Monday 24 June 2013

Prasar Bharati may get digital wing

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati may get a digital wing to reach out to the increasing number of Internet and smartphone users, if recommendations of a working group formed by the government are accepted.
The working group has said in addition to television and radio, Prasar Bharati should get a third arm - Prasar Bharati Digital - to connect with new age users. 

Officials said the government had earlier appointed an expert committee headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda to examine the functioning of Prasar Bharati, which then created 11 working groups to examine various aspects of the public broadcaster. 
One of these working groups, which was headed by Pankaj Pachauri, communications advisor in the PMO, had suggested creation of Prasar Bharati Digital, sources said.
The sub-committee is learnt to have recommended that Prasar Bharati's digital wing should be authentic, accessible and a highly interactive platform. 
Prasar Bharati Digital should in due course launch mobile apps to disseminate and popularise its content on smartphones, the sub-panel on new media has recommended.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/2651-prasar-bharati-may-get-digital-wing.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/2651-prasar-bharati-may-get-digital-wing.html

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