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MUMBAI: When almost all the broadcasters — Indian and foreign — have an OTT platform of their own, how could India’s own pubcaster be left behind....
MUMBAI: The central government may be planning to have one director-general lead news operations in Doordarshan as well as AIR. A proposal for the plan has...
NEW DELHI: The popular children’s programme Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Indian adaptation of the internationally acclaimed TV seriesSesame Street, will be dubbed in different Indian...
MUMBAI: The North-East Film & TV Producers and Directors Forum, rejecting Prasar Bharati’s final list, has demanded a time-bound and impartial enquiry into commissioned programmes selection...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has earned revenue of just Rs 8.32 billion as against a total operational cost of Rs 20.89 billion which included Rs 14.19 billion...
MUMBAI: It’s seeking to make a point. Even as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI’s) TV tariff order is going through the motions in Indian...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s FreeDish is all set to hold its second e-auction with differential reserve prices for general entertainment channels and news channels. The 37th e-auction...
NEW DELHI: For most Indians past forty, the first image that comes to mind when thinking about television is the Doordarshan logo that evokes nostalgia and...
NEW DELHI: The Government has said that there is no anomaly in the designations of news correspondents in Doordarshan. Information and broadcasting minister Smriti Zubin Irani...
NEW DELHI: Even as Doordarshan is holding a competition of short films to mark seventy years of independence, the Chennai-based Human Rights Advocacy and Research Foundation...
NEW DELHI: Admitting there was an overall shortage of talent in Prasar Bharati, minister of information and broadcasting Smriti Zubin Irani said a manpower audit was...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has announced a Swatantra Bharat Short Films Contest to mark the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement and 70th anniversary of India’s Independence...
NEW DELHI: The Prasar Bharati Board is inclined towards bifurcation of the Doordarshan News channel into two – one for Hindi and another for English. However,...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has invited proposals from reputed Producers/ production houses for its 24×7 satellite channel DD Kashir under Fixed Budget Mode of Programmes Acquisition Category....
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan (DD) has invited entries under the sponsored category for the mid-prime time band on Doordarshan National in eight different categories. All proposals have...
MUMBAI: India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan is all set to expand its viewership in non-Hindi speaking markets having drawn up plans to increase presence in the southern...
NEW DELHI: Companies/rights holders of feature films can now send in their Expression of Interest to Doordarshan for supplying a total of 2,754 feature films per...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s FreeDish earned a record Rs 851 million in the 36th e-auction, auctioning eleven slots including three news channels. For the first time, the...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan, inspired by the spectacular success of private broadcasters, is preparing to enter into the sports business with three different sports leagues in basketball, kabaddi...
MUMBAI: Even as the new Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Vempati plans pubcasters’ overhaul, Doordarshan News has reportedly beaten all private English channels, according to BARC data....
NEW DELHI: The producers of the 390 proposals in nine genres which have been shortlisted for soon-to-be-launched DD Aruna Prabha for the northeast have been asked...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s FreeDish is all set for its 36th e-auction on 4 July 2017, after an auction on 25 May turned out to be a...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has invited applications for an agency to undertake the channel packaging work for its channel, DD Kashir. The last date for filing e-tenders...
NEW DELHI: Two more television channels, including the first English news channel, have come on board Doordarshan’s FreeDish platform. Though there were no bidders for the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan seems to be girding up its loins, especially after the appointment of the Prasar Bharati CEO — Shashi S Vempati. Expressions of interest...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has invited proposals for telecast of programmes under the Commissioning category in 11 different categories for DD Kashir. All proposals have to be...
NEW DELHI: With an aim to meet the deadline of end of analogue transmission by 2020 set by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN),...
MUMBAI: It is the actual subject of the story and its treatment which attracts the viewers and not the platform on which it’s being aired or...
NEW DELHI: The executive vacuum at the top of India’s public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati has been filled. A three member committee consisting of India’s vice-president...
NEW DELHI: Pubcaster Doordarshan has modified the 21 June date for uploading the modified request for proposal for selection of agency for channel packaging work for...
NEW DELHI: For the second time this year, Doordarshan could not hold its scheduled e-auction for FreeDish on 25 May 2017 because it had no bidder....
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the Government planned to enhance the reach of Doordarshan FreeDish by distributing Free DD direct-to-home...
NEW DELHI: Even as the 32nd instalment of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated for next Sunday, it is being emulated soon...
NEW DELHI: A separate 24×7 Doordarshan channel is being launched shortly for Jharkhand, the information & broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said. The Government is...
MUMBAI: With the direction of the ministry of information and broadcasting ministry for concentrating on quality programmes as reconfirmed by the union minister Venkaiah Naidu in...
MUMBAI: The Central government is planning to establish an HD TV studio in Chennai at a cost of Rs 15 crore which will be commissioned in...
MUMBAI: Minister for Information & Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu has said the Government’s initiatives like Make in India, Skill India and Digital India campaigns were clearly...
NEW DELHI: Former Doordarshan and All-India Radio news reader and presenter Rama Pandey was conferred with the Vishwa Vageshwari Samman for her immense contribution to the...
NEW DELHI: Not only has minimal action been taken on the Sam Pitroda Committee report of February 2014 to revitalise Prasar Bharati, the Department of Expenditure...
NEW DELHI: Even as corruption complaints against government departments rose by a whopping 67 per cent in 2016 over the previous year, the Government has denied...
NEW DELHI: A sum of Rs 1.2225 billion was released from 2014-15 to 2016-17 to Prasar Bharati by the information and broadcasting ministry for Dordarshan Kisan...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has released an additional Rs 216,000 for advertising and publicity taking the total revised estimate to Rs 33.796 million, just as the financial...
NEW DELHI: Just before the financial year 2016-17 came to a close, the Central Production Centre of Doordarshan was been allocated an additional sum of Rs...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan kendras have been told that they may cover on payment the sessions of state assemblies. This coverage may be on live or deferred...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan earned revenue of Rs 2.5356 billion during 2016-17 from e-auctions of television slots on its free to air Free Dish direct-to-home platform. In...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s free-to-air direct to home platform FreeDish will hold its second auction on 11 April 2017 after its decision to cross the 100-mark from...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government admits to shortage of staff in the public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati, there is a need to re-assess actual requirement...
NEW DELHI: Five companies including two from Delhi have been shortlisted as original equipment manufacturers for set-top boxes for Doordarshan’s FreeDish on the Indian Conditional Addressable...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said India would extend all possible support to promote exchange programmes between public broadcasters of the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has floated a tender for selecting an agency for channel packaging work for DD Kashir. The Description of task, e-tender submission format and...
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