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Doordarshan's Free Dish platform to telecast T20 Cricket World Cup matches

Prasar Bharati is in the advanced stages of negotiations with different sports bodies and agencies to showcase different sports leagues and properties on its sports channel

DD News comes under Opposition fire over new saffron logo ahead of LS polls

On Tuesday, national broadcaster DD News launched its new logo, which was changed from ruby red to saffron

Udaan actress Kavita Chaudhary passes away due to a heart attack at 67

Udaan fame Kavita Chaudhary took her last breath on Wednesday at the age of 67. She was popular for her role in the popular serial Udaan and an iconic surf ad as Lalita Ji

Farooq Nazki, veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi winner dies at 83

Farooq Nazki, who held many significant posts in All India Radio Kashmir and Doordarshan, experienced a heart attack on Monday night, his family members announced

DD to retelecast Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan from today; details inside

Ramayana on DD 2024: The iconic show from the 80s and 90s, Ramayan, starring Arun Govil as Shri Ram, Deepika Chikhalia as Maa Sita, and Sunil Lahri as Brother Lakshman was hugely popular in the 90s

Republic Day: President Droupadi Murmu to address the nation on Thursday

President Droupadi Murmu will address the country on Thursday, a day before the 75th Republic Day, a Rashtrapati Bhawan statement said. The address will be broadcast from 7 pm on the entire national network of Akashvani and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi followed by the English version, it said. The statement added that the broadcast of the address in Hindi and English on Doordarshan will be followed by broadcast in regional languages by DD's regional channels. The All India Radio or Akashvani will broadcast regional language versions from 9:30 pm onwards on its respective regional networks, it said.

Pran pratishtha at Ram mandir: When and where to watch live telecast

With much pomp and fanfare, the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony of Lord Ram's idol is expected to begin at 12:20 pm and may go on till 1 pm

WI vs IND 1st Test playing 11, live match time, live streaming in India

India handed debut caps to 21-year-old left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan, who replaced KS Bharat in India's playing 11 from WTC final line-up against Australia

Gitanjali Aiyar, Doordarshan's legendary voice in English news dies at 71

Gitanjali Aiyar, who lived in Delhi and was one of the first English newsreaders on Indian television, passed away on Wednesday afternoon from a brain haemorrhage. Her career with DD spanned three dec

Award-winning Doordarshan news anchor Gitanjali Aiyar passes away

Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India's first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan, passed away on Wednesday. She was in her mid 70s. The award-winning anchor, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease, collapsed after returning home from a walk, sources close to the family said. "She had Parkinson's disease and was on medication. She collapsed after returning home from a walk," said a close friend of Aiyar. Graduated from Kolkata's Loreto College, Aiyar joined Doordarshan in 1971 and was awarded the best anchor four times. She also won the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Women in 1989. Besides presenting news programmes, Aiyar, a diploma holder from the National School of Drama (NSD), had also been a popular face in several print advertisements and even acted in Sridhar Kshirsagar's TV drama "Khandaan". In her decades-long illustrious career, she was also associated with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Several noted personalities took to

Doordarshan Recruitment 2023: Check process, age, qualification, salary

Prasar Bharati invites applications from qualified and experienced candidates for the post of full-time videographer on a contractual basis; there are 41 such vacancies

Air India peeing case LIVE: Court sends accused to 14-day judicial custody

A selected group of cities and harbors have been asked to send test samples of infected travelers for genome sequencing at the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention

Prasar Bharati evaluating possibility of coming up with OTT channel

Prasar Bharati is "evaluating" the possibility of coming up with an OTT platform months after it signed an agreement with YuppTV to expand the global reach of Doordarshan's DD India channel, a senior official said on Friday. "That is something we are working upon, evaluating," the Prasar Bharati official said during an informal interaction with reporters while replying to a question when will the broadcaster come up with an over-the-top (OTT) platform. Prasar Bharati had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with YuppTV, an OTT platform, in March last year to make DD India available in various countries including the US, the UK, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, besides Europe and the Middle East. With the Union Cabinet earlier this week approving a scheme worth more than Rs 2,500 crore for modernization, upgrade and expansion of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD), Prasar Bharati is ready with plans to achieve the objectives. With the implementation of the Broadcas

CCEA approves Rs 2,539 crore BIND scheme for modernising Doordarshan, AIR

Largest outlay by government, say experts; I&B Ministry had spent over Rs 2,300 cr to modernise DD, AIR between 2014 and 2021, it disclosed in Lok Sabha last year

Cabinet approves over Rs 2,500-cr scheme for upgrading infra of DD, AIR

In a bid to upgrade Prasar Bharati's broadcast infrastructure and network, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a scheme worth more than Rs 2,500 crore for Doordarshan and All India Radio. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced the Central Sector Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND)' scheme with an outlay of Rs 2,539.61 crore up to 2025-26, which was approved by the CCEA. "The BIND scheme is the vehicle for providing financial support to Prasar Bharati for expenses related to expansion and upgradation of its broadcasting infrastructure, content development and civil work related to the organization," the I&B Ministry said in a statement. "Prasar Bharati, as the public broadcaster of the country, is the most important vehicle of information, education, entertainment and engagement for the people especially in the remote areas of the country through Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR). "Prasar Bharati ..

Veteran actor, popular Doordarshan host Tabassum dies due to cardiac arrest

Veteran actor Tabassum, known for her work as a child artiste and also as host of popular Doordarshan talk show "Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan", has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, her son Hoshang Govil said on Saturday. "Few days ago, she was admitted to a hospital. She had gastro problem and we went there for check-up. She suffered two cardiac attacks at 8.40 pm and 8.42 pm. She passed away peacefully on Friday night, Hoshang told PTI. As a child artist, Tabassum was known as Baby Tabassum and starred in movies such as "Nargis", "Mera Suhaag", "Manjhdhar" and "Bari Behen" in the late 1940s. She hosted the celebrity talk show "Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan" from 1972 to 1993 on Doordarshan.

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New guidelines for satellite channels leave wide scope for interpretation

Prasar Bharati considers launching children's TV channel under Doordarshan

Content for DD Kids will come from broadcaster's library and partnerships with animation studios and production houses: sources

DD India joins hands with Yupp TV to expand its global reach

DD India will now be available to its viewers through an OTT platform in several countries, including the US, UK and Australia, to put forth India's perspective on various international developments

Veteran journalist Vinod Dua dies at 67

Vinod Dua, a Hindi broadcast journalism pioneer with stints in Doordarshan and NDTV, was moved to the ICU of Apollo Hospital on Monday