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| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Guwahati, Assam India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Assamese and English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Prasar Bharati |
| Key people | RNU Head : Maruf Alam |
| History | |
| Launched | 1985 (as Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati) |
| Founder | Govt. of India |
| Replaced | DD North-East |
| Former names | Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati, DD North-East |
| Links | |
| Website | prasarbharati |
DD Assam is a state-owned IndianTV channel operated byDoordarshan. It telecasts from Doordarshan Kendra,Guwahati,Assam.[1] DD Assam is available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel 52.[2] Doordarshan Assam can reach almost 83% of the population and almost 79% the area.
The Doordarshan Kednra Guwahati was commissioned on March 24, 1985. DD Assam 24 x 7 satellite channel was launched on 4 August 2020 by the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar.[3] It was done through video conferencing from New Delhi.[4]
DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 140 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 49 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All the States have a Regional News Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network, across the country in all districts.[5] RNU are headed by anIndian Information Service Officer (IIS) officer. He or she is responsible for functioning of the RNU including bulletins, budget / finance, coordination and other administrative issues. News Editors are posted in RNU to mount the news bulletins / programmes, assignment coordination, social media handling, and to assist Head of RNU in the financial and administrative works.[citation needed]
RNU also engages the services of Reporters, Stringers, Camerapersons, Copy Editors, Assistant News Editors,Video Editors, Graphics Editors, News Readers, Website Assistants on casual assignments to mount the News Bulletins / Programmes.
