GSAT-15 transmits it in Ku-Band (93.5°E). In order to receive DTH signals, a small dish receiver system or Set-Top Box and Dish of approximately 60 to 90 cm in diameter is required.
What is DD Free Dish?
Prasar Bharati operates and owns DD Free Dish, which is a free-to-air DTH service. In its name, DD represents Doordarshan, the largest broadcasting organization in India, which broadcasts a variety of regional channels free of charge. A distinctive feature of DD Free Dish is that it does not require its subscribers to pay a monthly subscription for the channels they receive.
In order to receive DD Free Dish, you will only need to purchase the best set-top box and a few pieces of equipment. It was launched with 33 channels, but now there are more than 100 channels available, which can be found below.
DD Free Dish Channel List
With a total of 21 channels and 46 studios, DD Free Dish was formerly known as DD Direct+Doordarshan. It operates 17 regional satellite channels, 11 state networks, an international channel called DD India, a sports channel called DD Sports , a channel for farmers and agriculturist called DD Kisan, along with a business news channel called DD Bharati and DD Urdu.
DD Free Dish Set-Top Box Priced at Rs. 2000/- , it turns out to be a very small amount of one time investment for purchasing of Set-to-Box (STB) along with Dish Antenna and its accessories.
It is estimated to serve approximately 50 million Indian households. In other words, DD Free Dish accounts for around 25 percent of total TV households in the country.
DD National Channels
Prasar Bharati runs a number of national television channels, most of which are informational in nature. These channels air shows that showcase the culture and traditions of India, along with shows related to agriculture such as Krishi Darshan, which is broadcast by many private television channels.
- DD National
- DD National HD
- DD Retro
- DD Kisan
- DD News
- DD India
- DD Sports
- DD Bharati
- DD Urdu
DD Parliamentary Channels
To have live-streaming of both the houses of Parliament: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, tune into the below-mentioned channels.
- Lok Sabha Sansad TV
- Rajya Sabha Sansad TV
DD Regional Channels
For the regional audience, DD Free dish offers a number of shows and movies in regional language.
- DD Assam
- DD Bangla
- DD Chandana
- DD Tripura
- DD Girnar
- DD Uttar Pradesh
- DD Kashir
- DD Chhattisgarh
- DD Malayalam
- DD Oriya
- DD Podhigai
- DD Punjabi
- DD Sahyadri
- DD Yadagiri
- DD Arun Prabha
- DD Saptagiri
- DD Bihar
- DD Madhya Pradesh
- DD Rajasthan
- DD Jharkhand
- DD Goa
- DD Haryana
- DD Himachal Pradesh
- DD Meghalaya
- DD Manipur
- DD Nagaland
- DD Mizoram
- DD Uttarakhand
Hindi Entertainment Channels
These are categorized into general entertainment, Hindi music, Hindi movies and Hindi news channels.
Hindi General Entertainment Channels
- Rishtey Cineplex
- The Q
- Azaad
- Manoranjan Grand
- Dangal
- Big Magic
- Shemaroo TV
- Ishara TV
- Sony Wah
Hindi Music Channels
- MTV Beats
- B4U Music
- 9XM
- Mastiii
- Showbox
Hindi Movies Channels
- Star Utsav Movies
- Zee Anmol Cinema
- ABZY Movies
- BFlix Movies
- Colors Cineplex Bollywood
- Rishtey Cineplex
- Movie Plus
- B4U Kadak
- ABZY Cool
- B4U Movies
- Dhinchaak
- Enterr- 10 Movies
- Manoranjan TV
- Goldmines Movies
- Dhinchaak 2
- Goldmines Hindi
Hindi-language News Channels
- India TV
- Times Now Navbharat
- Zee News
- Republic Bharat
- Aaj Tak
- ABP News
- Swadesh News
- NDTV India
- TV9 Bharatvarsh
- Zee Hindustan
- Samay
- India News
- India News UP/UK
- News State UP/UK
- Sudarshan News
- News 18 UP/UK
- News 18 India
- News 24 Think First
- New Nation
- News India 24X7
- Good News Today/ GNT
- Raftaar Media
Apart from the channels categorized above; there are others like:
- Devotional:Aastha TV,Vedic, Sanskar TV.Astha Bhajan
- Bhojpuri:Bhojpuri Cinema,B4U Bhojpuri (Movies),Big Ganga (General Entertainment),Zee Biskope (Movies),Filamchi Bhojpuri,Goldmines Bhojpuri,Manoranjan Prime
- Marathi:Sun Marathi,Shemaroo Marathibana,Fakt Marathi,Zee Chitramandir
- Punjabi:Zee Punjabi (General Entertainment),Manoranjan Movies,Chardikala Time TV,Popcorn Movies
- Educational:DD SWAYAM Prabha(1 -22), PM e-Vidya(1-12), Vande Gujarat91-16),DD DigiShala
DD Free Dish Channel List Number
Prasar Bharati runs a number of television channels, most of which are informational in nature. These channels air shows that showcase the culture and traditions of India, along with shows related to agriculture such as Krishi Darshan, which is broadcast by many of the best DTH recharge plans for television channels.
