In the beginning there was the radio. Its output engaged only your auditory senses. Next TV appeared on the scene. It engaged both your eyes and ears.
The cinema, of course, was there all along but it did not have the same ease of access as radio and TV. It has always been an uphill task to book your seats, dress up, drive down to the multiplex, find a proper parking and then finally locate your seats in the theater. And then you have to pray to the Lord that the fellow audience keeps its mobiles silent and behaves.
That last requirement applies to us too and is too restrictive. You can walk around your radio or even carry it with you. You can flit in and out of the room where your TV is installed. With all the repeat telecasts you can also choose to watch it later. Of course, you can't carry your TV around with you. Even if you could, you would hardly be able to watch it while carrying it.
Today we have the magic device, mobile phone, which can play both audios and videos and is always carried around. There are internet radios and online TV channels. Yet watching a video while on the move is not very practicable. But using your mobile phone to listen to live broadcast on an online radio station is truly enjoyable.
A problem here relates to the government guidelines that allow broadcasting of news by private TV channels but not by private radio channels. Sarkari radio channels are hardly available on the internet.
Thus it is very heartening to find that the NDTV app on mobile devices allows the user not only to watch their channels on the mobile but also to discard the video and listen only to the audio. This is available as the option "Radio" in the menu.
I love it. Now I can listen to India news through internet almost anywhere.
The cinema, of course, was there all along but it did not have the same ease of access as radio and TV. It has always been an uphill task to book your seats, dress up, drive down to the multiplex, find a proper parking and then finally locate your seats in the theater. And then you have to pray to the Lord that the fellow audience keeps its mobiles silent and behaves.
That last requirement applies to us too and is too restrictive. You can walk around your radio or even carry it with you. You can flit in and out of the room where your TV is installed. With all the repeat telecasts you can also choose to watch it later. Of course, you can't carry your TV around with you. Even if you could, you would hardly be able to watch it while carrying it.
Today we have the magic device, mobile phone, which can play both audios and videos and is always carried around. There are internet radios and online TV channels. Yet watching a video while on the move is not very practicable. But using your mobile phone to listen to live broadcast on an online radio station is truly enjoyable.
A problem here relates to the government guidelines that allow broadcasting of news by private TV channels but not by private radio channels. Sarkari radio channels are hardly available on the internet.
Thus it is very heartening to find that the NDTV app on mobile devices allows the user not only to watch their channels on the mobile but also to discard the video and listen only to the audio. This is available as the option "Radio" in the menu.
I love it. Now I can listen to India news through internet almost anywhere.
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