Doordarshan 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. As one of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter infrastructure, it was established on 15 September 1959. Doordarshan, which also broadcasts on digital terrestrial transmitters, provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional India and overseas.
The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 900 channels of which 184 were pay channels. National channels operate in Hindi and English, in addition to channels in several other languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Kashmiri, Konkani and Haryanvi, among others. The Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
DD Free Dish is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters through Online auction.
Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is an Indian content creator, aggregator and distributor, specifically in the media and entertainment industry. It was founded by Buddhichand Maroo in 1962 as a book-circulating library under the name Shemaroo. It set up India's first video rental business in 1979. The company went national after it began content distribution in 1987, became aggregators and bought rights to movies for home video.
DD National is an Indian state-owned entertainment television channel founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan, launched on 15 September 1959. India's public service broadcaster, and the oldest and most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.
Rajendra Gupta is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series Chandrakanta and Sudha's father – Jagat Narayan – in the 1998–2001 Sony TV drama Saaya.
DD Metro also known as DD 2 was an Indian free-to-air television channel. It was launched in 1984 as DD2 in Delhi as an alternative to DD National. Later, it increased its coverage area by expanding to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. In 1993, the channel was rebranded as DD-2 Metro. On 3 November 2003, the Prasar Bharati Corporation replaced DD Metro with their new news channel, DD News.
Direct-to-Home (DTH) television is a method of receiving satellite television by means of signals transmitted from direct-broadcast satellites. The Government of India (GoI) permitted the reception and distribution of satellite television signals in November 2000. The first DTH service in the country was launched by Dish TV on 2 October 2003. DD Free Dish, the first free DTH service in India, was launched by public broadcaster Prasar Bharati in December 2004.
Mastiii is a Hindi language free to air music television channel. owned by Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd. it was among the top five channels in the Hindi music category after just one month of launch. Mastiii Bollywood music channel also available on DD Free dish DTH at channel number 62.
Epic TV is an Indian television channel that airs action, drama, comedy and narrative non-fiction and fictional programming with a focus on Indian history, folklore and epic genre. Launched by IN10 Media on 19 November 2014, a company owned by Anand Mahindra, it airs programmes in Hindi and English. Aditya Pittie, CEO of Pittie Group is the Managing Director of Epic TV.
Dangal TV is a free-to-air Hindi language general entertainment channel owned by Enterr10 Television Network. It was launched on 2009 as a Bhojpuri-language movie channel but was being converted into Hindi entertainment channel. Its programming consists of family dramas, fantasy, and crime shows.
Filamchi Bhojpuri is a 24x7 linear broadcast channel specializing in Bhojpuri cinema. Currently, the channel is available on DD Free Dish at LCN 46 and Airtel Digital TV and also on Sun Direct LCN 716. This channel can be watched without any subscription on DD Free dish.
Enter 10 Television Private Limited is an Indian mass media company headquartered at Mumbai.
Azaad TV was an Indian Hindi language general entertainment channel that was owned by Beginnen Media. This channel aired re-runs from other television channels and some original shows of their own. Azaad was also available on DD Free Dish. Azaad TV was shut down on 10 August 2022.
Q TV is an Indian Hindi language youth-centric entertainment channel owned by QYou Media. This channel shows some content from digital platforms like YouTube and MX Player. The channel was first launched as The Q, an Indian youth channel that primarily broadcast in Hindi on 24 June 2017.The Q was rebranded as Q TV on 9 June 2023.
Dangal 2 is an Indian Hindi entertainment channel that was owned by Enterr10 Television Network. This channel shows repeated programmes from Hindi Entertainment Channel Dangal and acquired shows from the defunct Hindi Entertainment Channel Imagine TV. It is a free-to-air channel and was launched on 2 April 2022 by replacing Enter10 Movies.
Atrangii was an Indian over-the-top freemium streaming platform and was a Hindi GEC channel launched on DD free dish. 5 months after its launch, it was closed down from the DD free dish on 20 November 2022. Atrangi is owned by Vibhu Agarwal, who also owns Ullu App.
Nazara TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment television channel owned by IN10 Media. The network's programming includes family dramas, romantic serials, thrillers and crime serials. The channel is also available on LCN 5 on DD Free Dish.
