DD Free Dish

DD Free Dish
DD Free Dish
Industry	Satellite television
Founded	16 December 2004; 21 years ago
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Services	Satellite; Streaming television;
Owner	Prasar Bharati
Website	prasarbharati.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 184 television channel slots, among which 94 are in MPEG-2 format and 69 are 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

Parliamentary

Sansad TV 1 – For proceedings of Lok Sabha
Sansad TV 2 – For proceedings of Rajya Sabha

High definition (HD) channels

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

DD National HD – HD version of DD National
DD India HD — HD version of DD India
DD News HD — HD version of DD News
DD Sports HD — HD version of DD Sports
Sansad TV 1 HD — HD version of DD Sansad TV 1
Sansad TV 2 HD — HD version of DD Sansad TV 2
DD Kisan HD — HD version of DD Kisan
DD Tamil HD — HD version of DD Tamil
DD Sahyadri HD — HD version of DD Sahyadri
DD Girnar HD — HD version of DD Girnar
DD Odia HD — HD version of DD Odia

Regional channels (MPEG-2)

Name	Language	Region
DD Assam	Assamese	Assam
DD Bangla	Bengali	West Bengal
DD Tripura	Bengali and Kokborok	Tripura
DD Bihar	Hindi	Bihar
DD Chhattisgarh		Chhattisgarh
DD Himachal Pradesh		Himachal Pradesh
DD Jharkhand		Jharkhand
DD Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh
DD Uttar Pradesh		Uttar Pradesh
DD Arun Prabha	Hindi and English	Arunachal Pradesh
DD Rajasthan	Hindi and Rajasthani	Rajasthan
DD Uttarakhand	Garhwali, Kumaoni and Hindi	Uttarakhand
DD Kashir	Kashmiri and Urdu	Jammu and Kashmir
DD Chandana	Kannada	Karnataka
DD Girnar	Gujarati	Gujarat
DD Malayalam	Malayalam	Kerala
DD Odia	Odia	Odisha
DD Punjabi	Punjabi	Punjab
DD Tamil	Tamil	Tamil Nadu
DD Saptagiri	Telugu	Andhra Pradesh
DD Yadagiri	Telugu	Telangana

Regional channels (MPEG-4)

Name	Language	Region
DD Goa	Hindi and 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)

Hindi

Category	Channel
General entertainment	Colors Rishtey
	Dangal
	Dangal 2
	Manoranjan Grand
	Manoranjan TV
	The Q
	Shemaroo TV
	Sony Pal
	Star Utsav
	Sun Neo
	Zee Anmol
Kids	Unique TV
Music	B4U Music
Music	Epic Music
Movies	All Time Movies
	B4U Kadak
	B4U Movies
	Colors Cineplex Bollywood
	Colors Cineplex Superhits
	Goldmines
	Goldmines Bollywood
	Goldmines Movies
	Shemaroo Josh
	Sony Wah
	Star Utsav Movies
	Zee Action
	Zee Anmol Cinema
	Zee Anmol Cinema 2
News	Aaj Tak
	ABP News
	Good News Today
	India News
	India TV
	NDTV India
	News18 India
	News 24
	News Nation
	Republic Bharat
	Times Now Navbharat
	TV9 Bharatvarsh
	Zee News
Devotional	Aastha
	Sadhna TV
	Sanskar

Regional channels

Language	Channel	Category
Bhojpuri	B4U Bhojpuri	Movies
	Bhojpuri Cinema
	Epic Bhojpuri
	Zee Biskope
Marathi	Fakt Marathi	GEC
	Sun Marathi	GEC
	TV9 Marathi	News
Punjabi	Manoranjan Movies	Movies
	GTC Punjabi
	PTC Punjabi
	PTC News	News

International

Language	Channel	Category
English	Russia Today	News

Private channels (MPEG-4)

