Public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) is exploring tying up with so-called over-the-top (OTT) platforms for sharing their content through its Free Dish, India’s only free direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV service, people aware of the development said. Doordarshan, which operates 23 satellite channels, covering about 92% of the country’s population besides the DTH service, could help OTT […]
If the government has its way, the next season of Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament will be available to viewers on state-run broadcaster Doordarshan. The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry is working on a proposal to make live IPL matches available on Doordarshan and has asked the sports ministry to weigh in on the […]
NEW DELHI: The 37th online auction for vacant general entertainment channels on Doordarshan’s free-to-air DTH platform FreeDish slated for 22 August 2017 has been put off. According to deputy director-general (DTH) A K Jha, the auction has been kept in abeyance due to administrative reasons till further order’. Earlier this month, it had been announced […]
NEW DELHI: An allocation of Rs 200 million has been made for setting up direct-to-home receiver sets of Doordarshan’s FreeDish in tribal, remote and border areas, the Parliament has been told. Minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathre said 30,000 DTH receiver sets would be distributed in consultation with state governments. He said […]
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s FreeDish is all set to hold its second e-auction with differential reserve prices for general entertainment channels and news channels. The 37th e-auction is slated for 22 August and the reserve prices for general entertainment channels will be Rs 80 million but the reserve price for news and current affairs channels will […]
Doordarshan will conduct 33rd Online e-auction for filling up of Vacant Non-News & Current Affairs category DTH slot for DTH Service of Doordarshan’s DD Free Dish on 11th April, 2017. The reserve price per Non-News & Current Affairs Category DTH slot has been set at Rs 8 crore (Rs 80 million). Gurgaon based C1 India […]
MUMBAI: After almost a decade of back and forth, Doordarshan’s kids channel finally will become a reality. The pubcaster is preparing the ground work to launch its free-to-air (FTA) kids channel in FY18. “We have not decided on the launch date for the channel because there is a lot of groundwork that needs to be […]
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