India’s public sector broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s radio network, All India Radio (AIR) launched an Android app for its news service and YouTube channel for the network.


        AIR will also start live streaming its Urdu Service as well as it music service platform, FM Gold on YouTube.The app that requires basic 2.2 android versions has just 500 plus downloads since its launch on Google Playstore. The user rating of the app is 4.7 as per the 71 reviews it has got.



         The app provides users to read and even to all national and regional language bulletins. The audio news service is available in all languages in which bulletins are broadcast – Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Nepali, Assamese, Malayalam and more. Other special interest programmes are also available like Spotlight, Market Mantra, Sports Scan and Samayiki.

          The union Information and Broadcasting (I & B) minister Manish Tewari said, ‘The integration with mobile applications would address the communication needs of the youth and the audience that followed new technologies. The minister complimented AIR for developing special news based programmes through the Android Applications.’

           The live streaming of AIR Urdu service and FM Gold these two channels will be available on the AIR website.


        The YouTube channel of AIR will initially carry the clips from AIR archives and it will eventually become a full-fledged portal for the entire network.

                     

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