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Doordarshan (Hindi: दूरदर्शन; literally Distant Show) is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009, Doordarshan celebrated its 50th anniversary. The DD provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional India, as well as overseas through the Indian Network and Radio India.

History
Doordarshan had a modest beginning with the experimental telecast starting in Delhi on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio. The regular daily transmission started in 1965 as a part of All India Radio. The television service was extended to Bombay (now Mumbai) and Amritsar in 1972. Up until 1975, only seven Indian cities had a television service and Doordarshan remained the sole provider of television in India. Television services were separated from radio in April 1 1976. Each office of All India Radio and Doordarshan were placed under the management of two separate Director Generals in New Delhi. Finally, in 1982, Doordarshan as a National Broadcaster came into existence.KRISHI DARSHAN was first programme telecast on Doordarshan. It commenced on January 26, 1967 and is one of the longest running programs on Indian television.

Nationalwide transmission

National telecasts were introduced in 1982. In the same year, colour TV was introduced in the Indian market with the live telecast of the Independence Day speech by then prime minister Indira Gandhi on 15 August 1982, followed by the 1982 Asian Games which were held in Delhi. Now more than 90 percent of the Indian population can receive Doordarshan (DD National) programmes through a network of nearly 1,400 terrestrial transmitters. There are about 46 Doordarshan studios producing TV programmes today.

Channels
There are these channels in doordarshan
12 National channels
    DD Bharati
    DD HD
    DD India
    DD National
    DD News
    DD Sports
    DD Urdu
    Gyan Darshan 1
    Gyan Darshan 2
    Gyan Darshan 3 (Eklavya Technology Channel)
    Gyan Darshan 4 (VYAS Channel)
    Lok Sabha TV

41 regional channels
    DD Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    DD Saptagiri
    DD Arunachal Pradesh
    DD Assam
    DD Bangla
    DD Bihar
    DD Chandana
    DD Chandigarh
    DD Chhattisgarh
    DD Delhi
    DD Dehradun
    DD Girnar
    DD GOA
    DD Gujarati
    DD Haryana
    DD Himachal Pradesh
    DD Hissar
    DD Jaipur
    DD Jammu
    DD Jharkhand
    DD Chandana Kannada
    DD Kerala
    DD Kashir
    DD Madhya Pradesh
    DD Sahyadri Marathi
    DD Malayalam
    DD Manipur
    DD Mizoram
    DD Nagaland
    DD North-East
    DD Oriya
    DD Podhigai
    DD Port Blair
    DD Punjab
    DD Pondicherry
    DD Raipur
    DD Sikkim
    DD Sahyadri
    DD Tamil Nadu Now DD Chennai
    DD Uttarakhand
    DD Uttar Pradesh
 

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4 international channels
DD Nepal
DD Sri lanka
DD Bhutan
DD Burma

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