About PB-SHABD
- Prasar Bharti – Shared Audio Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PB-SHABD) platform has been designed to provide daily news feeds in video, audio, text, photo and other formats to the subscribers from media landscape.
- It is powered by the vast network of Prasar Bharati reporters, correspondents and stringers, the service would bring you the latest news from different parts of the country.
- It will be a single point source of news content for all organizations.
- SHABD service is being offered free of cost for the first year as an introductory offer and will provide news stories in all major Indian languages across fifty categories.
- The shared feeds can be used for customized storytelling across different platforms.
- As an introductory offer, the services would be available free of cost and help the smaller newspapers, TV channels and digital portals immensely.
What is 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.
- Objective: To conduct public broadcasting services intended to inform and entertain the public.
- It comprises the Doordarshan Television Network and All India Radio, which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- Headquarter: New Delhi
Q1) What is the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)?
It is an independent self-regulatory body set up by the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF) in June 2011.The primary role of the BCCC is to implement self-regulatory guidelines for non-news channels, including general entertainment channels, kid’s channels, and special interest channels.
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