NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has wrapped up a swift mid-year monetisation drive, awarding five vacant slots on DD Free Dish after concluding its 95th and 96th...
New Delhi: Prasar Bharati has thrown open applications for fresh capacity on DD Free Dish, signalling a timely opportunity for broadcasters looking to expand reach without...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has cleared 17 regional television channels for free carriage on DD Free Dish’s MPEG-4 platform, widening access to regional language content on...
MUMBAI: Lord Yama is keeping a close watch on India’s pay TV’s door, though from a distance, India’s pay-television industry, once the swaggering overlord of 151...
MUMBAI: As 2025 draws to a close, India’s Hindi General Entertainment Channels (GECs) are a study in contrasts. The industry is effectively bifurcated into two distinct...
NOIDA: Live Times, India’s first global multicast news hub, has surged to the top in Mumbai, clocking a record-breaking average time spent (ATS) of 1 hour...
MUMBAI: It was no political tea break on Point Blank, it was all straight talk. Senior BJP leader and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy declared...
MUMBAI: When politics turns into prime-time theatre, few shows pack the punch of Point Blank. Live Times’ flagship programme, helmed by veteran anchor Deepak Chaurasia, is...
MUMBAI: Breaking news just found a new address Channel No. 0073. India News, Itv Network’s flagship Hindi news channel, is back on DD Free Dish, renewing...
MUMBAI: Your living room’s about to turn into a TV temple and a snake pit all in one evening. Colors Rishtey has officially landed on DD...
MUMBAI: Far from the reach of TRPs and dish antennas lies a forgotten audience—There’s a silent crowd of 100 million Indian homes—unplugged, unconnected, and uncounted—who have...
MUMBAI: Star Utsav has pulled off a prime-time power move, clocking a staggering 111 million viewers in just 11 days of its 1 April 2025 return...
MUMBAI: TV9 Marathi has become the first Marathi news channel to launch on DD Free Dish, India’s largest free-to-air direct-to-home platform. This strategic move significantly broadens...
MUMBAI: India’s first global multicast news hub, Live Times, has bolstered its distribution network by securing a coveted position on DD Free Dish Channel No. 100,...
Mumbai: Sun TV Network, India’s leading media network, has ventured into the Hindi-speaking market by introducing its first Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC), Sun Neo. With...
Mumbai: The Direct-to-Home (DTH) television industry has long been a cornerstone of the entertainment landscape, offering viewers access to a wide array of channels and programming...
Mumbai: It’s FTA e-auction time once again. Pubcastr Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish DTH Platform for...
Mumbai: Cable operators have alleged that unregistered local players are illegally taking unencrypted feed from DD Free Dish. Over the last few years there have been...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has invited applications for the allotment of MPEG-4 slots on DD Free Dish on a pro- Rata basis for the period from 18...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharti’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform announced the return of two general entertainment channels, Sony Pal and Colors Rishtey, effective from 1 December. The free-to-air...
Mumbai: Hindi general entertainment channel Atrangi TV launched in June has been awarded a MPEG-2 slot on Prasar Bharati’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform DD Free Dish....
Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots of the DD Free Dish free direct-to-home (DTH) platform for the period...
Mumbai: Former Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati joined broadcast journalist and host of ‘Media Dialogues’ on CNBCTV18 Anuradha Sengupta in conversation about his tenure at...
Mumbai: The uptake of free direct-to-home services has come down since the major broadcaster networks collectively left the platform on 1 April, stated Zee Entertainment Enterprises...
Mumbai: Viacom18 on Monday announced the launch of Sports18 Khel – its free-to-air (FTA) Hindi channel, available on Prasar Bharati’s DTH service DD FreeDish. The announcement...
Mumbai: The government will distribute 1.5 lakh free dish in far-flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the ministry of information and broadcasting secretary Apurva Chandra said...
Mumbai: Shemaroo Entertainment has announced the launch of a new free-to-air hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) called ‘Shemaroo Umang’. The channel is available on DD Free...
Mumbai: Hindi news channel Good News Today (GNT) has captured 7.6 per cent market share on free platforms within the first month of ratings released by...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharati’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform DD Free Dish has announced the new channel numbers for 167 TV channels and 48 radio channels that will...
Mumbai: Goldmines Telefilms’ Hindi movie channel Dhinchaak has been renamed as Goldmines Movies. The channel also announced its upcoming programming including the films “Ala Vaikunthapuramuloo,” “Annaathe,” “Viswasam,”...
Mumbai: Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s food and lifestyle channel FoodFood is set to go live on Prasar Bharati’s free-to-air DTH service DD Free Dish from 1...
Mumbai: This year, the contender channels such as Shemaroo TV, The Q, and Azaad TV will be able to make a bigger dent in the FTA...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish DTH platform on a pro-rata basis for the period from...
Mumbai: Manoranjan Group has announced a new Bhojpuri TV channel Manoranjan Prime scheduled for the launch in March. The channel will cater to audiences in Bihar,...
Mumbai: The results of the fourth annual/57th e-auction of MPEG-4 slots of DD FreeDish for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 are...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has invited applications for vacant MPEG-2 slots on free DTH platform DD Free Dish in the 58th e-auction process. The slots will be...
Mumbai: With a 40 million base, which is constantly growing at the cost of Pay-TV, Prasar Bharati’s DD Free Dish is not just another competing platform,...
Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited applications for vacant MPEG-4 slots of the DD Free Dish DTH platform from the period 1 April 2022 to...
Mumbai: With a presence in over 40 million households, DD Free Dish has emerged as an enabler of competitiveness in the media and entertainment industry, said...
Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited applications for acquisition of ready-made TV content. The applications should be submitted via the content acquisition portal of Prasar...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has invited satellite TV channels to bid for vacant MPEG-2 slots on DD Free Dish DTH Platform through the 56th e-auction. Successful bidders would...
Mumbai: Riding high on the launch of new channels, the advertising volumes and values of free-to-air (FTA) has grown by 25 to 30 per cent and...
Mumbai: Direct-to-home (DTH) service providers including Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV have written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) asking the telecom regulator to...
Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has allotted two vacant MPEG-4 slots for its DD Free Dish DTH platform at the end of the 55th e-auction, held on 23 August. The successful...
Mumbai: Since its launch in December 2017, growing the channel’s distribution has been a top priority for The Q. Realising the potential of small-town India for...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has invited applications for the allotment of vacant MPEG-4 slots of DD Free Dish DTH platform for the period from 1 September 2021...
Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has added five new MPEG-2 slots for its DD Free Dish DTH platform at the end of the 54th e-auction. Hindi general...
MUMBAI: It won’t be a stretch to describe The Q India channel as a jack of all trades. A Hindi GEC at its core, it also...
KOLKATA: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati's free-to-air DTH platform service DD Free Dish has added six new MPEG-2 slots, on the back of having surpassed an estimated...
NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati's free-to-air DTH platform DD Free Dish has continued its strong growth trajectory and the service’s subscriber base has crossed an...