DD Free Dish

DD Free Dish
IndustrySatellite television
Founded16 December 2004 (2004-12-16)
Headquarters
New Delhi, India
Services
OwnerPrasar Bharati
Websiteprasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish

DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian state-owned free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters through e-auction.

Currently, DD Free Dish has 184 television channel slots, among which 95 are in MPEG-2 format and 91 in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.

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