Doordarshan

Doordarshan
Type
BrandingDD
Country
AvailabilityGlobal
Mottoसत्यम् शिवम् सुंदरम्
("Truth is beautiful and Shiva (the Lord) is beautiful")
HeadquartersNew Delhi, Delhi
Broadcast area
Worldwide
OwnerMinistry of Information and Broadcasting,
Government of India
ParentPrasar Bharati
Key people
Mayank Kumar Agrawal (CEO)
Launch date
15 September 1959; 65 years ago (1959-09-15)
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Callsign meaning
DoorDarshan
Official website
www.doordarshan.gov.in
LanguageHindi, 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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "The future of Doordarshan is on the block". November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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