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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''' ''(previously known as '''DD Direct Plus''')'' 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. Initially, ] satellite at 95° was used to broadcast channels. After upgradation, ] satellite at 93.5° is now used to broadcast 64 FTA MPEG-2 Channels, 24 MPEG-4 test channels and 29 radio channels. New logo for DD Free Dish was added on its 3 transponders on 29 October 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> It will soon be hiring a private agency for conducting ] for addition of new channels in future.


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>
==Setup Parameters==

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==Television channels==
===Doordarshan===
TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati:

====National====
* ] – State-owned art and cultural infotainment channel
* ] – 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)

====Parliamentary====
* ] – For proceedings of Lok Sabha
* ] – For proceedings of Rajya Sabha

====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

====Regional channels (MPEG-2)====
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===Private channels (MPEG-2)===
==CHANNEL LIST==

HINDI ENTERTAINMENT
====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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* Goldmines
* Goldmines Bollywood
* Goldmines Movies
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====News====
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* India Daily Live
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====Devotional====
* ]
* Sadhna TV
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====Regional channels ====

=====Bengali=====
* ] - Movies

=====Bhojpuri=====
* ] – Movies
* ] – Movies
* ] – Movies
* ] – Movies

=====Marathi=====
* ] – GEC
* ] – Movies

=====Punjabi=====
* ] – Movies
* ] – GEC

====International====
* ] – English News

===Private channels (MPEG-4)===
* Aastha Bhajan – Hindi, devotional
* Bharat24 – Hindi, news
* ] – Bangladeshi channel
* Chardikla Time TV – Punjabi, news and entertainment
* ] – Korean channel
* ] – Hindi, regional news
* ] – Hindi, news
* VTV News – Gujarati, news

==Radio stations==
===National===
* ] – Hindi music radio channel
* AIR Live News – Hindi and English news radio
* ] – Indian classical music radio channel
* Akashvani Aradhana – Hindi devotional radio channel

===Regional===
* AIR Andhra – ]
* AIR Arunachal – ] and ]
* AIR Assam – ]
* AIR Bihar – Hindi and ]
* AIR Chhattisgarh – Hindi and ]
* AIR Goa – ]
* AIR Gujarat – ]
* AIR Haryana – Hindi and ]
* AIR Himachal – ]
* AIR Hindi
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* AIR Jharkhand – Hindi
* AIR Karnataka – ]
* AIR Kerala – ]
* AIR Ladakh – ] and ]
* AIR Maharashtra – ]
* AIR Manipur – ]
* AIR Meghalaya – ], ] and ]
* AIR Mizoram – ]
* AIR MP – ]
* ] – ] and English
* AIR North East – Hindi and English
* AIR Odisha – ]
* AIR Port Blair – Hindi
* AIR Puducherry – ]
* AIR Punjab – ]
* AIR Rajasthan – Hindi and ]
* AIR Sikkim – ]
* ] – ] and ]
* AIR Tamilnadu – ]
* AIR Telangana – ]
* AIR Tripura – ] and ]
* AIR UP – ]
* AIR Uttarakhand – Hindi
* AIR Varanasi – Hindi
* AIR West Bengal – ]

===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

==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

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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===
* 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


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Latest revision as of 19:07, 27 December 2024

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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