Language	Channel	Category
National
Hindi	Aastha Bhajan	Devotional
	Satsang
	Vedic
	MH One	Movies
	MH One Dil Se	Movies
	Bansal News	News
	Bharat Express
	Bharat24
	India Daily Live
	Live Times
	Living India News
	MH One News
	Nation 27
	News India 24x7
	Sudarshan News
	TNP News
English	Republic TV	News
International
English	KBS World	Korean
Regional
Assamese	NE News	News
	Prag News	News
	Rengoni	GEC
Bengali	Republic Bangla	News
	TV9 Bangla	News
	News Live Bangla	News
Bhojpuri	Captain (earlier Raapchik)	Movies
	Epic Bhojpuri
	Oscar Movies
	Pasand	Entertainment
Gujarati	Aastha Gujarati	Devotional
	Gujarat First	News
	Sandesh News
	TV9 Gujarati
	VTV News
	Zee 24 Kalak
Hindi (MP,CG)	Vistaar News	News
Kannada	Aastha Kannada	Devotional
	Public TV	News
	Republic Kannada
	TV9 Kannada
Marathi	Jai Maharashtra	News
Odia	Argus News	News
Punjabi	Chardikla Time TV	News and entertainment
Telugu	Aastha Telugu	Devotional
Telugu	TV9 Telugu	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

AIR Andhra – Telugu
AIR Arunachal – Hindi and Nyishi
AIR Assam – Assamese
AIR Bihar – Hindi and Bhojpuri
AIR Chhattisgarh – Hindi and Chhattisgarhi
AIR Goa – Konkani
AIR Gujarat – Gujarati
AIR Haryana – Hindi and Haryanvi
AIR Himachal – Hindi
AIR Hindi
AIR Jammu – Dogri
AIR Jharkhand – Hindi
AIR Karnataka – Kannada
AIR Kerala – Malayalam
AIR Ladakh – Ladakhi and French
AIR Maharashtra – Marathi
AIR Manipur – Manipuri
AIR Meghalaya – Khasi, Garo and English
AIR Mizoram – Mizo
AIR MP – Hindi
AIR Nagaland – Nagamese and English
AIR North East – Hindi and English
AIR Odisha – Odia
AIR Port Blair – Hindi
AIR Puducherry – Tamil
AIR Punjab – Punjabi
AIR Rajasthan – Hindi and Rajasthani
AIR Sikkim – Nepali
AIR Srinagar – Kashmiri and Urdu
AIR Tamilnadu – Tamil
AIR Telangana – Telugu
AIR Tripura – Bengali and Kokborok
AIR UP – Hindi
AIR Uttarakhand – Hindi
AIR Varanasi – Hindi
AIR West Bengal – Bengali

MPEG-4 radio

FM Gold Delhi
FM Rainbow Delhi
AIR Darbhanga
AIR Nazibabad
AIR World Service 1
AIR World Service 2
AIR N'hood Service 1
AIR N'hood Service 2
Aaj Tak Radio

Educational 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

References

↑ "DD FreeDish auction: Prasar Bharati bags Rs 862 cr from sale of 46 MPEG-2 slots - Exchange4media". exchange4media. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
↑ "Slots on Doordarshan Free Dish to be Online auction to private channels". The Economic Times. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
↑ Farooqui, Javed (9 August 2023). "TRAI seeks views on regulating DD Free Dish". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
↑ "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.

External links

Official website
GSAT 15 at Lyngsat

[1] "DD FreeDish auction: Prasar Bharati bags Rs 862 cr from sale of 46 MPEG-2 slots - Exchange4media". exchange4media. 24 February 2024. 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.

DD Free Dish

Television channels

Doordarshan

National

Parliamentary

High definition (HD) channels

Regional channels (MPEG-2)

Regional channels (MPEG-4)

Private channels (MPEG-2)

Hindi

Regional channels

International

Private channels (MPEG-4)

Radio stations

National

Regional

MPEG-4 radio

Educational channels

e-Vidya Channels

Swayam Prabha DTH

VANDE Gujarat

Other channels

See also

References

External links