Belying expectations, Prasar Bharti has earned only Rs 58.19 crore (Rs 581.9 million) as revenue during the Commonwealth Games last month.
The government on Thursday approved the Rs 1,540 crore (Rs 15.40 billion) digitalisation programme for state-owned broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio in the 11th Plan to help meeting challenges posed by private operators.
'I have the qualification every actor would love to have: A Buddhadeb actor.'
The interest expressed by viewers in the opening ceremony has, in the meantime, encouraged Doordarshan to raise rates for airtime on the channel almost three times.
If there is a morality tale here, it is that debt and death spare no king.
The Kerala High Court directed ESPN to telecast the series through the Doordarshan channel concerned on revenue sharing basis.
A minor fire in Doordarshan's outside broadcast van stationed next to Vigyan Bhavan, the venue of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's press conference, led to a five-minute disruption in the live telecast on Monday.
Patil was addressing Parliament on the first day of the Budget session. She said the upcoming Commonwealth Games will be covered in high definition format by Doordarshan for the first time. than traditional TV systems.
SIS Live will bring in its own resources from Britain (around 500 people and specialised equipment) who have prior experience of producing the 'live' television coverage for similar sporting events in HDTV.
The Congress hit back at Modi and accused him of indulging in his 'trademark petty politics' and seeking to hide his 'abject failure and weak-kneed' approach to fighting Naxalism.
The show called ''The Big Band'' will have close to 40 music bands from countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka competing with each other.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the Dusshera address of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat and said the issues of social reform he raised are "very relevant".
All efforts were being made to ensure there was no loss of life due to the cyclone that was likely to make landfall near Alibaug on Wednesday, he said, adding that the Army, Navy and Air Force were on stand-by. Thackeray also elaborated on 'dos and don'ts' in the situation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his Teachers' Day address at an auditorium in New Delhi with about 700 children in the audience. National broadcaster Doordarshan is telecasting the much-talked about programme live, which can also be heard on radio.
'I was quite nervous initially when I was supposed to work with my father.'
The channel, launched nearly two weeks after the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls beginning on April 11 came into effect, carries the picture of Modi as its logo.
The employees of Doordarshan and All India Radio employees on Tuesday called off their proposed day-long 'tool down' strike after a meeting with Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi.
He also asserted that the freedom of press has to be preserved at any cost in a democracy but media should remember that freedom comes with responsibility.
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
'People don't want to watch a screaming channel if given a decent alternative.'
In a statement, the National Federation of Akashvani & Doordarshan Employees - an umbrella body of 21 associations representing about 38,000 employees -- said that all the members have submitted their leave applications with the department heads.
Reader Rahul Shingavi has sent us this photograph of the legendary singer.
Two Indian athletes will be in action at the 2012 Olympics on Friday. Check out their schedule.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who was hearing a plea by Bollywood producers seeking to restrain them from making irresponsible remarks, listed the matter before the Joint registrar for January 18 for completion of pleadings and admission/denial of documents.
Cable operators were protesting police action, after 9 channels were blocked for breaching a high court order.
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 highlights of the Test matches will be shown at the end of the day.
The fact that the fiscal consolidation programme is on target - the fiscal reduction and the revenue deficit reduction - we are moving in the set direction, he said.
On December 17, 1988, former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin blasted his way to a 62-ball-100, then the fastest hundred in 50-over cricket.
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared to have reservations about the Congress support to the 'liberation struggle' against Kerala's first Communist ministry led by E M S Namboodiripad, which was dismissed in 1959 within two years of coming to power.
The combativeness reflects her insistence not to meekly acquiesce to what has been going on in Raisina Hill for years or decades, observes Kartikeya Tanna.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed Nimbus to undertake marketing of the India-West Indies cricket telecast on Doordarshan, while ordering the public broadcaster not to sell the feed to private DTH operators.
A majority of cricket lovers were deprived of live telecast of the India-Windies one-day international on Sunday due to Nimbus's refusal to share feed with the national broadcaster.
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.
