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NEW DELHI: 15 September, 2015 marks 56 years to the day when Indian public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) was first launched with an experimental telecast starting in...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan is all set to launch a new show based on the life of social reformer Savitribai Phule titled as Savitri Ek Kranti. The show will...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) is yet to clear a proposal for separate 24-hour Doordarshan (DD) channels for each state in the...
NEW DELHI: “This is the only channel of this kind in the whole world, which is dedicated to the farmers and their welfare. It is serving...
NEW DELHI: Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, while lauding women who have joined the police or the armed forces, said she was amazed to see the kind...
NEW DELHI: With Doordarshan’s contract with German pubcaster Deutsche Welle ending soon, the transmission of DD’s international channel DD India may go off the Hotbird European...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan (DD) Sahyadri will be live broadcasting the Sihanstha Kumbh Mela in Nashik and Tryambakeshwar from 29 August. DD Sahyadri has been roped in as...
NEW DELHI: At a time when Prasar Bharati is embroiled in tussles with the government over autonomy, public service broadcasters like BBC and France’s France Télévisions...
NEW DELHI: An India Heritage Quiz will be telecast every Sunday on Doordarshan’s cultural channel DD Bharati to test the intelligence level of average Indians. ...
NEW DELHI: Australian television stations may soon be able to broadcast in high definition formats on their main channels, with the Government moving a legislation to...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati and Russia’s top pay television broadcaster Digital TV Russia (DTR) have collaborated on high quality production, marketing and distribution of content related to...
NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation tomorrow (14 August) at 7 pm on the eve of Independence Day. The broadcast will be...
MUMBAI: Independence Day will herald the launch of several new television serials on Doordarshan National with different shows across different genres. The pubcaster has lined up...
NEW DELHI: In the wake of news doing the rounds pertaining to Amitabh Bachchan’s endorsement fees for Doordarshan’s Kisan Channel, Minister of State for Information and...
NEW DELHI: British commercial broadcaster ITV has threatened to go to court in case the government implements its proposals to force digital catch-up TV users to...
NEW DELHI: A sum of Rs 10.16 crore including Rs 9.38 crore for commissioned and the balance Rs 78.05 lakh on in-house programmes was spent for Doordarshan’s Urdu channel...
NEW DELHI: In a pioneering move, Doordarshan today became the first Indian television channel to introduce an online payment gateway for advertisers that will ensure greater...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan incurred a sum of Rs 301.45 crore during the last three years towards digitisation of its infrastructure. This included expenditure incurred on digitisation...
NEW DELHI: The Indian pubcaster has been a soft target since time immemorial. In the light of media articles citing ratings data by the Broadcast Audience...
NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore today said that the government was in favour of Prasar Bharati becoming “fully autonomous.” ...
MUMBAI: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has denied signing any contract with Doordarshan for endorsing its recently launched television channel Kisan TV. In an official statement, Bachchan denied...
“If you think you know what your purpose is, but can never seem to gain satisfaction from it, then it’s probably not the purpose you’re destined...
BBC, the public broadcaster who benchmarks broadcasting audio and video signals all over the world, seems to be under siege. The British government has launched a...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan (DD) has successfully implemented the first phase of automating its commercial operations in the first week of July this year. It may be...
It is a matter of prime cultural concern in any nation of heritage to preserve its invaluable assets of antiquity and inherited monuments of fine arts...
MUMBAI: Broadcast & Media Technology 2015, second International Exhibition on Broadcast Equipment & Technology, will be held on 17 & 18 July at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai....
NEW DELHI: For the first time since the Prasar Bharati came into existence in 1997, the chairman of its board has been made a full-time member...
NEW DELHI: The next installment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ will be broadcast by All India Radio on 28 June. This is...
NEW DELHI: With India aiming to get into the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest number of people performing Yoga at a single venue...
MUMBAI: Sahyadri Cine Award is the most respected Marathi Film Awards that honours the best of work in Marathi Cinema. The 6th Sahyadri Cine Award is...
NEW DELHI: After struggling for almost 25 years, the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has finally broken the bureaucratic shackles and started the process of completing 2,367...
NEW DELHI: The largest single Yoga demonstration at a single venue – the Rajpath in Delhi – will be telecast on Doordarshan channels as well as...
NEW DELHI: At a time when a feature film has just been made on the subject, Doordarshan is re-telecasting the popular series Byomkesh Bakshi, which was made...
NEW DELHI: Following the success of its first season, Doordarshan National has launched the second season of its weekend programme Stree Shakti, which will highlight stories of excellence...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan National has spruced up its afternoon band titled ‘DD Dopahar Apke Ghar’ by launching six new shows. Introduced last year as a...
MUMBAI: Independent MAM technology solutions specialist Tedial has provided its Tarsys enterprise MAM system to Indian pubcaster Doordarshan. The Tedial system, installed at Doordarshan’s Kolkata...
NEW DELHI: The recently launched Doordarshan Kisan channel should serve as an open university for agriculture and irrigation, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking...
NEW DELHI: The order posting Veena Jain to head the news channel of Doordarshan as director general and noting that the officer ‘will report to the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has been allocated total funds of Rs 1,583.97 crore in the financial years since 2012 for its ’s TV relay centers. This includes...
NEW DELHI: The government funds to Prasar Bharati for content development and dissemination have been stopped from the 12th Plan. The pubcaster was getting funds...
NEW DELHI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has undertaken scores of public service advertising on Doordarshan, has now been made the brand ambassador for the pubcaster’s latest...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has made it mandatory for all platforms and carriers to carry the DD Kisan channel, launched earlier...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s Kisan TV channel was launched today (26 May) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling upon agricultural scientists to create a link with the...
NEW DELHI: After numerous delays, Doordarshan’s Kisan TV will finally see the light of day on 26 May, 2015. The channel, which was earlier slated...
Today, most of the Doordarshan (DD) Kendras and AIR Stations are without Station Directors, which is the major cause for poor content and crash in TV...
MUMBAI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Central Television (CCTV). The agreement between the two is for exchange of television...
MUMBAI: On the occasion of Mother’s Day, Doordarshan will celebrate the unique bond between mother and daughter with the Prerna Awards, which is a yearly event...
NEW DELHI: Denying that Doordarshan towers had become obsolete or were not being renovated, the Parliament has been informed that 62 out of 67 Doordarshan Studio...
NEW DELHI: Specific steps need to be taken to improve the planning and implementation of different schemes by Prasar Bharati, a Parliamentary Standing Committee has said....
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has been asked to make efforts to complete all procedural formalities so as to facilitate the expeditious...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
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