Indian international television channel
DD India Broadcast area International Headquarters New Delhi, Delhi , IndiaLanguage(s) English Picture format 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)Owner Prasar Bharati , Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Sister channels DD News DD National DD Sports DD Bharati Launched 14 March 1995; 26 years ago (1995-03-14 ) (as DD International) 2000; 22 years ago (2000 ) (as DD World) 26 January 2002; 20 years ago (2002-01-26 ) (as DD India) Former names DD International, DD World Website Official website Asianet Digital Channel 522 Kerala Vision Digital TV Channel 213 Rogers (Canada)Channel 908 Vectra (Poland) Channel 825 Dish TV Channel 779 DD Free Dish Channel 86 (HD) Sun Direct Channel 325 Tata Sky Channel 622 Airtel Digital TV Channel 150 d2h Channel 759 DirecTV (United States)Channel 2025 VMedia (Canada)Channel 908 Bell Fibe (Canada)Channel 643
DD India is an India -based international state-owned English news and current affairs channel.[1] The service is also aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News , DW , VOA , NHK World-Japan , RT , and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world as well as online and through its mobile apps. It became a full-fledged English news and current affairs channel in January 2019 followed by a decision of the parent Prasar Bharati 's board.[2] The total budget provided by the government to this channel is ₹ 2,640 crore (US$350 million).[3]
DD India, a public service broadcaster, has been the second most watched English news channel in India since 2017 after Republic TV . It became the most watched channel in February 2019, according to the Indian newspaper Live Mint .[4] In the first quarter of 2019, DD India and Republic TV have alternated for the most-watched channel position in the English channel news weekly ratings as measured by BARC India group.[5] Prasar Bharati enhanced the DD India channel to DD India HD. DD India HD channel launched on 3 October 2020. Now DD India HD channel also available on DD Free dish DTH.[6]
History [ ]
DD India , an Indian pay television channel that was launched on 14 March 1995 as DD International, is available in 146 countries throughout the world.[7] It was rebranded as DD World in 2000 and again in 2002 as DD India. It is owned and operated by Doordarshan , India's state-owned television network. The international broadcaster features some original programming, such as dramas, comedy series, talk shows, documentaries, and re-runs of popular TV shows from other Indian television channels. In addition, it also airs some TV shows in other Indian languages, such as Urdu , Punjabi , Tamil , Telugu etc.
In the United States, the channel was launched on 26 July 2007, and is available on DirecTV .[8]
In 2019, it was relaunched as an English-language news channel, as Doordashan turned its already-dedicated news channel, DD News , into a Hindi-language only network while the international version of DD National was launched.[9]
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