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 Doordarshan Bhawan in Mandi House, Delhi, India | |
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Branding | DD |
| Country | |
| Availability | Nationwide and worldwide |
| Motto | सत्यम् शिवम् सुंदरम् ("Truth is beautiful and Shiva (the Lord) is beautiful") |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi |
Broadcast area | India and the World |
| Owner | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |
| Parent | Prasar Bharati |
Key people | Mayank Kumar Agrawal (CEO) |
Launch date | 15 September 1959 |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Callsign meaning | DoorDarshan |
Official website | www |
| Language | Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Meitei, Assamese, Odia |
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; lit. 'distant vision, television') is an Indian state-owned public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions.[1] As one of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter infrastructure, it was established on 15 September 1959.[2] Doordarshan, which also broadcasts on digital terrestrial transmitters, provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional India and overseas.
- ^ "The future of Doordarshan is on the block". November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Doordarshan turns 57; watch the video of its first telecast plus 7 lesser-known facts about DD". 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.