DD Rajasthan is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
. It is to be revamped as DD Aravali soon. The proposed DD Aravali Channel will be telecasted from DDK Jaipur. It will be 24 hours channel and will be available on DTH and Cable Networks.
History
On 1 August 1975, the first television broadcast was viewed by the people of Rajasthan under the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment targeting the districts of
Kota,
Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur is a city and Municipal Council (Nagar Parishad) in the Sawai Madhopur District in Rajasthan state, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan. Ranthambore National Park which is 7 ...
and
Jaipur
Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...
.
Doordarshan Kendra in
Jaipur
Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...
was set up on 1 June 1987 at Jhalana Doongri and transmission started on 6 July 1987. Initially only 30 minutes of programming produced by this Kendra and this was gradually increased. Presently the Kendra originates about four hours of programming daily.
The channel covers 79% by population and 72% by area of Rajasthan.
See also
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List of programs broadcast by DD National
This is a list of original television programming currently and formerly broadcast by DD National.
Currently broadcasts
Original series
*''Aardhana''
*''Aarogya Yog''
*''Anudamini''
*''Bin Bitiya Aangan Suna''
*''Chitrahaar''
*''Just Junior ...
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All India Radio
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Language
* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
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* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
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* All (band), an American punk rock band
* ''All'' (All a ...
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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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DD Direct Plus
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List of South Asian television channels by country
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References
External links
Doordarshan Official Internet site
Doordarshan
Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Television channels and stations established in 1992
Direct broadcast satellite services
Indian direct broadcast satellite services
Mass media in Rajasthan
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