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Indian free-to-air satellite television service From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Formerly | DD Direct Plus |
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Company type | Central Public Sector Undertaking |
Industry | Satellite television |
Founded | 16 December 2004 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | SAARC |
Services | |
Owner | Prasar Bharati |
Website | prasarbharati |
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]
TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati -
DD Free Dish has four HD channels in MPEG-4 format –
Name | Language | Region |
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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 |
There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.
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