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DD FreeDish with 43 Million Homes announces new channel line-up

Posted On: 31 MAR 2022 2:46PM by PIB Delhi

Registering unparalleled growth in the TV distribution industry, Doordarshan FreeDish has become the largest DTH platform with reach to more than 43 Million households. With improved auction processes leading to addition of better quality & quantity of channels in various genres, between 2017 and 2022 alone, the Free DTH service of Doordarshan clocked a stellar growth of almost 100% from 22 Million in 2017 to 43 Million in 2022.

Recently released FICCI-EY Report 2022 corroborates why and how DD FreeDish continues its strong growth trajectory, “Free Television continued to grow its base to reach an estimated 43 Million subscribers on the back of less expensive television sets, economic issues, and addition of new channels to the platform.” The report quotes FreeDish distributors mentioning year on year growth in sales of DD FreeDish set-top boxes.

In stark comparison to 22 Million subscribers in 13 years between 2004 and 2017, DD FreeDish’s growth over last 5 years stands out. In just 5 years between 2017 and 2022, FreeDish has added another 21 Million subscribers, taking the total to 43 Million.  

Prasar Bharati’s DTH service DD FreeDish is the only Free-to-Air (FTA) Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service where the viewer doesn’t have to pay any monthly subscription fee. It only requires a small one time investment of about Rs. 2000 for purchase of the DD FreeDish set-top box. https://prasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish/

In what further exemplifies the success story of DD FreeDish, in the latest e-Auction for allotment of MPEG-2 slots of DD FreeDish for 2022-23, 63 channels were successfully allocated slots in various genres. In sync with rise in subscription base of DD FreeDish, the number of channels on DD FreeDish has also increased in multiple buckets this year. In News and Current Affairs category, the number of channels has increased from 11 to 14, while the bucket of Hindi Music, Hindi Sports, Hindi Teleshopping channels, Bhojpuri Movies and Bhojpuri general entertainment channels has registered growth from 13 to 16.

DD FreeDish hosts a total of 167 TV channels and 48 Radio channels, including 91 Doordarshan channels (comprising of 51 cobranded educational channels) and 76 private TV channels. With effect from April 1, 2022, DD FreeDish private TV channels bouquet would comprise of 8 Hindi general entertainment channels, 15 Hindi Movie channels, 6 Music channels, 22 News channels, 9 Bhojpuri channels, 4 Devotional and 2 foreign channels.

The new channel line-up has rendered the DD FreeDish bouquet more diverse and engaging than ever. For the first time on DD FreeDish, a dedicated channel for food, ‘Food Food’ by Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, has been added. There is good news for sports enthusiasts as now apart from DD Sports, FreeDish will have another sports channel ‘MyCam’.   

Watch the below explainer short video which can guide on how to set up DD FreeDish set-top box to receive the latest line-up of channels.

 

New channel line-up on DD FreeDish, effective from April 1, 2022

 

Channel Name (TV)

Channel Number (LCN)

