inform and entertain the public.
- The corporation works through two constituents, Akashvani and Doordarshan.
- Headquarter: New Delhi
