Of all the Southern Regional Kendra, Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai is the first regional Kendra to come up in the southern part of India. The name “PODHIGAI” signifies the gentle, serene and pleasant breeze which emanates from the southern direction of Podhigai mountain and passes through the Western Ranges of Tamilnadu.ĭoordarshan Kendra, Chennai was inaugurated on 15th August 1975. About DD PodhigaiĭD-Podhigai is the Tamil Regional Channel of Doordarshan’s family of 13 Regional Channels. and the channel has been well-received by the farming community. The exclusive TV Channel for the benefits farmers was launched on 26th May 2016 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the channel name as DD-KISAN, dedicated to farmers and the channel provides information about best Agricultural practices, expert views, farming techniques, water conservation, organic farming, etc. This Ku-Band DTH service provides TV coverage throughout the Indian territory ( except Andaman & Nicobar islands) DTH Signals can be received through a small-sized ( 60 c.m.) dish and associated Set-Top-Box (STB) system. Initially, started with 33 channels in its bouquet of DTH service was later rechristened as DD-FREE DISH and the number of channels also increased to 64 TV Channels and 24 Radio Channels.ĭD FREE DISH is available in Ku Band on INSAT-4B (93.5 Deg.E) having 4 streams of channels with Downlink frequencies -10990 MHz, 11070 MHz, 11150 MHz, and 11570 MHz. Doordarshan’s DD FREE DISH DTH Serviceĭoordarshan’s Free to Air (FTA) Direct To Home Service with the brand name DD-DIRECT PLUS was launched in DECEMBER 2004 and was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh. Today, DD family has 29 satellite channels (24 hours) including DD-National, DD-News, DD-Bharati, DD-Urdu and 13 other Regional Language Satellite Channels (RLSS) which caters programs of interests of a particular state in the language and idiom of that region. Since then, the DD network had grown across the length and breadth of the country covering 92% of the Indian population, achieving many milestones in its existence. It is one of the largest broadcasting networks in the world in terms of having 67 Studios, 1416 Transmitters of HPTs, and LPTs and the largest terrestrial network in the worldĭoordarshan had a humble beginning on 15th September 1959 as experimental telecast on that day as Black & White transmission had grown gradually, expanding its transmission hours and expanding its network from time to time.Ĭolour Television Broadcasting was started on 15th August 1982, when the Asian Games 1982 were held in India. Doordarshan being the Indian Public Service Broadcaster, is having the mandate of Informing, Educating and Entertaining the public.
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