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Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organisations in the world in terms of the studios and transmitters. Doordarshan has started replacing its analogue transmitters to digital transmitters, which will allow up to 8 channels to be carried from a single transmitter. Doordarshan has a three tier programme services National, Regional and Local. The National programmes emphasises on events and issues of interest to the entire nation. These programmes includes news, current affairs, magazine programmes and documentaries on science, art, culture, environment, social issues, serials, music, dance, drama and feature films. The regional programmes are beamed on DD National at specific time and also on the Regional Language Satellite Channels, which caters programmes for interests of a particular state in the language and idiom of that region. The local programmes are area specific and cover local issues featuring local people. Beginning
Doordarshan celebrates its anniversary on 15th September, every year as Doordarshan had a modest beginning with an experimental telecast starting in Delhi on 15 September 1959, with a small transmitter and a make shift studio. The regular daily transmission started in 1965 as a part of All India Radio. Doordarshan began a five-minute news bulletin in the same year in 1965. Pratima Puri was the first newsreader. Salma Sultan joined Doordarshan in 1967 and later became a news anchor. The television service was extended to Bombay (now Mumbai) and Amritsar in 1972. Up until 1975, only seven Indian cities had a television service and Doordarshan remained the sole provider of television in India. Television services were separated from radio on 1 April 1976. Each office of All India Radio and Doordarshan were placed under the management of two separate Director Generals in New Delhi. Finally, in 1982, Doordarshan as a National Broadcaster came into existence. Krishi Darshan was the first program telecast on Doordarshan. It commenced on 26 January 1967 and is one of the longest running programs on Indian television.
Early National Programming
The 1980s were noted for Hum Log (1984), Buniyaad (1986 87) and comedy shows like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984). Hum Log, Buniyaad, and Nukkad along with spiritual show such as Ramayan (1987 88) and Mahabharat (1989 90), Shaktimaan (1998 2005), India's First Superhero, glued millions to Doordarshan as did many other shows. Hindi film songs based programmes like Chitrahaar, Rangoli, Ek Se Badkar Ek and Superhit Muqabla. Crime thrillers like Karamchand, AparadhiKaun, Byomkesh Bakshi, Tehkikaat and JankiJasoos, etc. Shows targeted at children included the ever-popular Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Tom and Jerry cartoons, VikramAurBetaal, Malgudi Days, Tenali Rama, Potli Baba Ki etc. Other popular shows Circus, Fauji, Rani Laxhmibai, Dastan-E-Hatim Tai, AlifLaila, Wagle Ki Duniya, Tu Tu Mein Mein, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Jaspal Bhatti's Flop Show.
Nationwide Transmission
National telecasts were introduced in 1982. In the same year, colour TV was introduced in the Indian market with the live telecast of the Independence Day speech by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 15 August 1982, followed by the 1982 Asian Games which were held in Delhi. Now more than 90 percent of the Indian population can receive Doordarshan (DD National) programmes through a network of more than 1416 terrestrial transmitters. There are about 67 Doordarshan studios producing TV programmes today.
DD Free Dish
DD FREE DISH is a multi-channel Free to Air Direct to Home (DTH) service. This service was launched in December 2004 with the modest beginning of 33 channels. This service was inaugurated by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the then Hon ble Prime Minister of India. DD FREE DISH has been upgraded time to time and at present Doordarshan s DTH platform has the capacity of 64 TV channels along with 24 Radio channels. DD FREE DISH is available in Ku-Band on INSAT-4B (at 93.5 E) having 4. streams of channels with Downlink Frequencies -10990, 11070, 11150, and 11570 MHz This Ku-Band DTH service provides the TV coverage throughout the Indian territory (except Andaman & Nicobar Islands). DTH signals can be received through a small sized dish receive system.
DD Free Dish Channels
Re-Launch of Doordarshan National
On 17 Nov, 2014, Doordarshan was re-launched with new theme of pink and purple and accompanied by a new punchline Desh Ka Apna Channel (country s own channel). It was announced by Ms. Vijayalaxmi Chhabra, Former Director General Doordarshan.
DD Kisan:
The Only Channel for Farmers On 26th May 2015 Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched a television channel DD Kisan dedicated to farmers, which would provide information about best agricultural practices related content, farming techniques, water conservation and organic farming etc.
