Doordarshan Name : Km. Anju Father’s Name : Buddhi Mistri Mother’s Name : Seeta Devi Enrollment No : G202071862 Roll No : 20207120004 Semester : 5 th Subject : Music Skill Mobile No : 7417256433 Teacher Name : Anupama Saxena
Doordarshan
Doordarshan lit. 'distant vision, television') is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. As one of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter infrastructure, it was established on 15 September 1959.
History Beginnings A sheet of stamps released in 2019 on the occasion of Doordarshan's 60th Foundation Day. A stamp on Doordarshan's 60th Foundation Day. The channel began modestly as an experimental broadcaster in Delhi on 15 September 1959, with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio. Regular daily transmission started in 1965 as part of All India Radio, with a five-minute news bulletin read by Pratima Puri . Salma Sultan joined Doordarshan in 1967, and became a news anchor.
Nationwide transmission National telecasts (DD National) was introduced in 1982. Colour television began in India with the live telecast of the Independence Day speech by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 15 August of that year, followed by the colour telecast of the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi.[6][7] Two years later, Doordarshan as a TV network finally took shape: the then sole TV channel was split into the nationally aired DD-1 and city channel DD-2, later rebranded in 1993 as DD National and DD Metro.
Channels Doordarshan operates 46 studios and 21 television channels: two all-India channels ( DD National and DD News ), [13] 17 regional satellite channels, 11 state networks, an international channel ( DD India ), a sports channel ( DD Sports ), DD Bharati , DD Retro , DD Urdu and an agricultural channel, DD Kisan . On DD National (formerly DD-1), regional and local programs are carried on a time-sharing basis for terrestrial broadcasting only. DD News, launched on 3 November 2003 replacing DD Metro (formerly known as the DD-2 entertainment channel), provides 24-hour news. These channels are relayed by all terrestrial transmitters in India. The regional-language satellite channels have two components: a regional service for a particular state (relayed by all terrestrial transmitters in the state), and additional programs in the regional language available through cable operators and DTH operators. DD Sports broadcasts sporting events of national and international importance. It is the only sports channel which telecasts rural sports such as kho-kho and kabbadi .
International broadcasting The DD India satellite channel has been broadcast in 146 countries. In United Kingdom, it was available through the Eurobird satellite on the Sky system's channel 833; its logo was Rayat TV. Transmission via Sky Digital ended in June 2008, and via DirecTV in the United States the following month.
Record viewership during pandemic Ramayan on DD National created a world record by becoming highest viewed entertainment programme globally. The 9 PM show on 16 April 2020 was watched by a mammoth 7.7 crore (77 million) viewers. [23] The show managed to reach more than 28.5 crore (285 million) viewers through the length of the broadcast. As a broadcasting response to nation-wide lockdown, apart from Ramayan , many other nostalgia shows were broadcast on DD network. These included Mahabharat , Chanakya , Shri Krishna, Byomkesh Bakshi and Shaktimaan . In light of increasing public demand for such retro content, Prasar Bharati launched ‘DD Retro’ as a full-time channel dedicated for the same. The channel started garnering viewership of almost 5 crore (50 million) within five weeks of its launch. Delivering on its mandate of public messaging, DD network, through COVID-focused awareness messages and shows, reached more than 40 crore (400 million) viewers during first wave of the pandemic in 2020.