DD Free Dish: Updated Channel List

By Aprajita

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Aprajita is a contributing Telecom expert at Selectra. With interest in the Telecom sector, she helps users navigate to the best plans and packages offered by Indian Internet, Broadband and DTH providers. Aprajita has spent a decade in content creation, SEO and other digital marketing areas. She focuses more on improving user experience, quality and trust.

Free Direct-To-Home service provided by DD Free Dish is the only service of its kind in India. It offered only 33 channels when it was launched in December 2004. There are currently 104 SDTV channels and 40 radio channels available on the service.

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.

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

By Aprajita

Telecom Expert: Mobile | DTH| Internet | OTT

Aprajita is a contributing Telecom expert at Selectra. With interest in the Telecom sector, she helps users navigate to the best plans and packages offered by Indian Internet, Broadband and DTH providers. Aprajita has spent a decade in content creation, SEO and other digital marketing areas. She focuses more on improving user experience, quality and trust.