Back محطة تلفزيون دوردارشان Arabic দূৰদৰ্শন (চেনেল) AS दूरदर्शन BH দূরদর্শন Bengali/Bangla Doordarshan German Doordarshan Spanish دوردارشان FA Doordarshan Finnish Doordarshan French Doordarshan GL
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 Doordarshan Bhawan at Mandi House, New Delhi | |
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Branding | DD |
| Country | |
| Availability | Global |
| Motto | सत्यम् शिवम् सुंदरम् ("Truth is beautiful and Shiva (the Lord) is beautiful") |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| 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 (lit. 'distant vision, television'), abbreviated as DD, is India's state-owned public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959[1], it is owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and constitutes one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions.[2] Doordarshan, one of India's largest broadcasting organisations in terms of studio and transmitter infrastructure, delivers television, radio, online, and mobile services across metropolitan and regional India, as well as internationally. It also broadcasts via digital terrestrial transmitters.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The future of Doordarshan is on the block". November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.