| Channel Name | Channel Number |
|---|---|
| DD News | 1 |
| DD National | 2 |
| DD Retro | 3 |
| DD Kisan | 4 |
| DD India | 5 |
| Sun Marathi | 6 |
| Showbox | 7 |
| DD Girnar | 8 |
| Ishara TV | 9 |
| ABZY Movies | 10 |
| Vedic | 11 |
| B4U Movies | 12 |
| Good News Today | 13 |
| B4U Bhojpuri | 14 |
| Dhinchaak | 15 |
| Big Ganga | 16 |
| Goldmines Bhojpuri | 17 |
| Manoranjan Prime | 18 |
| Manoranjan Grand | 19 |
| Shemaroo Marathibana | 20 |
| DD Podhigai | 21 |
| DD Punjabi | 22 |
| DD Sahyadri | 23 |
| Fakt Marathi | 24 |
| MyCam | 25 |
| Sansad TV | 26 |
| Sansad TV | 27 |
| Shemaroo TV | 28 |
| Dangal | 29 |
| Bhojpuri Cinema | 30 |
| Zee Biskope | 31 |
| ABZY Cool | 32 |
| Dhinchaak 2 | 33 |
| The Q | 34 |
| Colors Cineplex Bollywood | 35 |
| Goldmines Hindi | 36 |
| Enterr 10 | 37 |
| Rishtey Cineplex | 38 |
| Movie Plus | 39 |
| Manoranjan Movie | 40 |
| Big Magic | 41 |
| B4U Kadak | 42 |
| Manoranjan TV | 43 |
| TV9 Bharatvarsh | 44 |
| Aastha | 45 |
| Filamchi Bhojpuri | 46 |
| Zing | 47 |
| Zee Anmol Cinema | 48 |
| NDTV India | 49 |
| Azaad | 50 |
| Enterr- 10 Movies | 51 |
| Goldmines Movies | 52 |
| Popcorn Movies | 53 |
| Sanskar TV | 54 |
| Star Utsav Movies | 55 |
| News 18 India | 56 |
| 9XM | 57 |
| Sony Wah | 58 |
| Zee Hindustan | 59 |
| India News | 60 |
| MTV Beats | 61 |
| Mastii | 62 |
| B4U Music | 63 |
| India TV | 64 |
| News Nation | 65 |
| Times Now Navbharat | 66 |
| Republic Bharat | 67 |
| Aaj Tak | 68 |
| ABP News | 69 |
| Zee News | 70 |
| Zee Chitramandir | 71 |
| Zee Punjabi | 72 |
| News 24 Think First | 73 |
| Food Food | 74 |
| DD Yadagiri | 75 |
| DD UP | 76 |
| DD Bharati | 77 |
| DD Rajasthan | 78 |
| DD Sports | 79 |
| DD Bihar | 80 |
| DD Jharkhand | 81 |
| DD MP | 82 |
| DD Tripura | 83 |
| DD Chhattisgarh | 84 |
| DD Kashir | 85 |
| DD Chandana | 86 |
| DD Uttarakhand | 87 |
| DD Saptagiri | 88 |
| DD Malayalam | 89 |
| DD Assam | 90 |
| DD Oriya | 91 |
| DD Arun Prabha | 92 |
| DD Bangla | 93 |
| Home Channel | 94 |
| Astha Bhajan | 95 |
| Chardikala Time TV | 96 |
| DD Goa | 97 |
| DD Haryana | 98 |
| DD Himachal Pradesh | 99 |
| Samay | 100 |
| India News UP/UK | 101 |
| Sudarshan News | 102 |
| News 18 UP/UK | 103 |
| DD Meghalaya | 104 |
| DD Manipur | 105 |
| DD Nagaland | 106 |
| DD Mizoram | 107 |
| News State UP/UK | 108 |
| News India 24X7 | 109 |
| Bflix Movies | 110 |
| BTV World | 111 |
| KBS World | 112 |
| DD National HD | 113 |
| DD Urdu | 114 |
| Swadesh News | 115 |
| Raftaar Media | 116 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 1 | 117 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 2 | 118 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 3 | 119 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 4 | 120 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 5 | 121 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 6 | 122 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 7 | 123 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 8 | 124 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 9 | 125 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 10 | 126 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 11 | 127 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 12 | 128 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 13 | 129 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 14 | 130 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 15 | 131 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 16 | 132 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 17 | 133 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 18 | 134 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 19 | 135 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 20 | 136 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 21 | 137 |
| DD SWAYAM Prabha 22 | 138 |
| DD eVidya 1 | 139 |
| DD eVidya 2 | 140 |
| DD eVidya 3 | 141 |
| DD eVidya 4 | 142 |
| DD eVidya 5 | 143 |
| DD eVidya 6 | 144 |
| DD eVidya 7 | 145 |
| DD eVidya 8 | 146 |
| DD eVidya 9 | 147 |
| DD eVidya 10 | 148 |
| DD eVidya 11 | 149 |
| DD eVidya 12 | 150 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 1 | 151 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 2 | 152 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 3 | 153 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 4 | 154 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 5 | 155 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 6 | 156 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 7 | 157 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 8 | 158 |
| DD Vande Gujarat 9 | 159 |
| DD Vande Gujarat10 | 160 |
| DD Vande Gujarat11 | 161 |
| DD Vande Gujarat12 | 162 |
| DD Vande Gujarat13 | 163 |
| DD Vande Gujarat14 | 164 |
| DD Vande Gujarat15 | 165 |
| DD Vande Gujarat16 | 166 |
| DD DigiShala | 167 |
DD Free Dish Customer Care Support
Subscribers can reach out for any queries at:011-25806200 or1800114554 (Toll Free)on any working days from 09.30 A.M. to 06.00 P.M.
DD Free Dish Channel List:Frequently Asked Questions
How many channels do you get with a DD Free Dish?
A total number of 104 channels that includes:80+ MPEG-2 TV channels and 20+ MPEG-4 TV channels including two HD channels. Along with that, it also airs 50 Educational TV channels by MHRD and Vande Gujarat.
How many channels does DD free Dish DTH have?
DD Free Dish offers 88 MPEG-2 channels, 17 MPEG-4/HD channels, and 50 educational TV channels. A total of 155+ TV channels in all.
How to add a new channel in the DD Free Dish?
Subscribers should follow the instructions in the installation guide for MPEG-2 Box and MPEG-4.