DD Free Dish

DD Free Dish
Public
Industry Satellite television service
Founded 16 December 2004 (2004-12-16)
Headquarters New Delhi
Area served
 SAARC
Owner Prasar Bharati,
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Website ddindia.gov.in

DD Free Dish (previously known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air digital direct-broadcast satellite television service owned and operated by the state-controlled public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan).

It is the only free-to-air satellite television service in India. After upgradation, INSAT-4B satellite at 93.5° was used to broadcast 64 FTA MPEG-2 Channels and 29 radio channels.

With the latest upgradation, to GSAT-15 at 93.5° on 1 February 2016, the present capacity is likely to be enhanced to 104 SDTV channels and 40 Radio channels in near future with the introduction of new MPEG-4, DVB-S2 stream. New logo for DD Free Dish was added on its transponders on 29 October 2014.[1] The e-auction is being conducted by C1 India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon on behalf of Prasar Bharati.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DD Free Dish logo add DD Channel". forum.dishtracking.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ DD Free Dish
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