Watch the 67th Independence Day celebrations - on YouTube

Doordarshan has associated with YouTube to live stream the 67^th Indian Independence Day celebrations and the Prime Minister's address to the Nation for 2013. The stream can be found on Doordarshan’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/DoordarshanNational) and will be available with an HD option too.

The live stream will be available on 15 August from 6:25 am (IST).

On the association with YouTube, Tripurari Sharan, director general, Doordarshan, said, “We are delighted to associate with YouTube to share the Independence celebrations with Indians across the globe. Streaming Independence Day celebration live on YouTube will help us to reach the global audience in a format which best suits today’s generation. Our streaming of the 64^th Republic Day Parade also received a tremendous response with over one lakh views. Our objective is to cater to our Indian and global audiences and take events of national importance not only to their TV screens.”

Gautam Anand, director, content partnerships, YouTube, said, “We are delighted to partner with Doordarshan to join the celebration of India’s 67th Independence Day live from the historic Red Fort on YouTube. This is the first time we’re live streaming India’s Independence Day Celebrations and we hope that our users will enjoy the telecast wherever they’re in the world.“