Doordarshan
Doordarshan Bhawan at Mandi House, New Delhi | |
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Branding | DD |
| Country | |
| Availability | India |
| Motto | सत्यम् शिवम् सुंदरम् ("Truth, Shiva (the Lord)& beauty") |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi |
Broadcast area | Indian Subcontinent |
| Owner | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |
| Parent | Prasar Bharati |
Key people | Sh Gaurav Dwivedi (CEO) |
Launch date | 15 September 1959 |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Callsign meaning | DoorDarshan |
Official website | www |
| Language | Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Meitei, Assamese, Odia |
Doordarshan (lit. 'distant vision, television'), abbreviated as DD, is India's state-owned public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and constitutes one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. Doordarshan, one of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter infrastructure, delivers television, radio, online, and mobile services across metropolitan and regional India, and internationally. It also broadcasts via digital terrestrial transmitters.