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{{short description|Indian free-to-air satellite television service}}
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'''DD Direct Plus''' is a [[Direct To Home]] television service in [[India]], run by the state owned broadcaster [[Doordarshan]]. The service offers all Doordashan channels, along with a few private [[satellite television]] channels. This service is entirely free except the initial cost of equipment. Doordarshan has claimed that 2 million boxes have been sold so far. Several thousand Set Top Boxes have been distributed free to various Panchayats, village schools and hospitals.
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = DD Free Dish
| logo =
| logo_size = 220px
| former_name = DD Direct Plus
| type = [[Public sector undertakings in India|Central Public Sector Undertaking]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2004|12|16|df=y}}
| industry = [[Satellite television]]
| products =
| location_city = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| area_served = [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]]
| services = {{Bulleted_list|[[Direct broadcast satellite|Satellite]]|[[Streaming television]]}}
| owner = [[Prasar Bharati]]
| homepage = {{URL|https://prasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish}}
}}


'''DD Free Dish''' (formerly known as '''DD Direct Plus''') is an Indian [[State-owned]] [[free-to-air]] [[satellite television]] provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster [[Prasar Bharati]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DD FreeDish auction: Prasar Bharati bags Rs 862 cr from sale of 46 MPEG-2 slots - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/dd-freedish-auction-prasar-bharati-bags-rs-862-cr-from-sale-of-46-mpeg-2-slots-132738.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=exchange4media |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Online auction|e-auction]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-01-16 |title=Slots on Doordarshan Free Dish to be Online auction to private channels |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/pmi-2017/media/slots-on-dd-free-dish-to-be-e-auctioned-to-private-channels/articleshow/67557721.cms |access-date=2022-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Farooqui |first=Javed |date=2023-08-09 |title=TRAI seeks views on regulating DD Free Dish |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/trai-seeks-views-on-regulating-dd-free-dish/articleshow/102547579.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-03-22 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
The DD DIRECT+ platform carries 33 free-to-air channels and is likely to include more channels in the future. The satellite [[earth station]] for uplink of signals is in Delhi. [[NSS-6]] is the high power [[Ku-band]] satellite hosting the DD DTH services.


Currently, DD Free Dish has 177 television channels, among which 94 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 83 channels in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.freedish.in/2020/09/pm-evidya-for-class-1-to-12th-12.html|title=One class, One channel started on DD Free dish under PM e-Vidhya Program|date=2020-09-02|work=Blog on DD Free dish|access-date=2020-09-02}}</ref>
The Quality of DD signal is one of the best at least in India compared with other DTH providers.


==Television channels==
These channels are available free of charge.
===Doordarshan===
TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati:


====National====
The approximate cost of the equipment to view DD channels is around Rs. 1800/- including Set Top Box, LNB and antenna.
* [[DD Bharati]] – State-owned art and cultural infotainment channel
* [[DD India]] – State-owned international channel
* [[DD Kisan]] – Agriculture education and information channel
* [[DD National]] – General entertainment channel
* [[DD News]] – News channel
* [[DD Sports]] – Sports channel
* [[DD Urdu]] – State-owned Urdu-language infotainment channel (available in MPEG-4 format)


====Parliamentary====
DD DIRECT+ carries 19 Doordarshan channels, 14 Private TV channels and 12 audio channels of [[All India Radio]]. (There are a few Test channels that run from Test 1 to Test 20, though for the moment only DD Regional channels are being shown on them)
* [[Sansad TV|Sansad TV 1]] – For proceedings of Lok Sabha
* [[Sansad TV|Sansad TV 2]] – For proceedings of Rajya Sabha


====High definition (HD) channels====
==Frequencies of DD DIRECT PLUS Bouquet ==
DD Free Dish has seven HD channels in MPEG-4 format –


* [[DD HD|DD National HD]] – HD version of DD National
*Freq: 10977 S.Rate 27500 Pol: Horizontal '''***NEW FREQUENCY'''
* [[DD India|DD India HD]] — HD version of DD India
*Freq: 12688 S.Rate 27500 Pol: Horizontal '''***NEW FREQUENCY''' (JULY , 01 2006)
* [[DD News|DD News HD]] — HD version of DD News
* [[DD Sports|DD Sports HD]] — HD version of DD Sports
* [[Sansad TV|Sansad TV 1 HD]] — HD version of DD Sansad TV 1
* [[Sansad TV|Sansad TV 2 HD]] — HD version of DD Sansad TV 2
* [[DD Tamil|DD Tamil HD]] — HD version of DD Tamil