 DD News

1

DD National

2

DD Retro

3

DD Kisan

4

 DD India

5

Sun Marathi

6

Showbox

7

DD Girnar

8

Ishara TV

9

ABZY Movies

10

 Vedic

11

 B4U Movies

12

 Good News Today

13

 B4U Bhojpuri

14

Dhinchaak

15

Big Ganga

16

 Goldmines Bhojpuri

17

Manoranjan Prime

18

Manoranjan Grand

19

Shemaroo Marathibana

20

DD Podhigai

21

DD Punjabi

22

 DD Sahyadri

23

Fakt Marathi

24

 MyCam

25

Sansad TV

26

Sansad TV

27

Shemaroo TV

28

Dangal

29

 Bhojpuri Cinema

30

Zee Biskope

31

ABZY Cool

32

Dhinchaak 2

33

 The Q

34

Colors Cineplex Bollywood

35

Goldmines Hindi

36

Enterr 10

37

Rishtey Cineplex

38

 Movie Plus

39

Manoranjan Movie

40

 Big Magic

41

 B4U Kadak

42

Manoranjan TV

43

 TV9 Bharatvarsh

44

Aastha

45

Filamchi Bhojpuri

46

 Zing

47

 Zee Anmol Cinema

48

 NDTV India

49

Azaad

50

Enterr- 10 Movies

51

 Goldmines Movies

52

 Popcorn Movies

53

Sanskar TV

54

Star Utsav Movies

55

News 18 India

56

 9XM

57

 Sony Wah

58

Zee Hindustan

59

 India News

60

MTV Beats

61

Mastii

62

B4U Music

63

India TV

64

News Nation

65

 Times Now Navbharat

66

Republic Bharat

67

Aaj Tak

68

ABP News

69

Zee News

70

 Zee Chitramandir

71

Zee Punjabi

72

 News 24 Think First

73

 Food Food

74

 DD Yadagiri

75

 DD UP

76

 DD Bharati

77

DD Rajasthan

78

DD Sports

79

DD Bihar

80

DD Jharkhand

81

 DD MP

82

DD Tripura

83

DD Chhattisgarh

84

 DD Kashir

85

 DD Chandana

86

DD Uttarakhand

87

 DD Saptagiri

88

 DD Malayalam

89

 DD Assam

90

 DD Oriya

91

 DD Arun Prabha

92

 DD Bangla

93

Home Channel

94

Astha Bhajan

95

Chardikala Time TV

96

 DD Goa

97

DD Haryana

98

DD Himachal Pradesh

99

Samay

100

India News UP/UK

101

Sudarshan News

102

News 18 UP/UK

103

 DD Meghalaya

104

DD Manipur

105

 DD Nagaland

106

DD Mizoram

107

News State UP/UK

108

 News India 24X7

109

Bflix Movies

110

BTV World

111

KBS World

112

DD National HD

113

 DD Urdu

114

 Swadesh News

115

Raftaar Media

116

DD SWAYAM Prabha 1

117

DD SWAYAM Prabha 2

118

DD SWAYAM Prabha 3

119

DD SWAYAM Prabha 4

120

DD SWAYAM Prabha 5

121

DD SWAYAM Prabha 6

122

DD SWAYAM Prabha 7

123

DD SWAYAM Prabha 8

124

DD SWAYAM Prabha 9

125

DD SWAYAM Prabha 10

126

DD SWAYAM Prabha 11

127

DD SWAYAM Prabha 12

128

DD SWAYAM Prabha 13

129

DD SWAYAM Prabha 14

130

DD SWAYAM Prabha 15

131

DD SWAYAM Prabha 16

132

DD SWAYAM Prabha 17

133

DD SWAYAM Prabha 18

134

 DD SWAYAM Prabha 19

135

DD SWAYAM Prabha 20

136

DD SWAYAM Prabha 21

137

DD SWAYAM Prabha 22

138

DD eVidya 1

139

DD eVidya 2

140

DD eVidya 3

141

DD eVidya 4

142

DD eVidya 5

143

DD eVidya 6

144

DD eVidya 7

145

DD eVidya 8

146

DD eVidya 9

147

DD eVidya 10

148

DD eVidya 11

149

DD eVidya 12

150

DD Vande Gujarat 1

151

DD Vande Gujarat 2

152

DD Vande Gujarat 3

153

DD Vande Gujarat 4

154

DD Vande Gujarat 5

155

DD Vande Gujarat 6

156

DD Vande Gujarat 7

157

DD Vande Gujarat 8

158

DD Vande Gujarat 9

159

DD Vande Gujarat10

160

DD Vande Gujarat11

161

DD Vande Gujarat12

162

DD Vande Gujarat13

163

DD Vande Gujarat14

164

DD Vande Gujarat15

165

DD Vande Gujarat16

166

DD DigiShala

167

 

Channel Name (Radio)

Channel Number (LCN)

AIR News

1

AIR Telugu

2

AIR Marathi

3

AIR Tamil

4

AIR VBS

5

AIR Rohtak

6

AIR Vijayawada

7

AIR Imphal

8

AIR Gujarati

9

AIR Panjim

10

AIR Punjabi

11

AIR Puducherry

12

AIR Srinagar

13

AIR Lucknow

14

 AIR Patna

15

AIR Bhopal

16

AIR Kannada

17

AIR Bangla

18

AIR Hindi

19

AIR North East

20

AIR Dehradun

21

AIR Port Blair

22

AIR Jaipur

23

AIR Gangtok

24

 AIR Raagam

25

AIR Ranchi

26

 AIR Urdu

27

 AIR Oriya

28

AIR Malayalam

29

 AIR Assamese

30

AIR Raipur

31

AIR Shillong

32

AIR Kohima

33

 AIR Aizawl

34

AIR Itanagar

35

AIR Agartala

36

 AIR Leh

37

AIR Shimla

38

AIR Jammu

39

Gyanwani

40

FM Rainbow Delhi

41

FM Gold Delhi

42

AIR Darbhanga

43

AIR Nazibabad

44

 AIR World Service 1

45

 AIR World Service 2

46

AIR Neighbourhood Service 1

47

 AIR Neighbourhood Service 2

48

 

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