Pakistan, with 1,24,99,952 views, tops the list of countries where Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati’s 170+ YouTube channels have been very popular in 2021 till November-end.
The United States occupies the No. 2 sport for such viewership of Prasar Bharati YouTube channels in 2021 with 97,59,289 views. And, the year is yet to end.
Quoting data from Google and YouTube Analytics, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur said Thursday in Rajya Sabha (Upper House).
The year-wise views on “NewsOnAir” app containing AIR and DD channels and also other digital video content:
Year | Views (in Crores) |
2018 | Not Available |
2019 | 12.0 |
2020 | 29.5 |
2021 (till 30thNovember, 2021) | 19.9 |
Source: Google Analytics. |
Prasar Bharati has currently made more than 250 All India Radio (AIR) channels digitally available on its “NewsOnAir” app for android and iOS platforms, the Minister said, adding that apart from this Doordarshan channels and various live programmes of national importance, which do not involve copyrights issues, are also being live-streamed on this app, Thakur said in reply to query from a fellow parliamentarian on Prasar Bharati’s digital viewership data.
“These channels are also made available on newsonair.com website for net users for global audience. Further, Prasar Bharati is having 170+ YouTube channels of its AIR and Doordarshan network for the viewers,” he added.