====Regional channels (MPEG-2)====
*Freq: 12534 S.Rate 27500 Pol: Horizontal
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*Freq: 12647 S.Rate 27500 Pol: Vertical
|-
*Freq: 12729 S.Rate 27500 Pol: Vertical
!Name
!Language
!Region
|-
|[[DD Arunprabha|DD Arun Prabha]]
|[[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Assam]]
|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|[[Assam]]
|-
|[[DD Bangla]]
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[DD Bihar]]
|Hindi
|[[Bihar]]
|-
|[[DD Chandana]]
|[[Kannada]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|-
|[[DD Chhattisgarh]]
|Hindi
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|-
|[[DD Girnar]]
|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|-
|[[DD Himachal Pradesh]]
|Hindi
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Jharkhand]]
|Hindi
|[[Jharkhand]]
|-
|[[DD Kashir]]
|[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] and [[Urdu]]
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
|[[DD Madhya Pradesh]]
|Hindi
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Malayalam]]
|[[Malayalam]]
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|[[DD Odia]]
|[[Odia language|Odia]]
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|[[DD Punjabi]]
|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|-
|[[DD Rajasthan]]
|Hindi and [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|[[DD Sahyadri]]
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
|[[DD Saptagiri]]
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Tamil]]
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
|[[DD Tripura]]
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Kokborok]]
|[[Tripura]]
|-
|[[DD Uttar Pradesh]]
|Hindi
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Uttarakhand]]
|[[Garhwali language|Garhwali]], [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]] and Hindi
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|-
|[[DD Yadagiri]]
|Telugu
|[[Telangana]]
|}


====Regional channels (MPEG-4)====
== Channels of DD DIRECT PLUS Bouquet ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Language
!Region
|-
|[[DD Goa]]
|[[Konkani language|Konkani]]
|[[Goa]]
|-
|[[DD Haryana]]
|[[Hindi]] and [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|[[DD Manipur]]
|[[Meitei language|Manipuri]]
|[[Manipur]]
|-
|[[DD Meghalaya]]
|[[Khasi language|Khasi]] and [[Garo language|Garo]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|-
|[[DD Mizoram]]
|[[Mizo language|Mizo]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|[[DD Nagaland]]
|[[English language|English]]
|[[Nagaland]]
|-
|}


===Private channels (MPEG-2)===
=== Channels in Testing Phase ===


====General Entertainment====
*Freq : 10977 Horizontal Test 6 To 10
* [[Big Magic]]
*Freq : 12688 Horizontal TEST 11 to 20
* [[Dangal (TV channel)|Dangal]]
* [[Manoranjan Grand]]
* [[Manoranjan TV]]
* [[Nazara TV|Nazara]]
* [[Shemaroo TV]]
* [[Shemaroo Umang]]
* [[Sun Neo]]
* [[Q TV (Indian TV channel)|Q TV]]
* [[ Dangal 2]]
* [[Ishara TV]]
* [[ Sun Neo ]]


===DOORDARSHAN Channels===
====Kids====
* [[Unique TV]]
* [[Chumbak TV]]


====Sports====
*[[DD-NATIONAL]]
* [[Sports18|Sports18 Khel]]
*[[DD-NEWS]]
*[[DD-INDIA]]
*[[DD-BHARATI]]
*[[DD-SPORTS]]
*[[DD-GYANDARSHAN]]
*[[DD-URDU]]
*[[DD-Punjabi]]
*[[DD-Gujarati]]
*[[DD-Sahayadri]]
*[[DD-Sapthagiri]]
*[[DD-Chandana]]
*[[DD-Podhigai]]
*[[DD-Malayalam]]
*[[DD-North East]]
*[[DD-Bangla]]
*[[DD-Oriya]]
*[[DD-Kashir]]
*[[DD-Lok Sabha]]
*[[DD-Rajya Sabha]]


===PRIVATE Channels===
====Music====
* [[9XM]]
* [[B4U Music]]
* [[Mastiii]]
* [[ShowBox]]


