Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Smt. Punita Bawa, Chandigarh got Award
Smt. Punita
Bawa, Chandigarh got Commendation Award
from Chandigarh
Administration.
Smt. Punita bawa is well
educated woman & Music Lecturer in a school at Chandigarh. She is also
writer who have written three books in Hindi, two poetry & one is of short
stories. She is amateur artist & participating with the programmes of All
India Radio & Doordarshan. Besides this, she is also associated with many
reputed Non Govt. Organizations (N.G.O.). On the basis of her participation in the field
of Art & Culture, she has got ‘Commendation Award’ from Chandigarh
Administration, U.T. Chandigarh during Republic Day 2015. May she live long by
the grace of ‘GOD’. Her husband Sh. Arun Bawa, is working with All India Radio in Technical line.
Friday, April 24, 2015
TV channels directly on their smartphones
Doordarshan looks to offer
TV channels on smartphones; Prasar Bharati writes to I&B ministry with
blueprints.Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is experimenting with a pilot
project to let people watch TV channels directly on their smartphones, without
using Internet or telecom broadband, in an ambitious attempt to reach the
largest number of audience ever.
"When the world was
moving from terrestrial to satellite, Doordarshan was only moving backward. Now
the only way to leapfrog is to use the existing infrastructure along with new
technologies," Jawahar Sircar, CEO at Prasar Bharati, told ET.
To begin with, Prasar
Bharati plans to create a bouquet of around 20 free-to-air channels, including
top DD channels and some popular free-to-air channels operated by big private
broadcasters.The idea is to catch the new age on-the-go viewers who are
spending a lot of time on smartphones and tablets. According to Sircar, Prasar
Bharati just needs to upgrade its existing infrastructure to achieve this goal.
There are a large number of
installed transmitters that can be used to send digital signals directly to a
device through an external dongle or an inbuilt chip designed specially to do
so, he said.
"Each viewer will be
able to view the content through a dongle attached to a hand-held device, which
ultimately could be inbuilt into their system by hardware manufacturers like
Samsung, Apple, Microsoft and HCL, as was done for FM radio channels,"
said Sircar.
Prasar Bharati has written
to the governing ministry of information and broadcasting with a blueprint of
the plan and is currently doing in-house tests from its transmitters in Delhi
using imported dongles.
As per the plan, viewers
will be able to get, in one single broadcast service, about 20 TV channels and
20 radio channels. These will be free to air and free for life. No dish, no
internet and no set-top box required.These broadcasts would be available over a
large geographical area covered by the transmitters larger than the coverage of
current terrestrial transmissions of DD.
Experts said the plan is
very ambitious and has its own set of limitations. But, if it works, it could
have far-reaching implications."This can work only if the technology is
outstanding and unique from what's already available," said Timmy
Kandhari, a senior media expert and managing director of Mumbai-based advisory
firm Sapphire Professional Services.
He said there could be
hardware issues. "Many phones like iPhones don't even have a provision to
use a dongle," Kandhari said, adding, "And private broadcasters are
already creating their own platforms for smartphones."Commenting on
marketing and advertising potential, Maxus India's managing partner Navin
Khemka said unless the content is unique, it will be difficult to attract
attention of smartphone users.
"Doordarshan has
traditionally worked in what we call the media-dark regions where the
traditional media cannot work. And the population of smartphones users in such
areas is still very low," Khemka said.Sircar of Prasar Bharati, however,
said the new system will be far more efficient than the existing analogue
superstructure.
Comparing DD's technology
with the one used by telecom operators to stream video and audio content, he
said the need for spectrum would not be linked to the number of users, unlike
the 4G services."The DTT (digital terrestrial television) technology is in
a position to compete successfully against OTT (over-the-top technology) and
meet the target of seamless streaming into over 200 million smartphones and
tablets," Sircar said. The number of smart-devices users in India is much more
than the 180 million TV homes currently.
Financially, the project has
to be self-funded, Sircar said. The plan is to charge private broadcasters to
have their free-to-air channels part of the proposed bouquet."They will
get the reach and Prasar Bharati will get funds, which will be ploughed back
into the system to improve content quality and other upgradations," he
said without sharing the exact timeline for the launch of the service.The
broadcaster also plans to leave it to private broadcasters to market and
generate advertising revenues.
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A Parliamentary Standing Committee has said
that the Government should take all necessary steps to encourage the
Community Radio Movement in India by simplifying the existing procedures and
launching awareness campaigns.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Information Technology, which also examines issues linked to Information and
Broadcasting, is of the view that the I&B Ministry, being the sole
authority responsible for spread of Community Radio Movement, should
coordinate with the Ministries/Agencies concerned for early clearances of
pending applications so that Community Radio services can reach out fast
across the country. The Committee noted in a recent report that the scheme
namely "Supporting Community Radio Movement in India" has been
introduced in the Twelfth Plan to strengthen community radio movement in
India and providing financial support to the Community Radio Stations.
The size of the scheme is Rs 100 crore, under
the component Community Radio Support Scheme (CRSS) for providing support to
at least 100 new CRS and 30 existing CRS every year. The scheme has two
components: the Community Radio Support Scheme (CRSS) and the IEC Activities
for Community Radio. The Committee noted that the Ministry has already issued
398 permissions to set up CRS; out of them, 176 have started broadcasting,
while 205 Grant of Permission Agreements (GOPA) have been signed.
According to the Ministry, 289 applications are
pending consideration for (GOPA) at various stages. The Committee observed
that Community Radio provides an opportunity to the community to speak about
issues concerning their lives, besides playing a crucial role in creating
awareness and contributing to the development of the people as a whole.
Community Radio Stations have also helped communities during calamities and
natural disasters. The Committee therefore said there was huge potential for
establishing a large number of Community Radio Stations in India, given the
vast landscape, numerous languages, diverse cultures, etc.
Source & Credit:-
http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/radio/communityradio/parliamentary-committee-wants-govt-take-strong-steps-help-community-radio-150421
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Ramesh Kapoor Chandigarh got award
Sh. Ramesh Kapoor, Senior
Announcer, All India Radio, Chandigarh got Award.
Sh. Ramesh kapoor is Senior Announcer at All India
Radio, Chandigarh. Prior to this, he was working at All India Radio, Jalandhar
(Punjab). His wife Smt. Kulveer is also working as Senior Announcer in All
India Radio. They are performing very good performance in the department. Both
are presenting a programme ‘POP TIME’ on FM Chandigarh since many years, which
has become very popular in the region Pinka & Shanno. Sh. Ramesh Kapoor had
participated in the competition programme of UNFPA by making the conceived and
produced a Hindi Radio play ‘Udaan-e-Bulbul’. That play represents &
examines the burning issue of sex ratio in between male & female. A girl
child campaign address an important social issue, the bias against the girl
child makes her unwelcome in many families. The play tackles the legal
framework that goes against this menance rather than merely an emotional
appeal. The said play got award ‘Laadli Media Award for gender sensitivity 2007
by the UNFPA. The Laadli Media Award for gender sensitivity are instituted to
highlight, acknowledge and celebrate the commendable efforts by various media
at providing gender just perspective, portrayals and analysis. The award
ceremony was performed by the then Hon’ble Governor of Punjab Sh. Rodriguez and
Smt. Laxmikant Chawla Health Minister Punjab.
The
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly Nations Fund for Population
Activities is an International Development Agency which promotes the right of
every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. He
has also got Special Award during the
year 2013-2014 from Chief Electoral Officer, Election Department, Chandigarh
(UT) to motivate & awareness the voters. May he live long. He can be
contacted by email : pinkashanno@gmail.com
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