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  • Doordarshan to live telecast Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day programme

    Doordarshan to live telecast Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day programme

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan will cover the 68th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day on 30 January at Gandhi Smriti in Tees January Marg.

     

    Sarva Dharma Prarthna Sabha, a programme on Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day will be live telecast on DD National, DD Bharati, DD Kisan and DD India from 3.30 – 5.30 pm on 30 January.

     

    After the live telecast, DD Bharati will air a biography on Mahatma Gandhi, titled Mahatma – The Great Soul. The biography will take viewers to the time Gandhi was in South Africa and subsequently his return to India as the Mahatma.

     

    The one hour biography highlights how India became independent and viewers would also get to hear the actual voice of Mahatma Gandhi during the telecast.

  • Private TV channels asked to carry DD News’ R-Day telecast with sign language

    Private TV channels asked to carry DD News’ R-Day telecast with sign language

    NEW DELHI: All private television channels have been asked to carry DD News’ telecast of the Republic Day parade on 26 January with sign language interpretation to help the differently abled to “connect meaningfully with this important National Day.”

     

    The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has said that people, especially with hearing impairment, have requested for a wide coverage available to them across public and private TV channels.

     

    Doordarshan has indicated that DD News will carry the sign language interpretation to provide access to the people with hearing impairment. DD News will also let private satellite TV channels carry the feed of this event free of cost, if they wish to carry the same telecast.

     

    The Ministry, in a note, said, “The media has always been in the forefront of taking up important issues covering national integration, progress of disadvantaged sections of the society, etc.”

     

    It was in this spirit that all TV channels, interested in carrying the live telecast of the Republic Day Parade with commentary were being advised to carry the signals of DD News with sign language interpretation for the benefit of differently abled people.

  • Private TV channels asked to carry DD News’ R-Day telecast with sign language

    Private TV channels asked to carry DD News’ R-Day telecast with sign language

    NEW DELHI: All private television channels have been asked to carry DD News’ telecast of the Republic Day parade on 26 January with sign language interpretation to help the differently abled to “connect meaningfully with this important National Day.”

     

    The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has said that people, especially with hearing impairment, have requested for a wide coverage available to them across public and private TV channels.

     

    Doordarshan has indicated that DD News will carry the sign language interpretation to provide access to the people with hearing impairment. DD News will also let private satellite TV channels carry the feed of this event free of cost, if they wish to carry the same telecast.

     

    The Ministry, in a note, said, “The media has always been in the forefront of taking up important issues covering national integration, progress of disadvantaged sections of the society, etc.”

     

    It was in this spirit that all TV channels, interested in carrying the live telecast of the Republic Day Parade with commentary were being advised to carry the signals of DD News with sign language interpretation for the benefit of differently abled people.

  • DD Bharati to telecast biographical work on Subhash Chandra Bose

    DD Bharati to telecast biographical work on Subhash Chandra Bose

    NEW DELHI: Springing Tiger – a biographical film, is being telecast on DD Bharati to mark the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose.
     
    The half-hour film will be telecast at 10 am on 23 January.
     
    The biographical account showcases the history of a lesser known side to the Second World War and the significant role played by the legend during the war. 
     
    The film vividly describes the life, philosophy, idealism, nationalism and political astuteness of Bose. 

    Since DD Bharati’s re-launch in 2012, the channel has focused on giving its viewers a view of art and culture through its dedicated slots on Environment, Architectural Heritage, Biographies, Classical Dances and Songs and Literature titled,Sahitya Bharti.  
     
    A special chunk for woman, titled Aadha Aakash Apna is also aired. DD Bharati seeks to attract youngsters through its range of programs and is eyeing to increase its viewership manifold.

     

  • DD Bharati to telecast biographical work on Subhash Chandra Bose

    DD Bharati to telecast biographical work on Subhash Chandra Bose

    NEW DELHI: Springing Tiger – a biographical film, is being telecast on DD Bharati to mark the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose.
     
    The half-hour film will be telecast at 10 am on 23 January.
     