====Movies====
*[[SADHANA TV]]
* [[Pen Studios|All Time Movies]]
*[[DW-TV (It replaced BBC-World which was shown till 15th June 2006)]]
*[[ZEE MUSIC]]
* [[B4U (network)|B4U Kadak]]
*[[ZEE SMILE]]
* [[B4U Movies]]
* [[Colors Cineplex Bollywood]]
*[[STAR Utsav]]
* [[Colors Cineplex Superhits]]
*[[Aaj Tak]]
* Goldmines
*[[Headlines Today]]
* Goldmines Bollywood
*[[Jain Tv]]
* Goldmines Movies
*[[MH1]]
*[[ETC Punjabi]]
* [[Sony Max 2]]
*[[ETV Marathi]]
* [[Sony Wah]]
*[[Jaya TV]]
* [[Star Gold 2]]
* [[StarPlus|Star Utsav Movies]]
*[[Kairali]]
*[[TV9]]
* [[Zee Action]]
*[[Akash Bangla]]
* [[Zee TV|Zee Anmol Cinema]]
* [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises|Zee Anmol Cinema 2]]


====News====
==Via Non DD DIRECT+ TV Freqs.==
* [[Aaj Tak]]
*[[Zee Jagran]]12538, V, 40690
*[[Dish Interactive]]
* [[ABP News]]
*[[Play TV]]
* [[Good News Today]]
* India Daily Live
*[[CGN TV Hong]](11090, H, 29500)
*Lanka TV
* [[India TV]]
* [[NDTV India]]
*Lanka TV2
* [[News 24 (Indian TV channel)|News 24]]
* [[News Nation]]
* [[News18 India]]
* [[Republic Bharat]]
* [[Times Now Navbharat]]
* [[TV9 Bharatvarsh]]
* [[Zee News]]


==RADIO Channels==
====Devotional====
*[[FM RAINBOW NEW-DELHI]]
* [[Aastha TV|Aastha]]
* Sadhna TV
*[[FM RAINBOW MUMBAI]]
*[[FM RAINBOW CHENNAI]]
* [[Sanskar TV|Sanskar]]
*[[FM RAINBOW BANGALORE]]
*[[FM GOLD NEW-DELHI]]
*[[FM GOLD MUMBAI]]
*[[VIVIDH BHARATI]]
*[[AIR HINDI]]
*[[AIR URDU]]
*[[AIR Punjabi]]
*[[AIR Gujrati]]
*[[AIR Marathi]]
*[[AIR Oriya]]
*[[AIR Bangla]]
*[[AIR NE]]
*[[AIR Assamese]]
*[[AIR Telugu]]
*[[AIR Kannada]]
*[[AIR Tamil]]
*[[AIR Malayalam]]
==Via NON DD Direct+ Radio Freqs:-==


====Regional channels ====
*[[Om Shanti]]12597, V, 40700
*[[Panjab Radio UNITED KINGDOM]]
*[[Radio Australia English]]
*[[Radio Australia Multilingual]]
*[[Radio Lanka]]11132, H, 4500
*[[Suriyan FM]]


==Future channels==
=====Bengali=====
* [[Movie Plus (TV channel)|Movie Plus]] - Movies
In a bid to strengthen Doordarshan's Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, the Centre has decided to increase the number of TV channels on DD direct plus to fifty, from the existing thirty-three. Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, P. R. Dasmunsi sated in the Lok Sabha on Friday that the equipment needed for expansion of Doordarshan's DTH service was being procured, and would be installed by mid-2006.
* Shemaroo Bengali


=====Bhojpuri=====
“Thecannot be specified at this stage. However, the decision regarding new channels will be taken on merit after the necessary technical infrastructure is in place,” he stated.
* [[B4U Bhojpuri (TV channel)|B4U Bhojpuri]] – Movies
* [[Filamchi Bhojpuri]] – Movies
* [[Manoranjan TV#Manoranjan Prime|Manoranjan Prime]] – Movies
* [[Zee Biskope]] – Movies


=====Marathi=====
Till December one last year, forty-nine private TV broadcasters have applied for inclusion of their channels on DD direct plus. Of these, 17 are Delhi based, five from Tamil Nadu, four from Kerala, three from Maharashtra, two each from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and one each from Punjab, Assam, Uttar Pradesh.
* [[Sun Marathi]] – GEC
* [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises#Dissolved channels|Zee Chitramandir]] – Movies
* Colours marathi


