DD News
| Type | Television Channel |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Broadcast area | Asia, Europe |
| Network | Doordarshan |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Prasar Bharati, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Key people | Navneet Kumar Sehgal (Chairman) Gaurav Dwivedi, IAS (CEO) Sudhir Chaudhary (Editor-in-chief) |
| Sister channels | DD National DD India DD Sports DD Bharati DD Kisan DD Retro |
| History | |
| Launched |
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| Replaced | DD Metro (When Relaunched) |
| Closed | 25 January 2002 (first) |
| Replaced by | DD Bharati (When Closed) |
| Former names | Doordarshan Kendra Delhi, DD News and Current Affairs (15 August 1999 - 11 september 2001) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official Website |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Check local frequencies |
| Streaming media | |
| Waves | Watch Live |
| National Informatics Centre | Webcast NIC |
| YouTube | Official Channel |
DD News is an Indian state-owned Hindi news television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Many people use this channel (didinous, Nguyen etc.) due to it being the only 24 hour new channel in India. 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.
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.