{"id":28181,"date":"2024-11-23T01:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28181"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:51:06","slug":"waves-ott-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/waves-ott-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"WAVES OTT Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About WAVES OTT Platform:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Waves is a digital platform <strong>developed by Prasar Bharati.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It aims to cater to India\u2019s growing demand for streaming services.<\/li>\n<li>It offers a wide range of content, including live TV, video on demand, games, radio streaming, and e-commerce options via the ONDC network. Its offerings include:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On-demand content:<\/strong> Movies, shows, ebooks, and historical visuals<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live events:<\/strong> Religious programmes, cricket tournaments, and other big events<\/li>\n<li>Games: Suitable for all age groups<\/li>\n<li>Online Shopping options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Currently, the app provides access to around 65 live channels, including private broadcasters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is an over-the-top (OTT) platform?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It refers to any streaming service that <strong>delivers content through wireless internet<\/strong>. OTT bypasses traditional forms of media consumption, such as cable or set-top boxes.<\/li>\n<li>Key features of OTT platforms include on-demand access, flexible subscription models, cross-device availability, and personalized content recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Prasar Bharati?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the Public Service Broadcaster of the country. It is a statutory autonomous body established in 1997 under the Prasar Bharati Act. Its objective is to conduct public broadcasting services intended to inform and entertain the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/companies\/news\/prasar-bharati-s-new-ott-waves-brings-back-tv-nostalgia-here-s-how-124112200355_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prasar Bharati&#8217;s new OTT &#8216;Waves&#8217; brings back TV nostalgia: Here&#8217;s how<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAVES OTT Platform aims to cater to India\u2019s growing demand for streaming services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}