=====Punjabi=====
Thirteen are foreign based including three from USA, two each from UK and Korea and one each in Singapore, Germany, Canada, France, Nepal and Netherlands.
* [[Manoranjan Movies]] – Movies
* [[Zee Punjabi]] – GEC


====International====
The foreign channels that have evinced interest include [[Channel News Asia]], German pubcaster [[Deutsche Welle]], French [[TV5]] and Canada’s [[SS TV]].
* [[RT (TV network)|Russia Today]] – English News


===Private channels (MPEG-4)===
Various Indian channels who have shown an eagerness to be part of DD Direct Plus include [[Sahara One]], [[Sahara Samay Rashtriya]], [[Etv (India)|E TV]], [[Win TV]], [[Asianet]], Zee News, Total TV, [[Jaya TV]],ETV Kannada, interactive music channel [[Speed Music]], [[CMM Music]], [[ETC Music]], [[SS Music]] and [[Sur Sangeet]].
* Aastha Bhajan – Hindi, devotional
* Bharat24 – Hindi, news
* [[BTV World]] – Bangladeshi channel
* Chardikla Time TV – Punjabi, news and entertainment
* [[KBS World]] – Korean channel
* [[News18 India|News18 UP/UK]] – Hindi, regional news
* [[Sudarshan News]] – Hindi, news
* VTV News – Gujarati, news


==Radio stations==
Prasar Bharathi senior official K S Sharma on Wednesday told newsman in Delhi that number of private channels in DD Direct+ will be increased to 50 by July 2006{{fact}}. Decision is already taken.
===National===
But still, at the time of writing of this article, (September-2006), these channels have still not been started.
* [[Vividh Bharati]] – Hindi music radio channel
* AIR Live News – Hindi and English news radio
* [[Raagam (radio channel)|AIR Raagam]] – Indian classical music radio channel
* Akashvani Aradhana – Hindi devotional radio channel

===Regional===
* AIR Andhra – [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
* AIR Arunachal – [[Hindi]] and [[Nyishi language|Nyishi]]
* AIR Assam – [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
* AIR Bihar – Hindi and [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
* AIR Chhattisgarh – Hindi and [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]
* AIR Goa – [[Konkani language|Konkani]]
* AIR Gujarat – [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
* AIR Haryana – Hindi and [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]
* AIR Himachal – [[Hindi]]
* AIR Hindi
* [[Radio Kashmir Jammu|AIR Jammu]] – [[Dogri language|Dogri]]
* AIR Jharkhand – Hindi
* AIR Karnataka – [[Kannada]]
* AIR Kerala – [[Malayalam]]
* AIR Ladakh – [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] and [[French language|French]]
* AIR Maharashtra – [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
* AIR Manipur – [[Meitei language|Manipuri]]
* AIR Meghalaya – [[Khasi language|Khasi]], [[Garo language|Garo]] and [[English language|English]]
* AIR Mizoram – [[Mizo language|Mizo]]
* AIR MP – [[Hindi]]
* [[AIR FM Tragopan|AIR Nagaland]] – [[Nagamese Creole|Nagamese]] and English
* AIR North East – Hindi and English
* AIR Odisha – [[Odia language|Odia]]
* AIR Port Blair – Hindi
* AIR Puducherry – [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
* AIR Punjab – [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
* AIR Rajasthan – Hindi and [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
* AIR Sikkim – [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
* [[Radio Kashmir Jammu|AIR Srinagar]] – [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] and [[Urdu]]
* AIR Tamilnadu – [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
* AIR Telangana – [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
* AIR Tripura – [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Kokborok]]
* AIR UP – [[Hindi]]
* AIR Uttarakhand – Hindi
* AIR Varanasi – Hindi
* AIR West Bengal – [[Bengali language|Bengali]]

===MPEG-4 radio===
* [[AIR FM Gold|FM Gold Delhi]]
* [[AIR FM Rainbow|FM Rainbow Delhi]]
* AIR Darbhanga
* AIR Nazibabad
* AIR World Service 1
* AIR World Service 2
* AIR N'hood Service 1
* AIR N'hood Service 2

==Other channels==
===e-Vidya Channels===
There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.

