DD News
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.
| Type | Television Channel |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Broadcast area | Asia, Europe |
| Network | Doordarshan |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| 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 |
| Replaced | DD Metro |
| Former names | Doordarshan Kendra Delhi |
| Links | |
| Website | Official Website |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | VHF band |
| Streaming media | |
| National Informatics Centre | Webcast NIC |
| YouTube | Official Channel |
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. After that parent body Prasar Bharati's CEO claimed that DD News will be "100% Hindi soon", 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 and Apple 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.