    The biographical account showcases the history of a lesser known side to the Second World War and the significant role played by the legend during the war. 
     
    The film vividly describes the life, philosophy, idealism, nationalism and political astuteness of Bose. 

    Since DD Bharati’s re-launch in 2012, the channel has focused on giving its viewers a view of art and culture through its dedicated slots on Environment, Architectural Heritage, Biographies, Classical Dances and Songs and Literature titled,Sahitya Bharti.  
     
    A special chunk for woman, titled Aadha Aakash Apna is also aired. DD Bharati seeks to attract youngsters through its range of programs and is eyeing to increase its viewership manifold.

     

  • Doordarshan sees major dip in revenue & business generation in 2015-16

    Doordarshan sees major dip in revenue & business generation in 2015-16

    NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Doordarshan’s revenues fell sharply during 2015-16, showing a total of Rs 340 crore by way of net revenue and business generation until the end of December as compared to Rs 582.02 crore for the same period in 2014-15.

     

    Doordarshan sources told Indiantelevision.com that in the Rs 340 crore figure for 2015-16, the net revenue was Rs 138 crore, whereas the business generation figure stood at Rs 202 crore. 

     

    The corresponding figures for 2014-15 for the same period were Rs 320.88 crore as revenue and Rs 261.14 crore as business generation, totalling to Rs 582.02 crore.

     

    The revenue from April to November 2015 (nine months) stood at just over Rs 128 crore, whereas in the month of December 2015, the revenue was just under Rs 10 crore.

     

    The revenue generation in December 2015 came from the Ministries of Personnel and Pensions, Home, Consumer Affairs, Health and Family Welfare, Road Transport and Highways, and Social Justice and Empowerment.

     

    This was mainly from the publicity of 15 different programmes or campaigns run by these six ministries of which six were for Health and Family Welfare, and four for Social Justice and Empowerment.

  • DD confident of achieving 112-channel target on FreeDish by March-end

    DD confident of achieving 112-channel target on FreeDish by March-end

    NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan is now confident that it will acquire the capacity of carrying 112 channels on its free-to-air (FTA) direct to home (DTH) service FreeDish by March-end.
     
    DD director general C Lalrosanga told Indiantelevision.com that a meeting had been held recently by the engineering team in FreeDish and Doordarshan with experts from the Bangalore based ByDesign India.
     
    DD is acquiring ByDesign’s conditional access system (CAS) so as to increase its channel offerings from the current 64 by the end of March 2016.
     
    The meeting was primarily aimed at assessing the requirement of CAS-enabled set top boxes (STBs) that will be needed to cover all regions of the country.
     
    Lalrosanga said the DTH player will switch over to MPEG4 from the current MPEG2 in two phases. “The first phase may begin this month,” he informed.
     
    Late last year, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) approved a proposal by ByDesign India to develop an Indian conditional access system. ByDesign was to receive a support amount of Rs 19.79 crore from DeitY to develop the new system in association with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
     
    The ByDesign model is totally indigenous and built for DVB-C setup. This CAS solution will enable broadcasters to control access to their services by viewers, and thereby enabling them to extend their business models to subscription based schemes.
     
    This will mean that the FreeDish will become encrypted but will remain FTA. In addition to helping increase the number of channels on the platform, this will enable FreeDish to gauge the exact number of households relying on FreeDish as encrypted STBs will only be available with authorised dealers.
     
    Lalrosanga went on to add that many homes were gradually switching over to FreeDish as they could then get their entire entertainment for a one-time fee of purchasing a dish, which costs as low as Rs 700 to Rs 1200.
     
    Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar had said early last year that FreeDish’s aim was to reach 112 channels within a year or so.
     
    At present, there is no vacant slot on Freedish since all channels that were on the platform and whose licences had expired have come back through the 24 e-auctions conducted over the past year.
     
    Interestingly, two new entrants on the platform – Aaj Tak and Big Magic – are pay channels, which are being run as FTA on FreeDish.
     