* e-Vidya 1 – For Class 1 students
* e-Vidya 2 – For Class 2 students
* e-Vidya 3 – For Class 3 students
* e-Vidya 4 – For Class 4 students
* e-Vidya 5 – For Class 5 students
* e-Vidya 6 – For Class 6 students
* e-Vidya 7 – For Class 7 students
* e-Vidya 8 – For Class 8 students
* e-Vidya 9 – For Class 9 students
* e-Vidya 10 – For Class 10 students
* e-Vidya 11 – For Class 11 students
* e-Vidya 12 – For Class 12 students

===[[SWAYAM#SWAYAM PRABHA|Swayam Prabha DTH]]===
* SP-01 CEC-UGC : Vageesh - language and literature
* SP-02 CEC-UGC : Sanskriti - history, culture and philosophy
* SP-03 CEC-UGC : Prabodh - social and behaviour sciences
* SP-04 CEC-UGC : Saaraswat - education and home sciences
* SP-05 CEC-UGC : Prabandhan - information, communication and management studies
* SP-06 CEC-UGC : Vidhik - law and legal studies
* SP-07 CEC-UGC : Kautilya - economics and commerce
* SP-08 CEC-UGC : Aryabhatt - physical and earth sciences
* SP-09 CEC-UGC : Spandan - life sciences
* SP-10 CEC-UGC : Daksh - applied sciences
* SP-11 NPTEL : Chemical Engineering
* SP-12 NPTEL : Civil Engineering
* SP-13 NPTEL : Computer Science Engineering
* SP-14 NPTEL : Electrical Engineering and Electronics Communication Engineering
* SP-15 NPTEL : Engineering Sciences and Biological Sciences
* SP-16 NPTEL : Humanities, Social Sciences and Management
* SP-17 NPTEL : Mechanical Engineering and Mining Engineering
* SP-18 NPTEL : Mathematics and Physics
* SP-19 IIT-PAL : Biology
* SP-20 IIT-PAL : Chemistry
* SP-21 IIT-PAL : Mathematics
* SP-22 IIT-PAL : Physics
* SP-23 IGNOU : Liberal Arts and Humanities
* SP-24 IGNOU : Agriculture and Allied Sciences
* SP-25 IGNOU : Gyan Darshan 1
* SP-26 IGNOU : State Open Universities
* SP-27 NIOS : Panini - Secondary School Education
* SP-28 NIOS : Sharda - Higher Secondary School Education
* SP-29 UGC-INFLIBNET : e-PG Pathshala - Post Graduate Courses
* SP-30 NIOS : Gyanamrit - Education in Sign Language
* SP-31 NCERT : Kishore Manch - Secondary School, Higher Secondary School and Teacher Education
* SP-32 IGNOU-NIOS : Vagda - Teacher Education
* SP-33 CEC-UGC : Vyas - Higher Education Channel
* Digi Shala - Digital Education Channel

===VANDE Gujarat===
* VANDE Gujarat 1
* VANDE Gujarat 2
* VANDE Gujarat 3
* VANDE Gujarat 4
* VANDE Gujarat 5
* VANDE Gujarat 6
* VANDE Gujarat 7
* VANDE Gujarat 8
* VANDE Gujarat 9
* VANDE Gujarat 10
* VANDE Gujarat 11
* VANDE Gujarat 12
* VANDE Gujarat 13
* VANDE Gujarat 14
* VANDE Gujarat 15
* VANDE Gujarat 16
* Digi Shala

==See also ==
* [[Direct-to-home television in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.ddinews.gov.in/DTH/ DIRECT DD DIRECT]
*[https://prasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish/ Official website]
* [http://www.lyngsat.com/nss6.html More Frequencies]
*[https://www.lyngsat.com/G-Sat-15.html GSAT 15] at Lyngsat


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DD Free Dish
FormerlyDD Direct Plus
Company typeCentral Public Sector Undertaking
IndustrySatellite television
Founded16 December 2004; 20 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 State-owned 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 177 television channels, among which 94 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 83 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 Bharati – State-owned art and cultural infotainment channel
  • DD India – State-owned international channel
  • DD Kisan – Agriculture education and information channel
  • DD National – General entertainment channel
  • DD News – News channel
  • DD Sports – Sports channel
  • DD Urdu – State-owned Urdu-language infotainment channel (available in MPEG-4 format)

Parliamentary

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High definition (HD) channels

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

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

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News

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Devotional

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Regional channels

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Bengali
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Bhojpuri
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Marathi
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Punjabi
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International

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Private channels (MPEG-4)

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  • Aastha Bhajan – Hindi, devotional
  • Bharat24 – Hindi, news
  • BTV World – Bangladeshi channel
  • Chardikla Time TV – Punjabi, news and entertainment
  • KBS World – Korean channel
  • News18 UP/UK – Hindi, regional news
  • Sudarshan News – Hindi, news
  • VTV News – Gujarati, news

Radio stations

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National

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  • Vividh Bharati – Hindi music radio channel
  • AIR Live News – Hindi and English news radio
  • AIR Raagam – Indian classical music radio channel
  • Akashvani Aradhana – Hindi devotional radio channel

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.

