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{{short description|Indian free-to-air satellite television service}}
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|caption = '''डी.डी.फ्री डिश'''
| former_name = DD Direct Plus
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|foundation = 16 December 2004
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'''DD Free Dish''' (formerly known as '''DD Direct Plus''') is an Indian ] ] ] provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster ].<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 ].<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>
'''DD Free Dish''' ({{lang-hi|डी.डी.फ्री डिश}}), (formerly '''DD Direct+''', known colloquially as '''Doordarshan DTH''') is an ]n ] digital ] ] service owned and operated by the state-controlled public service broadcaster ] (]). It is the only free-to-air satellite television service in India. ] satellite is used to broadcast 64 FTA MPEG-2 Channels and 24 MPEG-4 test channels in Ku-Band. DD Free Dish added new logo on its 3 transponders from October 29, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dishtracking.com/forum/dd-free-dish-logo-add-dd-channel-t-26936.html |title=DD Free Dish logo add DD Channel |publisher=forum.dishtracking.com |date= |accessdate=29 October 2014}}</ref>


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>
== Hindi Indian Entertainment TV Channels ==


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====National====
== Hindi Bollywood Movies TV Channels ==
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* ] – State-owned international channel
* ] – Agriculture education and information channel
* ] – General entertainment channel
* ] – News channel
* ] – Sports channel
* ] – State-owned Urdu-language infotainment channel (available in MPEG-4 format)


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====High definition (HD) channels====
DD Free Dish has seven HD channels in MPEG-4 format –

* ] – HD version of DD National
* ] — HD version of DD India
* ] — HD version of DD News
* ] — HD version of DD Sports
* ] — HD version of DD Sansad TV 1
* ] — HD version of DD Sansad TV 2
* ] — HD version of DD Tamil

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== Sports TV Channels==
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* Coming Soon....
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==Health/Agriculture TV Channels==
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* ] – GEC
* Coming Soon....


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==Regional TV Channels==
* ] – English News


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* Aastha Bhajan – Hindi, devotional
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* Bharat24 – Hindi, news
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* ] – Bangladeshi channel
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* Chardikla Time TV – Punjabi, news and entertainment
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* ] – Korean channel
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* VTV News – Gujarati, news
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==Devotional TV Channels==
===National===
* Aastha
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* Aastha Bhajan
* AIR Live News – Hindi and English news radio
* Disha
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* Sadhna National
* Akashvani Aradhana – Hindi devotional radio channel


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==List of Doordarshan Channels==
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===MPEG-4 radio===
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* AIR Darbhanga
* AIR Nazibabad
* AIR World Service 1
* AIR World Service 2
* AIR N'hood Service 1
* AIR N'hood Service 2


==Radio channels== ==Other channels==
===e-Vidya Channels===
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There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.
* AIR Assamese
* AIR Bangla
* AIR Gujarati
* AIR Hindi
* AIR Kannada
* AIR Malayalam
* AIR Marathi
* AIR North East
* AIR Oriya
* AIR Punjabi
* AIR Ragam
* AIR Tamil
* AIR Telugu
* AIR Urdu
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* FM Gold
* FM Gold Mumbai
* FM Rainbow
* FM Rainbow Bangalore
* FM Rainbow Chennai
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* Radio Test 105
* Radio Test 106
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* e-Vidya 1 – For Class 1 students
==Frequency table==
* e-Vidya 2 – For Class 2 students
For Manual search the Polarity, Transponder Frequency & Symbol Rate are required they are as follows;
* e-Vidya 3 – For Class 3 students
*'''Frequency''' of the channel are = 10990, 11070, 11150, 11110 (MPEG-4), 11490 (MPEG-4), 11570
* e-Vidya 4 – For Class 4 students
*'''Polarity''' of the channel should be V = Vertical (In All Case)
* e-Vidya 5 – For Class 5 students
*'''Symbol Rate''' of the channel should be = 28500
* e-Vidya 6 – For Class 6 students
*'''LNB''' Frequency is always = 9750
* e-Vidya 7 – For Class 7 students
*'''DiSEqC''' & '''22k''' should be = OFF
* 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


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A table showing the reliable data to be needed to manually scan the channel's.
* SP-01 CEC-UGC : Vageesh - language and literature
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* SP-02 CEC-UGC : Sanskriti - history, culture and philosophy
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* SP-03 CEC-UGC : Prabodh - social and behaviour sciences
! ] !! ] !! ] !! ] Frequency !! 22k !! DiSEqC
* SP-04 CEC-UGC : Saaraswat - education and home sciences
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* SP-05 CEC-UGC : Prabandhan - information, communication and management studies
| 10990 || V || 28500 || 9750 || Off || Off
* SP-06 CEC-UGC : Vidhik - law and legal studies
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* SP-07 CEC-UGC : Kautilya - economics and commerce
| 11070 || V || 28500 || 9750 || Off || Off
* SP-08 CEC-UGC : Aryabhatt - physical and earth sciences
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* SP-09 CEC-UGC : Spandan - life sciences
| 11110 (MPEG-4) || V || 30000 || 9750 || Off || Off
* SP-10 CEC-UGC : Daksh - applied sciences
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* SP-11 NPTEL : Chemical Engineering
| 11150 || V || 28500 || 9750 || Off || Off
* SP-12 NPTEL : Civil Engineering
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* SP-13 NPTEL : Computer Science Engineering
| 11490 (MPEG-4) || V || 30000 || 9750 || Off || Off
* SP-14 NPTEL : Electrical Engineering and Electronics Communication Engineering
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* SP-15 NPTEL : Engineering Sciences and Biological Sciences
| 11570 || V || 28500 || 9750 || Off || Off
* SP-16 NPTEL : Humanities, Social Sciences and Management
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* 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===
==DD Free Dish On Social Sites==
* VANDE Gujarat 1
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* VANDE Gujarat 2
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* 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


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==References== ==References==
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Indian free-to-air satellite television service

DD Free Dish
FormerlyDD Direct Plus
Company typeCentral Public Sector Undertaking
IndustrySatellite television
Founded16 December 2004; 20 years ago (2004-12-16)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Area servedSAARC
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. 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.

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.

Television channels

Doordarshan

TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati:

National

  • 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

High definition (HD) channels

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

Regional channels (MPEG-2)

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)

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)

General Entertainment

Kids

Sports

Music

Movies

News

Devotional

Regional channels

Bengali
Bhojpuri
Marathi
Punjabi

International

Private channels (MPEG-4)

  • 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

National

  • 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

MPEG-4 radio

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 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

References

  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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