| Type | Terrestrial and satellite television network |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Headquarters | Gandhinagar, India |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ISRO, BISAG, Indian Government |
| History | |
| Launched | 2015 |
| Links | |
| Website | bisag |
Vande Gujarat is a state owned educational and geographical television channel in India.
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The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay channels. The Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
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DD Saptagiri previously known as DD-8 is a state-owned television channel telecasting in the Telugu language from a studio at Doordarshan Kendra Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. The studio was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, on 27 September 2014.
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