June 22nd, 2020 4:12 PM 4 COMMENTS

DD Free Dish Set to Add 15 New Channels on July 1

Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster on Monday announced the list of 15 channels that have secured slots on India's free Direct-to-Home (DTH) provider, DD Free Dish. The channels secured their slots on the DD Free Dish platform through the 46th e-auction held by the broadcaster between June 17 to June 20. It was earlier announced that the slots gained through the 46th e-auction would be valid between July 1,... Read More

June 4th, 2020 3:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Major GEC Channels Including Star Utsav Make its Reentry into DD Free Dish

Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster on Wednesday announced that major general entertainment channels (GEC) including Star Utsav and Colors Rishtey would make a reentry into DD Free Dish, India's free Direct-to-Home (DTH) provider. The broadcaster said that five channels were selected in its 45th e-auction held on Wednesday. Prasar Bharati initially invited applications from satellite TV channels to fill up the vacant slots on its DD Free Dish platform... Read More

May 19th, 2020 3:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

FTA Channels Might Pull Out from DD Free Dish Due to Falling Advertising Revenue

The outbreak of COVID-19 is creating a financial burden for TV channels. As the government has imposed lockdown period to combat the deadly virus, the production of new content has been paused, which is creating a scarcity of fresh content on the platform and low advertising revenues. FTA channels are facing financial distress because of the current lockdown period, whereas pay channels are still being saved by subscription revenue. Also,... Read More

January 24th, 2016 7:57 PM 322 COMMENTS

DD free dish migrating service from Insat 4B to Gsat 15 from 1st Feb

DD free dish the only free DTH service with no monthly charge will soon be migrating its services from existing Insat-4B to newly launched Gsat-15 satellite. As most of you know Gsat 15 was launched slightly before Christmas last year and was aimed at replacing Isat-4B and Insat-3A at 93° East. The satellite which has 24 Ku band transponders of 36 Mhz each will help DD increase its free channel... Read More

December 14th, 2015 11:12 AM 24 COMMENTS

DD free dish plans to expand to 250 channels in the next two years

DD free dish the the only free DTH service by Doordarshan may have some happy news for its subscribers. The operator which currently has only 64 slots for television channels and is expected to go up to 112 by March-end, has received a green signal for upgradation to 250 TV channels under the 12th Plan. Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley told Parliament that the Department of Space had agreed... Read More

November 28th, 2015 5:03 PM 5 COMMENTS

Interview: CK Jain, Deputy Director, Doordarshan India (DD Freedish), shares that still over 250 million people in the country have no access to TVs and the target is to tap them with DD Freedish

The DTH arm of Doordarshan, DD Freedish aims to add 4-5 million subscribers by 2017, taking the total number of active subscribers to around 25 million. In a chit-chat with Telecom Talk, Jain tells us that why despite stiff competition, DD Free Dish holds potential to capture a greater market share. Questions: What type of plans you have in mind for DD Freedish? Answer: The new ratings from BARC (Broadcast... Read More

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