Prasar Bharati's PB-SHABD news-sharing service completes a year; free access extended till March 2026
Prasar Bharati announced on 13 March 2025 that PB-SHABD, its shared news feed launched in March 2024, will remain free for media organisations till March 2026.
Summary
Prasar Bharati–Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PB-SHABD), launched in March 2024, provides logo-free daily news in video, audio, text and photo formats to media organisations. On completing a year, Prasar Bharati said on 13 March 2025 that access will stay free till March 2026, helping smaller outlets. PB-SHABD offers more than 1,000 stories a day across over 50 categories, drawing on over 1,500 reporters, correspondents and stringers and 60 round-the-clock edit desks, plus access to DD and AIR archives.
Key facts
- Service
- PB-SHABD (Prasar Bharati–Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination)
- Launched
- March 2024
- Free till
- March 2026
- Scale
- 1,000+ stories/day, 50+ categories, 1,500+ reporters
Practice MCQs 1 questions
PB-SHABD, whose free access was extended till March 2026, is a service of which organisation?
Show answer
Correct answer: D — Prasar Bharati
PB-SHABD (Prasar Bharati–Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination) is Prasar Bharati's shared news feed, launched in March 2024.