DD Free Dish

DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) 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.

DD Free Dish
FormerlyDD Direct Plus
Company typeCentral Public Sector Undertaking
IndustrySatellite television
Founded16 December 2004 (2004-12-16)
Headquarters
New Delhi, India
Area served
SAARC
Services
  • Satellite
  • Streaming television
OwnerPrasar Bharati
Websiteprasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish

Currently, DD Free Dish has 116 television channels, among which 94 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 22 channels in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.

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