MUMBAI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan is planning an expansive coverage of the 35th National Games through its main sports and numerous regional channels. This will include live...
NEW DELHI: In keeping with its pledge to give a new look to all its properties, Doordarshan has revamped its website www.ddindia.gov.in. The new look...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan, which commenced digitization of its archival recordings in 2003, had spent Rs 9.57 crore until October last year out of the allocation of...
NEW DELHI: Private television channels, which normally re-transmit the signals of Doordarshan relating to the Republic Day Parade, have been asked to carry the sign language...
NEW DELHI: The onset of the Basant Panchami festival and the month of Magh in the Hindu calendar will be marked by DD Bharati with the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has been asked to immediately report on why 164 prorammes running into over 200 episodes produced by the Srinagar Kendra of Doordarshan and...
NEW DELHI: A total of around 400-odd serials have been selected for Doordarshan’s Urdu service out of a total of 580 that were pending before the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has launched a new talent show on ghazal singing, Jashn-e-Begum Akhtar, to commemorate the centenary year of Padma Bhushan Begum Akhtar, on DD...
NEW DELHI: Even as it depends on Doordarshan archives for its programming, DD Bharati has planned several live reportage during this month, apart from the telecast...
NEW DELHI: Even as preparations are in full swing for the Republic Day parade, DD Bharati has commenced telecast of ‘Gantantra Diwas Samaroh Ki Gaurav Yatra’...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan earned revenue of Rs 525.09 crore up to October 2014, but its operational costs during 2014-15 up to the same month was Rs...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s Freedish, India's only free direct-to-home (DTH) service, is migrating from its old platform to a new upgraded one with effect from midnight of...
MUMBAI: The first week of 2015 didn’t see much hike, when it comes to opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics and Media. Hindi...
NEW DELHI: In a new twist to its New Year programmes, Doordarshan News has announced special awards for the best news story of the year. DD...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Multimedia Exhibition mounted by DAVP on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would serve as...
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh President has received the recordings of transmissions made by All India Radio and Doordarshan during the Liberation War of 1971 from President Pranab...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is going full swing on its proposed revamp. And it’s not just the new programming lineup that the pubcaster is looking at. ...
NEW DELHI: Even as the stalemate continues on the issue of the Gyandarshan channels of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the Government has said...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati spent 51 per cent of its total expenditure for 2013-14 on salaries, Parliament was told today. Minister of State for Information and...
NEW DELHI: Noting that the proposed Doordarshan Kisan is a dedicated channel for the farmers to give them information targeted to address the wholesome edutainment needs...
NEW DELHI: A standard operating procedure has been put into place to strengthen the commissioning procedure following complaints of irregularities in Doordarshan’s Urdu and Kashir (Kashmir)...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan director general Vijaylaxmi Chhabra has announced that steps are being taken to launch DD Kisan soon and to revamp the public service broadcaster’s...
NEW DELHI: In a pace that has surprised many, Doordarshan is set to hold the 19th e-auction for Freedish on 12 December in an attempt to...
MUMBAI: Nine girls coming from culturally diverse backgrounds and different parts of the state have one common message to share – ‘Girls are not any less’....
NEW DELHI: All India Radio has pursued the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for early deposition of outstanding dues in order to resume the Gyanvani educational...
NEW DELHI: Leaving behind the top touted general entertainment channels, Doordarshan National jumped to number one position in all Hindi GECs during the afternoon hours 12:00pm...
NEW DELHI: The National award-winning feature film ‘Manthan’ by Shyam Benegal based will be telecast by Doordarshan National on 26 November at 9:30 am to celebrate...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan National is launching an environment-based fiction show ‘Prakriti- Kudrat Ko Bachane Ki Jung’ starting 22 November and which will be aired every Saturday...
NEW DELHI: As Doordarshan gets a new look, a number of new shows are being and will be aired to boost the viewership. One such...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is to telecast a special programme on ‘The World Toilet Day’ tomorrow keeping in view the ‘Swachh Bharat Campaign’ launched by Prime Minister...
NEW DELHI: The art and cultural channel of Doordarshan, DD Bharati, continues to show surprise offerings from its huge archives. Spectacular India, a series of...
NEW DELHI: Several producers who have made some memorable series for Doordarshan have promised to return if certain changes are made in the pattern of the...
NEW DELHI: With a new slogan of ‘Desh Ka Apna Channel’, Doordarshan National which is the primary channel of Prasar Bharati is adorning new colours of...
NEW DELHI: In keeping with the budget announcement about setting up a Kisan Channel for which a sum of Rs 100 crore was set aside, Prasar...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati chief executive officer Jawhar Sircar has said that the pubcaster would have to strengthen its direct-to-home platform Freedish and its FM services...
MUMBAI: November 12, is observed as the Public Service Broadcasting Day in India to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s maiden visit to All India Radio (AIR) studio. On...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has got a new ADG for its news side in Akshay Rout. He will take over as the former ADG Mayank K Agrawal...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan, which held an e-auction for some channels to fill up slots on the direct-to-home Freedish platform on 28 October, has again set a...
NEW DELHI: Russia has agreed to provide assistance in the development of direct ties and contacts between the Prasar Bharati and the All Russian State Television...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s cultural channel DD Bharati will telecast Nanak Naman today and tomorrow at 10:00 pmrepeat next day 06:00 am and 02:00 pm to mark Guru Nanak Jayanti. The...
NEW DELHI: Both All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan are celebrating India’s Iron Man Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s birthday this week with different programmes. AIR has...
NEW DELHI: Famed singers Suresh Wadekar and Kavita Krishnamurthy today emphasised that artistes from Bollywood always came forward for a good cause without charging any fee,...
NEW DELHI: A mobile application is to be introduced to ensure that people get Doordarshan news on the move, just as they are getting All India...
NEW DELHI: The cultural channel of Doordarshan, DD Bharati, is doing a series of shows that are aimed at understanding the nuances of Indian music and...
New Delhi: DD Bharati has re invented itself with new programmes. It has commenced a new series on Theatre through the Ages that will be telecast...
KOLKATA: Public broadcaster Doordarshan has finally decided to make some money out of its huge treasure of content. It is currently involved in converting its entire...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has come under fire from various political parties and social media activists for telecasing live-for the first time – the speech by Mohan...
NEW DELHI: DD Bharati will present a special play, “The Poet And The Prophet”, to mark Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October. The telecast will be...
NEW DELHI: After his visit to the United Nations where he expounded his world view, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now share his ‘Mann ki Baat’...
NEW DELHI: The public broadcaster Doordarshan’s channel DD Bharati has slated several programmes to establish its identity as the television channel reflecting the art and culture...

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