  • e-Vidya 1 – For Class 1 students
  • e-Vidya 2 – For Class 2 students
  • e-Vidya 3 – For Class 3 students
  • e-Vidya 4 – For Class 4 students
  • e-Vidya 5 – For Class 5 students
  • e-Vidya 6 – For Class 6 students
  • e-Vidya 7 – For Class 7 students
  • e-Vidya 8 – For Class 8 students
  • e-Vidya 9 – For Class 9 students
  • e-Vidya 10 – For Class 10 students
  • e-Vidya 11 – For Class 11 students
  • e-Vidya 12 – For Class 12 students

Swayam Prabha DTH

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  • SP-01 CEC-UGC : Vageesh - language and literature
  • SP-02 CEC-UGC : Sanskriti - history, culture and philosophy
  • SP-03 CEC-UGC : Prabodh - social and behaviour sciences
  • SP-04 CEC-UGC : Saaraswat - education and home sciences
  • SP-05 CEC-UGC : Prabandhan - information, communication and management studies
  • SP-06 CEC-UGC : Vidhik - law and legal studies
  • SP-07 CEC-UGC : Kautilya - economics and commerce
  • SP-08 CEC-UGC : Aryabhatt - physical and earth sciences
  • SP-09 CEC-UGC : Spandan - life sciences
  • SP-10 CEC-UGC : Daksh - applied sciences
  • SP-11 NPTEL : Chemical Engineering
  • SP-12 NPTEL : Civil Engineering
  • SP-13 NPTEL : Computer Science Engineering
  • SP-14 NPTEL : Electrical Engineering and Electronics Communication Engineering
  • SP-15 NPTEL : Engineering Sciences and Biological Sciences
  • SP-16 NPTEL : Humanities, Social Sciences and Management
  • SP-17 NPTEL : Mechanical Engineering and Mining Engineering
  • SP-18 NPTEL : Mathematics and Physics
  • SP-19 IIT-PAL : Biology
  • SP-20 IIT-PAL : Chemistry
  • SP-21 IIT-PAL : Mathematics
  • SP-22 IIT-PAL : Physics
  • SP-23 IGNOU : Liberal Arts and Humanities
  • SP-24 IGNOU : Agriculture and Allied Sciences
  • SP-25 IGNOU : Gyan Darshan 1
  • SP-26 IGNOU : State Open Universities
  • SP-27 NIOS : Panini - Secondary School Education
  • SP-28 NIOS : Sharda - Higher Secondary School Education
  • SP-29 UGC-INFLIBNET : e-PG Pathshala - Post Graduate Courses
  • SP-30 NIOS : Gyanamrit - Education in Sign Language
  • SP-31 NCERT : Kishore Manch - Secondary School, Higher Secondary School and Teacher Education
  • SP-32 IGNOU-NIOS : Vagda - Teacher Education
  • SP-33 CEC-UGC : Vyas - Higher Education Channel
  • Digi Shala - Digital Education Channel

VANDE Gujarat

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  • VANDE Gujarat 1
  • VANDE Gujarat 2
  • VANDE Gujarat 3
  • VANDE Gujarat 4
  • VANDE Gujarat 5
  • VANDE Gujarat 6
  • VANDE Gujarat 7
  • VANDE Gujarat 8
  • VANDE Gujarat 9
  • VANDE Gujarat 10
  • VANDE Gujarat 11
  • VANDE Gujarat 12
  • VANDE Gujarat 13
  • VANDE Gujarat 14
  • VANDE Gujarat 15
  • VANDE Gujarat 16
  • Digi Shala

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.
  2. ^ "Slots on Doordarshan Free Dish to be Online auction to private channels". The Economic Times. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ Farooqui, Javed (9 August 2023). "TRAI seeks views on regulating DD Free Dish". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ^ "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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