Doordarshan

Doordarshan Bhawan

Doordarshan ( Hindi : m., दूरदर्शन, dūrdarśan , Durdarshan ; German: "television") denotes Indian public television , and consists of the Hindi / Sanskrit words dur (fern) and darshan (view, view). The meaning of the word therefore corresponds exactly to German television and the Greek - Latin televisio .

With Doordarshan (short DD ) is also meant the state television station, which is increasingly in recent years, competition from private channels such as Star TV and Zee TV got.

Doordarshan
TV channel
reception	DVB-C2, IPTV
Start of transmission	09/15/1959
language	Hindu
Seat	New Delhi
owner	Prasar Barathi
List of TV channels
[www.doordarshan.gov.in website]

history

DD began broadcasting on September 15, 1959 as part of All India Radio (AIR) in New Delhi with one hour each Tuesday and Friday evenings; from 1965 it was broadcast daily. A television center was established in Bombay in 1972, in 1973 in Srinagar and Amritsar (here in competition with Pakistan Television from Lahore) and in 1975 in Calcutta , Madras and Lucknow .

In 1976 DD was organizationally separated from AIR and received its own general director (1976-79 PV Krishnamoorthy). 1982 started before the beginning of the IX. Asian Games in the country of color television , 1982/83 distribution via Insat and a second program in 1984 ( DD 2 ; 1993 DD Metro ; since 2003 DD News ). In 1997 AIR and DD were merged to form Prasar Bharati .

Programs

Today there are six national programs: in addition to DD National and DD News, there are DD Sports (1998), DD Bharati (2002; culture), DD Urdu (2006) and DD Kisan (2015; rural areas). There is also the international program DD India (started in 1995 as DD World ) as well as numerous regional programs and programs for individual states. 34 programs are broadcast via satellite. Production takes place in 67 centers (“Kendras”) across the country. In addition, DD is involved in the dissemination of educational programs such as Gyandarshan ( IGNOU ) and Vyas (University Grants Commission - Consortium for Educational Communication, UGC-CEC).

Regional satellite programs

Country	program		begin	Web
JK	DD Kashir	کاشر	2003	[1]
PB	DD Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	1998	[2]
UP	DD Uttar Pradesh	उत्तर प्रदेश	2013	[3]
BR	DD Bihar	बिहार	2013	[4]
MP	DD Madhya Pradesh	मध्य प्रदेश	2013	[5]
RJ	DD Rajasthan	राजस्थान	2013	[6]
GJ	DD Girnar	ગિરનાર	1992	[7]
MH	DD Sahyadri	सह्याद्री	1994	[8th]
KA	DD Chandana	ಚಂದನ	1994	[9]
KL	DD Malayalam	മലയാളം	1994	[10]
TN	DD Podhigai	பொதிகை	1993	[11]
AP	DD Saptagiri ( Vijayawada )	సప్తగిరి	1993	[12]
TG	DD Yadagiri ( Hyderabad )	యాదగిరి		[13]
OR	DD Odia	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	1994	[14]
WB	DD Bangla	বাংলা	2001	[15]
AS	DD North-East	North-East	2000?	[16]

Web links

Commons : Doordarshan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ddindia.gov.in
  • DD National 24X7
  • DD News LIVE (24x7)
  • DD Kisan
  • DD Punjabi

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990
2. ↑ Doordarshan Network ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ DD Kendras ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Gyandarshan Webcast
5. ↑ About Vyas Channel , Vyas Webcast
6. ↑ Regional Language Satellite Service ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.