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1 Television channels  


1.1  Doordarshan  


1.1.1  National  




1.1.2  Parliamentary  




1.1.3  Regional channels (MPEG-2)  




1.1.4  Regional channels (MPEG-4)  






1.2  Private channels (MPEG-2)  


1.2.1  General Entertainment  




1.2.2  Kids  




1.2.3  Sports  




1.2.4  Music  




1.2.5  Movies  




1.2.6  News  




1.2.7  Devotional  




1.2.8  Regional Channels  


1.2.8.1  Bengali  




1.2.8.2  Bhojpuri  




1.2.8.3  Kannada  




1.2.8.4  Marathi  




1.2.8.5  Punjabi  






1.2.9  International  






1.3  Private channels (MPEG-4)  






2 Radio Station  


2.1  National  




2.2  Regional  




2.3  MPEG-4 radio  






3 Other channels  


3.1  e-Vidya Channels  




3.2  Swayam Prabha DTH  




3.3  VANDE Gujarat  






4 See also  




5 References  




6 External links  













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DD Free Dish
FormerlyDD Direct Plus
Company typeCentral Public Sector Undertaking
IndustrySatellite television
Founded16 December 2004; 19 years ago (2004-12-16)
Headquarters
New Delhi, India

Area served

SAARC
Services

OwnerPrasar Bharati
Websiteprasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish

DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati.[1] It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters through e-auction.[2][3]

Currently, DD Free Dish has 117 television channels, among which 94 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 23 channels in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.[4]

Television channels

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Doordarshan

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TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati -

National

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DD Free Dish has four HD channels in MPEG-4 format –

Parliamentary

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Regional channels (MPEG-2)

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Name Language Region
DD Arun Prabha Hindi and English Arunachal Pradesh
DD Assam Assamese Assam
DD Bangla Bengali West Bengal
DD Bihar Hindi Bihar
DD Chandana Kannada Karnataka
DD Chhattisgarh Hindi Chhattisgarh
DD Girnar Gujarati Gujarat
DD Himachal Pradesh Hindi Himachal Pradesh
DD Jharkhand Hindi Jharkhand
DD Kashir Kashmiri and Urdu Jammu and Kashmir
DD Madhya Pradesh Hindi Madhya Pradesh
DD Malayalam Malayalam Kerala
DD Odia Odia Odisha
DD Punjabi Punjabi Punjab
DD Rajasthan Hindi and Rajasthani Rajasthan
DD Sahyadri Marathi Maharashtra
DD Saptagiri Telugu Andhra Pradesh
DD Tamil Tamil Tamil Nadu
DD Tripura Bengali and Kokborok Tripura
DD Uttar Pradesh Hindi Uttar Pradesh
DD Uttarakhand Garhwali, Kumaoni and Hindi Uttarakhand
DD Yadagiri Telugu Telangana

Regional channels (MPEG-4)

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Name Language Region
DD Goa Konkani Goa
DD Haryana Hindi and Haryanvi Haryana
DD Manipur Manipuri Manipur
DD Meghalaya Khasi and Garo Meghalaya
DD Mizoram Mizo Mizoram
DD Nagaland English Nagaland

Private channels (MPEG-2)

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General Entertainment

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Kids

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Sports

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Music

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Movies

[edit]

News

[edit]

Devotional

[edit]

Regional Channels

[edit]
Bengali
[edit]
Bhojpuri
[edit]
Kannada
[edit]
Marathi
[edit]
Punjabi
[edit]

International

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Private channels (MPEG-4)

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Radio Station

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National

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Regional

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MPEG-4 radio

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Other channels

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e-Vidya Channels

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There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.

Swayam Prabha DTH

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VANDE Gujarat

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DD FreeDish auction: Prasar Bharati bags Rs 862 cr from sale of 46 MPEG-2 slots - Exchange4media". exchange4media. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  • ^ "Slots on Doordarshan Free Dish to be Online auction to private channels". The Economic Times. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  • ^ Farooqui, Javed (9 August 2023). "TRAI seeks views on regulating DD Free Dish". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  • ^ "One class, One channel started on DD Free dish under PM e-Vidhya Program". Blog on DD Free dish. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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