Doordarshan will be now available across Europe, Africa and Australia as a DTH free to air channel.

In a historic first for India, Doordarshan will be now available across Europe, Africa and Australia as a DTH free to air channel. After 55 years of its existence, DD can be now viewed in digital format by more than 120 million+ viewers across the world!
Prasar Bharti, which is India’s Public Service Broadcaster and runs Doordarshan signed a pact with Germany’s International broadcaster: Deutsche Welle which will allow DD to be shown via DTH mode.
Announcing the MoU, Prasar Bharti’s CEO Jawhar Sircar said, “For the first time in history of Doordarshan’s 55 years, one of its channels, (DD India), would soon be available in a Free-to-Air basic package mode, on a DTH Ku-band platform of Hotbird-13B satellite.”
After this deal, the viewers from the following regions can view Doordarshan:
Europe
Central Asia
Middle East countries
North Africa
Some parts of Australia
Collectively, these regions account for more than 120 million viewers.
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