Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma told reporters that the proposed DD news channel will be principally news driven and\n\nwill focus on in-house production.
To add to the worries of the cable operators and broadcasters, the government is set to launch a 24-hour "must carry" health channel called DD-Health at an annual outlay of Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion).
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday launched DD Direct Plus, India's first free direct-to-home broadcast service, hailing it as a "landmark event" in the history of broadcasting and communication of the country.
India schedule for the sixth day of the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday.
In the Doordarshan Kendra Chennai's Hindi month valedictory function, a sentence Thekkanamum adhil sirantha Dravida nal thiru naadum went missing when the singers sang the anthem at the DD Tamil office in Chennai.
DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.
The five-match ODI series will be played between November 16 and 28 in India.
Amid the willingness shown by Ten Sports and Prasar Bharti for an out-of-court settlement on the telecast rights controversy, the channel's chief met Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Lahore on Sunday.
Pornographic material of a 'Russian television channel' was transmitted instead of DD-1
'Going forward, the encouragement would be to move to the new tax regime.'
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Avani Lekhara, India's Paralympic shooting sensation, continued her reign of dominance at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
Nimbus Communications filed a petition in the Delhi high court on Monday challenging the government's uplinking guidelines that directs private channels to share live sports feed of all cricket matches held in India with national broadcaster DD.
DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels. DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV platforms in the world.
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi should free himself from divisive forces and discharge duties as per Constitutional norms, if he intends to continue as governor, Chief Minister M K Stalin said, and asked him to desist from converting Raj Bhavan into a political party office to depict Dravidian race in poor light.
The Centre has decided to hike pay for All India Radio and Doordarshan Programme Executives in compliance of an order given by the Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal.
Doordarshan will launch soon its own "common man's" direct-to-home at a cost of Rs 164 crore (Rs 1.64 billion) with four transponders envisaging 40 channels, including private ones, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Vexed over the delay in getting a birth certificate, a man here hit upon a bizarre idea of sending a demand draft for Rs 100 as bribe to a local body, stunning the municipality authorities who made amends for the lapse and home delivered the document.
On Monday, more than 5000 employees of Prasar Bharti-run DD and AIR went on a mass casual leave. "The government has made no effort to heed to the grievance of employees. So we have decided to continue with our nationwide agitation," Sangam Thankur, General Secretary, Akashvani and Doordarshan Administrative Staff Association said.
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Mandatory sharing of television coverage of Test match cricket involving the Indian team in India and abroad has been excluded from the ambit of the upcoming Sports Broadcasting Signals Bill.
'My sport requires me to be as calm and patient as he is on the field.' 'I also relate to his story as I am a ticket collector like he was.'
Industry sources indicate DD Direct Plus has a subscriber base of around nine million. The DTH operator's reach is second largest after Dish TV, which has a gross subscriber base of 10.9 million.
Doordarshan has selected Envivio Mobile TV for a pilot project that will test the technology for mobile television. Mobile television enables people to watch their favourite programmes on the go on their mobiles.
The Delhi HC directed Prasar Bharati to telecast India-West Indies series with seven-minute delay.
India will be under tremendous pressure when they face an equally circumspect Australia in a battle of two out-of-form batting units in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth
The Election Commission on Friday announced 25 hours each of free telecast and broadcast time for the six national parties on Doordarshan and the All India Radio for campaigning.
Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor?
Doordarshan will launch a 24-hour terrestrial news channel, requiring no cable connection to be viewed, from November 3 this year.
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The war and Modi's recent visit to Ukraine is expected to figure prominently in the bilateral meeting, according to US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
India's para-athletes, defying physical limitations, showcased exceptional determination in their recent Paralympic campaign, contributing to a historic medal haul of 29.
A provision has been made for relaxation in the upper age limit and exemption from the Physical Efficiency Test in the recruitment to the post of constable (general duty) and rifleman in the CAPFs and Assam Rifles for ex-Agniveers, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in response to a written question.
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