DD News

DD News

Type	Television Channel
Country	India
Broadcast area	Asia, Europe
Network	Doordarshan
Headquarters	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Programming
Language(s)	Hindi
Picture format	HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner	Prasar Bharati, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Sister channels	DD National DD India DD Sports DD Bharati DD Kisan DD Retro
History
Launched	3 November 2003; 20 years ago (2003-11-03)
Replaced	DD Metro
Former names	Doordarshan Kendra Delhi
Links
Website	Official Website
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Check local frequencies
Streaming media
National Informatics Centre	Webcast NIC
YouTube	Official Channel

DD News is an Indian state-owned news television channel founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan. India's only 24-hour terrestrial TV news channel broadcasting solely in Hindi, and formerly in English. The Prasar Bharati Board approved the proposal to start a 24-hour news channel in place of DD Metro, which was closing. This was subsequently approved by the Union Cabinet in a meeting held on 3 October 2003.

DD Metro was converted into a 24-hour TV news channel, into DD News, which launched on 3 November 2003. Its terrestrial reach is 21.6% by area and 44.9% by population of India.

In 2019, international sister channel DD India become exclusive channel for English News and Current Affairs from Doordarshan.^[1] After that parent body Prasar Bharati's CEO claimed that DD News will be "100% Hindi soon",^[2] but is yet to be implemented because of availability of content to be aired. Special feature of the channel includes a Sanskrit news show called Vaarta.

The DD News mobile app for Android^[3] and Apple^[4] was launched on 7 May 2015 by the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley. The app aims to instantly communicate news on a 24x7 basis.^[5][6]

History

Initially, after experiencing a partnership with CNN, Doordarshan launched a news and current affairs channel DD CNNi in 1995. DD was catering to an international audience via its DD International channel, and also providing English news, views, current affairs and infotainment programmings to Indian audiences via its DD3 channel.^{[citation needed]} Its DD National and DD Metro channels were also delivering news content, and many private producers also had their news programs on DD channels. They converted it to DD Bharati on 26 January 2002.^{[citation needed]}

Later DD again launched its DD News channel by replacing DD Metro in 2003 and assured its availability on terrestrial mode. DD News is India's only 24-hour terrestrial news channel.^{[citation needed]} It telecasts over 16 hours of live news bulletins daily in Hindi, English, Sanskrit, and Urdu. Regional news units attached to different Doordarshan Kendras also telecast daily news bulletins in regional languages. News headlines and breaking news updates are regular features, and headlines are accessible via SMS.^{[citation needed]}

DD News also carries financial information about stocks and commodities, accessing information from the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in addition to leading commodity exchanges including the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and the MCX Stock Exchange.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2019, Prasar Bharati converted it into a Hindi news channel, while DD India was converted into English news channel.^{[citation needed]}

On 20 April 2024, DD News announced changing it's logo. The old logo, red in color was changed to saffron. The change was criticized by several opposition political parties alleging a move of saffronisation by the ruling hindu nationalist party, BJP. BJP denied the claim saying that Doordarshan originally was launched with a saffron logo in 1959 and that the objection towards it is a display of hate against bhagwa and hindus. Prasar Bharti CEO, Gaurav Dwivedi claimed that the new logo is orange in colour and that it is a change of "visual aesthetic".^[7][8][9]

Mobile application

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on 7 May 2015^[10] launched a mobile application of DD News thatwill provide DD News a platform to instantly communicate news on a 24×7 basis.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of programs broadcast by DD National
• All India Radio
• DD Direct Plus
• Doordarshan
• List of South Asian television channels by country
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
• Television in India

References

External links

• DD News site, with live streaming
• 11 years of DD News: Special presentation & discussion