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PBSHABD Powers 3,600 Media Outlets with Free Multilingual News Feed
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Storyboard•25-09-2026, 08:49
PBSHABD Powers 3,600 Media Outlets with Free Multilingual News Feed
- •Prasar Bharati's PBSHABD, a free multimedia news-sharing service, now serves 3,600 media organizations, two years after opening its news infrastructure to external users.
- •Launched in March 2024, PBSHABD expanded from the internal Prasar Bharati News Service (PBNS) to provide ready-to-use news content in multiple formats and 15 Indian languages.
- •The service remains free through March 2027, offering round-the-clock news across nearly 50 categories, drawing on Prasar Bharati's nationwide network of over 1,500 reporters.
- •PBSHABD distributes news in five formats—text, video, audio, photographs, and infographics—without subscription fees or credit line requirements, benefiting smaller and regional news organizations.
- •Content undergoes multiple editorial checks for verification, with safeguards against fake material, and Prasar Bharati plans to introduce new product lines and improve delivery with PBSHABD 2.0.
Key Questions Answered
PBSHABD is Prasar Bharati's free multimedia news-sharing service that provides a ready-to-use news feed across multiple formats and languages, currently serving 3,600 media organisations two years after opening its infrastructure to external users.
Registered users do not pay any subscription fees for content downloaded from PBSHABD, with free access currently assured through March 2027.
The platform distributes news content in five formats—text, video, audio, photographs, and infographics—across 15 Indian languages and nearly 50 news categories.
