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 DD DIRECT+ is a Direct To Home (DTH) television service in India, run by the state owned broadcaster Doordarshan. The service offers all Doordarshan channels, along with a few private satellite television channels. This service is entirely free except for the initial cost of equipment. Doordarshan claims that 2 million boxes have been sold so far. Several thousand set top boxes have been distributed free to various panchayats, village schools and hospitals.

The DD DIRECT+ platform carries 37 free-to-air television channels including 19 Doordarshan channels, 18 private television channels and 20 audio channels of All India Radio and other radio stations, and is likely to include more channels in the future. There are a few test channels that run from Test 1 to Test 20, though for the moment only Doordarshan regional channels are being shown on them. The satellite earth station for uplink of signals is in Delhi. NSS-6 is the high power Ku-band satellite hosting the Doordarshan DTH services.

Facts about Doordarshan

Doordarshan is the world's largest terrestrial broadcaster with over 1400 terrestrial television transmitters located throughout the India covering approximately 88% of India's geographical area.

Doordarshan has setup a DTH platform to carry free-to-air television channels and All India Radio channels on its DTH platform which can be received throughout India & in nearby countries on Free-to Air (FTA) basis by consumers. The number of TV channels will be increased to 50 and All India Radio channels to 40 in due course of time as per a Doordarshan press release.

Main Features

Cost

Equipment cost - The approximate cost of the equipment to view the channels is around Rs. 1800/- (approximately 40 U. S. D.) including Ku /C Band Set Top Box, LNB and dish antenna.

Recurring cost - Nil - All channels are free to air.

Coverage

India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan (partial), Myanmar (partial) through NSS-6 satellite located at 95° E.

Programming languages

Almost all official Indian languages, English and German.

Ownership

Doordarshan (India)

Viewability

41 television channels that can be viewed once the equipment is installed. More than 90 channels can be got on installing a 120 centimeter antenna with C-band receiving horn. (Many Middle-east, Sahara network and Chinese channels are available now.)

30 radio stations can be heard once the equipment is installed.

Approximate Viewership

About 30 million.

Frequencies of DD Direct+ bouquet

  • Freq: 10977 S.Rate: 27500 Pol: Horizontal
  • Freq: 12688 S.Rate: 27500 Pol: Horizontal
  • Freq: 12534 S.Rate: 27500 Pol: Horizontal
  • Freq: 12647 S.Rate: 27500 Pol: Vertical
  • Freq: 12729 S.Rate: 27500 Pol: Vertical

Channels of DD Direct+ bouquet

Channels in testing phase

  • Freq : 10977 Horizontal Test 4, Test 8 to 10
  • Freq : 12688 Horizontal Test 11 to 20

Doordarshan channels

National

Regional language channels

Private channels

Via Non-DD DIRECT+ television frequencies

Radio channels

Via Non-DD Direct+ radio frequencies

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