    DD sources said that the reference interconnect agreement signed by these two channels no longer carries any non-discriminatory clause as it refers to FreeDish.

  • DD to telecast special programme on mental health problems & prejudices

    DD to telecast special programme on mental health problems & prejudices

    NEW DELHI: The Doordarshan flagship programme Aaj Savere will focus on issues relating to mental health awareness and public education.

     

    Consultant psychiatrist Dr Avdesh Sharma will discuss the work being done in public education by him during the programme at 7.30 am on 17 December. 

     

    The programme will be beamed on the national channel and will discuss the global scenario and India centric issues around mental health and its impact on health, relationships, society and the economy. The aim is also to reduce the stigma and discrimination towards persons with mental illnesses and their families.

     

    It will also highlight initiatives and innovations in Public Education & Awareness building initiatives led by Dr Sharma in the capital that are being planned by the World Psychiatric Association. 

     

    The discussion would also cover the role of various stakeholders in Mental Health including physicians, caregivers, NGOs, alternative therapists and spirituality.

     

     

     

  • No plans for new DD transmitters except some in border areas: Rathore

    No plans for new DD transmitters except some in border areas: Rathore

    NEW DELHI: The Government has no plans for new Doordarshan transmitters for expansion of terrestrial coverage except a few in border areas, the Parliament was told by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore.

     

    Doordarshan has 67 kendras (studio centres) and 1,416 transmitters in the country and therefore there is no need for expansion in view of multi channel coverage having been provided to all the areas uncovered by terrestrial transmission (including those located in rural/ remote/ backward/tribal regions) along with rest of the country through DD’s free-to-air DTH service Freedish.

     

    Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of seven studios, followed by Jammu and Kashmir with four. Although other states have a maximum of two studios, each one of them widens its reach through high power transmitters, lower low power transmitters; very low power transmitters and transposers.

     

    Rathore also told the Parliament that all areas uncovered by terrestrial transmission along with the rest of the country have been provided with multi channel TV coverage through Freedish. DTH signals can be received anywhere in the country with the help of small sized dish receive units and require only a one-time payment for purchasing the units.

     

    The four new TV transmitter projects in Jammu and Kashmir presently under implementation are High Power Transmitters (HPTs), Rajouri (DD1 & DD News); HPT, Green Ridge; HPT, Himbotingla; and HPT Natha Top (Patnitop). The Timeline for transmitters at Rajouri is 2016 and for other locations is 2017.

  • Doordarshan signs MOU to disseminate key health related schemes

    Doordarshan signs MOU to disseminate key health related schemes

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s terrestrial and satellite channels will run video spots produced and provided by the Health Ministry aimed at informing and educating the target group of audience about sustained health campaigns.

     

    A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed today between Doordarshan and the Health and Family Welfare Ministry to facilitate the telecast of Ministry related video spots on Doordarshan’s national and regional networks.

     

    The MoU was signed by K.B. Agarwal, Additional Secretary, on behalf of the Health Ministry and Doordarshan director general C Lalrosanga. This MoU was signed in the presence of Health Ministry B P Sharma.

     

    The Health Ministry has placed business in excess of Rs 50 crore for this purpose. In turn Doordarshan has offered a special bonus plan to the Ministry, thus contributing towards the government goal of health for all.

     

    Sharma said this MoU would help the Health Ministry to disseminate its programmes of health and special messages of prevention of health across the country in different languages through the vast network of Doordarshan, which has the highest reach especially in rural areas.

     

    Lalrosanga said Doordarshan as a public service broadcaster has the primary responsibility to help various Ministries and Government departments to disseminate their schemes of social development to the needy and this is the primary reason that Doordarshan has extended special schemes to help the Ministry in reaching their target group. 

     

    Additional secretary N S Kang; joint secretaries Dharitri Panda and Rakesh Kumar; director Manisha Verma from the Health Ministry and DD additional director general Ranjan Mukherjee and deputy DG C K Jain were also present on the occasion.