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| Industry | Satellite television |
|---|---|
| Founded | 16 December 2004; 21 years ago (2004-12-16) |
| Headquarters | |
| Services | |
| Owner | Prasar Bharati |
| Website | prasarbharati |
DD Free Dish (formerly known asDD Direct Plus) is an Indianstate-ownedfree-to-airsatellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service BroadcasterPrasar Bharati.[1] It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters throughe-auction.[2][3]
Currently, DD Free Dish has 184 television channel slots, among which 95 are in MPEG-2 format and 91 in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.[4]
TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati:
DD Free Dish has eleven HD channels in MPEG-4 format –
| Name | Language | Region |
|---|---|---|
| DD Goa | Hindi andKonkani | Goa |
| DD Haryana | Hindi andHaryanvi | Haryana |
| DD Manipur | Manipuri | Manipur |
| DD Meghalaya | Khasi andGaro | Meghalaya |
| DD Mizoram | Mizo | Mizoram |
| DD Nagaland | English | Nagaland |
| Language | Channel | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Bhojpuri | Zee Bihar Jharkhand | News |
| Bhojpuri Cinema | Movies | |
| Filamchi Bhojpuri | ||
| Zee Biskope | ||
| B4U Bhojpuri | ||
| Marathi | Fakt Marathi | GEC |
| Shemaroo Marathibana | ||
| Sun Marathi | ||
| TV9 Marathi | News | |
| Zee Chitramandir | Movies | |
| Punjabi | Manoranjan Movies | Movies |
| Language | Channel | Category |
|---|---|---|
| English | Russia Today | News |
| Language | Channel | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | India News | News |
| Bansal News | News | |
| Bharat24 | ||
| Live Times | ||
| Living India News | ||
| MH One | Movies | |
| Colors Cineplex Bollywood | ||
| News18 India | News | |
| Sudarshan News | ||
| TNP News | ||
| International | BTV News | Bangladeshi |
| KBS World | Korean | |
| Assamese | Prag News | News |
| Rengoni | GEC | |
| Bhojpuri | Oscar Movies | Movies |
| Captain (earlier Raapchik) | ||
| Pasand | Entertainment | |
| Gujarati | Aastha Gujarati | Devotional |
| Sandesh News | News | |
| TV9 Gujarati | ||
| VTV News | ||
| Zee 24 Kalak | ||
| Kannada | Aastha Kannada | Devotional |
| Marathi | Jai Maharashtra | News |
| Odia | Argus News | News |
| Punjabi | Chardikla Time TV | News and entertainment |
| Punjabi Hits | Music | |
| Tabbar Hits | Entertainment | |
| Telugu | TV9 Telugu | News |
| Aastha Telugu | Devotional |
There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.
