DD North-East previously known as DD-13 is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in

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. On 4 August 2019 a particular 24x7 Doordarshan channel relaunched for Assam state named as

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& it replaced DD North East & the channel was launched by Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri

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Ji through virtual event & CEO of

Prasar Bharati Prasar Bharati (abbreviated as PB; Hindi: ''Praśar Bharati'', lit. Indian Broadcaster) is India's State media, state-owned public broadcaster, headquartered in New Delhi. It is a Statutory corporation, statutory autonomous body set up by an A ...

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Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest bro ...

was present on the event. The event was also live telecasted on 11:00 A.M. at DD News DD National DD India DD Bharati & other North East DD channels The programmes are produced at Doordarshan studios in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar, Shillong and Gangtok for DD North East.

History

DD North East Channel is a composite satellite television service for the North Eastern states of India broadcasting programmes in Assamese, English and other languages and dialects of the North East region. The programmes are a mix including entertainment programmes, informative programmes, social programmes, news and current affairs, art and culture. The first Assamese news transmission was introduced by the channel on 15 March 1991. 2 December 2019 Name Change to DD Assam

Programmes

* Axomiya Batori * English News * Krisi Darsan * Krirangan * Yuva Darpan * Dhun Dhamaka

References

External links

Doordarshan's Official website

Doordarshan news site

An article at PFC
{{Terrestrial television channels of India Doordarshan Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 1994 Television stations in Guwahati Indian direct broadcast satellite services Mass media in Assam 1994 establishments in Assam