MoS for Broadcasting launches AIR streaming services on Alexa Echo Dot

Now anyone from any part of the world can listen to the programmes in All India Radio.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore (Retd.) launched All India Radio's Streaming Services on Amazon's Alexa Smart Speakers here today. Chairman Prasar Bharati Shri A Surya Prakash, CEO Prasar Bharati Dr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Shri Rajiv Sawhney, Principal Tech Business Development, Amazon Alexa (Asia) and other senior officials of the Ministry were also present at the event.

Speaking on the occasion, Col Rathore said that Services like Amazon Alexa have eased the life of a person. Launching of All India Radio's Streaming Services on Amazon's Alexa platform would be a synergy of Old and Modern forms of Communication. He also said that this initiative will benefit Indian diaspora around the world. Now anyone from any part of the world can listen to the programmes in All India Radio.

Shri Surya Prakash informed that playlist of archival assets of All India Radio will also be made available in Alexa platform in the future.

Shri Rajiv Sawhney said that voice is the future of communication with the devices around us. Voice is everywhere and already 390 million people around the world are using voice-based communication and this would almost triple to 1.83 billion people in the next 3 years.

(With inputs from PIB)