Any source that the members fund the channel?
I don't believe that MP's will give anything out of their pocket for a channel. Probably getting money from some govt fund or something.
How about this
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/takeover-hint-at-rajya-sabha-tv/cid/1521402
RSTV is technically a channel of the Rajya Sabha and is funded by the legislature. Prasar Bharati is funded by the executive
Before the two Houses set up their own independent channels - Lok Sabha TV being the first in 2006 under then Speaker Somnath Chatterjee - proceedings used to be telecast live by Doordarshan.
legislature is govt. executive is govt hence LSTV & RSTV are govt channels yes ? No!
There is that word independent. Just like RBI. RBI can tell the fin min to get lost and frequently does.
A panelist on one of the shows suggested RSTV was a govt channel to which the anchor countered it was not. That's all i have
Right-wingers, however, accused it of having a Leftist slant, and an overhaul was expected to follow the change of guard in the Rajya Sabha.
Middle of 2017, some english programs on LSTV turned into hindi and one of the anchors changed on RSTV. BJP wins in 2014. From 2014 to 17 i didn't detect an opposition view in the programs at all.
I still don't detect any right wing slant. What the channels do is discuss what the govt is doing or did, they go into depth on just that. You don't usually get opposing views. So the programs aren't really debates at times they can be but more discussion. This can lead to a positive spin but consider the alternative, the opposition viewpoints lead the show and the official position is on the defensive giving the impression that something is wrong to the layperson. This something is wrong turns into everything is wrong all of the time after a while.
What i've realised is the best discussion have fewer discussants. You want one or two or max three but not more. Otherwise things go off the rails and what you learn can be summarised in a few minutes instead of a half hour or much longer as happens on private channels. Shows on private channels could improve a lot if they just reduced the number of talking heads. Any time i see four plus i'm looking elsewhere. No ammo in these shows i can use. Its just a wrestling match. Wrestling is not sport, its entertainment, these channels are creating the equivalent with news called infotainment.
RSTV is already on youtube isn't it? I've seen lots of videos of it.
Since about 2014, LSTV only joined towards the end of 2015, i discovered LSTV around 2007, so long wait