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Prasar Bharati digital channels grow 100% in 2020, Pak second biggest user

Digital channels of Prasar Bharati have registered more than 100 per cent growth in 2020, with Pakistan being the second highest digital audience for Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR)

Marketing expert Krishan Premnarayen gets AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award

Premnarayen, who became the youngest president of AAAI in 1988, had played a key role in its rise to prominence and its tie-ups with I&B Ministry, Doordarshan and All India Radio

PM Modi to address nation on World Yoga Day as event moves online

While he will talk about the importance of Yoga in today's life, it is not yet clear whether he will touch upon the India-China face-off

Viewership trends reveal the power of free platforms, regional content

For many who believe that TV is dead, this tells you a different story

Who'll watch it? Prasar Bharati CEO recalls reactions before Ramayan re-run

Ramayan's four episodes a day format was based on the assumption of a 15-day lockdown

Pakistan rejects India's move to broadcast weather reports on PoK

Pakistan Foreign Office said that like the so-called "political maps" issued last year by India, this move is also legally void, contrary to reality, and in violation of the relevant UNSC Resolutions

DD, All India Radio prime bulletins to report weather of cities in PoK

The weather segment of the news bulletins on DD and AIR included the update on cities of Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in PoK

Ramayana helps break lockdown boredom and TRP charts for DD National

Here is a look at TV viewing patterns since the first curfew was announced.

Broadcasters have an opportunity to do a TikTok on TV: BARC CEO Sunil Lulla

The average daily reach of TV rose from 560 million Indians pre-COVID-19 (January 11-31) to 592 million post-COVID-19 (March 14-20)

DD viewership grew 16% in 2019 riding on network's English news channel

DD Network's total viewership increased from 492 billion minutes in 2018 to 573 billion minutes in 2019, up 16 per cent, the BARC data showed.

Doordarshan turns 60, finds no admirers

There were some listless media reports about Doordarshan's diamond jubilee with some insipid comments and pious homilies by a couple of government mandarins

Doordarshan turns 60, brings memories of Mahabharata, Fauji, Malgudi Days

People turned nostalgic on Twitter to mark the public service broadcaster of India's 60 years with several of them asking on social media 'which is your favourite DD shows'

Over the top demand

Mandating that OTT services carry all DD channels defies logic

Doordarshan pitches for a larger slice of the ad pie, seeks fresh content

A clutch of personal care brands, Lifebuoy, Nyle, Boroplus are old DD loyalists, but the public service broadcaster wants to up the stakes

Doordarshan pulled up by Assembly Speaker for poor coverage

Doordarshan telecasted Zero Hour on Friday when there was no Zero Hour

Govt takes steps to modernise Doordarshan

Govt will also bring a new entertainment policy where slots will be sold so that more entertainment programmes could be telecast

Fair and square

Look no further than Doordarshan's Kisan channel to disabuse yourself of the opinion that state-run media, by the very nature of its control being in the hands of the government, projects only the views of its masters. Launched last year, the news channel and its Twitter handle not only report the views of the government and its policies and programmes for the farm sector but also those of Opposition leaders such as Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The channel was one of the first to report on the crop damage caused by the recent rains in northern parts of India; its Twitter handle even put up photographs of the damage.