After the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoked its suspension in October 2018, Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform Freedish is finally opening its slots for the e-auction from this month. An industry source informed BestMediaInfo.com that approximately 55 slots are open for the auction. “The date of the auction is not yet decided but around […]
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DD Free Dish to announce e-auction date soon
After a year-long wait, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is believed to have given a green signal to e-auctioning of slots for DD FreeDish. The auction was suspended in October last year. Highly placed sources informed exchange4media that the decision was taken 15 days ago and the ministry is expected to announce the auction […]
DD Free Dish to get a second wind
Seven months after the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the state broadcaster Prasar Bharati locked horns over DD Free Dish, there is hope that the Ministry and the board will soon reach a solution. DD Free Dish reaches 2.4 crore households, which get 80 TV channels without a monthly subscription fee, and earns close to […]
For mysterious reasons, Smriti Irani had put DD’s cash cow in the freezer. It’s back now
New Delhi: The information and broadcasting ministry under Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is set to restart a successful, money-making DTH service that was controversially shut down by his predecessor, Smriti Irani. Sales of Doordarshan’s ‘Free Dish’, India’s No.1 direct-to-home television service, was put on hold at Irani’s behest in August 2017, and has since lost the […]
Launch of Ladakhi Regional Service on DD-Kashir Channel
MUMBAI: Ladakhi News Bulletins are extremely popular among the people in Leh and Ladakh region as there are hardly any private channels telecasting programmes in Ladakhi. Doordarshan is the only source of Ladakhi news for the people of the region. DDK, Leh which started its telecast in the year 2000 has been producing and telecasting […]
Broadcasters seek PMO’s help on permissions, high processing fee
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) seeing a revision of some of the policies of the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) including the levy of processing fee for temporary uplink of live events and the need for security clearances to start new channels. IBF has said in […]
Watch IPL 2018 on DD Sports starting April 7, 2018
Good news for Doordarshan viewers! For the first time, select IPL matches including the opening and closing ceremonies, are set to be telecast on a one hour deferred live basis by Doordarshan, the national broadcaster. There will be a 50:50 revenue sharing between Star India, which had bagged the IPL media rights last September and […]