{"id":21505,"date":"2026-09-24T12:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21505"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:31:07","slug":"pb-shabd-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pb-shabd-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"PBSHABD Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>About PBSHABD Platform<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prasar Bharati-Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PB-SHABD) was launched in <\/span><b>March, 2024.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a news<\/span><b> feed service from Prasar Bharati, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">open to media users round the clock.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of PBSHABD Platform<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gives <\/span><b>registered media organisations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> free, ready-to-use news in text, video, audio, photo and infographic formats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supplies timely, authentic and ready-to-use news content <\/span><b>from India and the world.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its users are <\/span><b>registered media organisations, digital publishers and content creators.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Newspapers, news television channels and digital news publishers form the bulk of this base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Format and Languages:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Under this <\/span><b>content is offered in five formats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, namely text, video, audio, photographs and infographics and news is provided in 15 Indian languages and under nearly 50 news categories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Coverage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It extends across national, regional and local developments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The service is free of cost. Registered <\/span><b>users pay no subscription fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the content they download. Its free access has been <\/span><b>assured up to March 2027.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Prasar Bharti<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>Public Service Broadcaster of the country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>statutory autonomous body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established in 1997 under the <\/span><b>Prasar Bharati Act 1990.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To conduct public broadcasting services intended to inform and entertain the public.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The corporation works through two constituents<\/span><b>, Akashvani and Doordarshan.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2314239&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBSHABD Platform is a news feed service from Prasar Bharati, open to media users round the clock. 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