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{{short description|India's only free-to-air satellite TV provider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = DD Free Dish
| logo = Logo of DD Free Dish.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| former_name = DD Direct Plus
| type = Public
| foundation = {{Launch date and age|2004|12|16|df=y}}
| industry = [[Satellite television]]
| products =
| location_city = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| area_served = [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]]
| owner = {{plainlist|
*[[Doordarshan]]
*[[Prasar Bharati]]}}
| homepage = {{URL|doordarshan.gov.in/dd-free-dish}}
}}

'''DD Free Dish''' (previously known as '''DD Direct Plus''') is an [[India]]n [[free-to-air]] [[satellite television]] provider. It is owned by state broadcaster [[Doordarshan]]. It has a reach of over 40 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-auctions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/pmi-2017/media/slots-on-dd-free-dish-to-be-e-auctioned-to-private-channels/articleshow/67557721.cms|title=Slots on Doordarshan Free Dish to be e-auctioned to private channels|date=2019-01-16|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref>

Currently, DD Free Dish have
110 TV channels, among which 88 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 22 channels in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.freedish.in/2020/09/pm-evidya-for-class-1-to-12th-12.html|title=One class, One channel started on DD Free dish under PM e-Vidhya Program|date=2020-09-02|work=Blog on DD Free dish|access-date=2020-09-02}}</ref>

==Television Channels==
===Doordarshan===
TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati -

====National====
* [[DD Bharati]] - State-owned art and cultural infotainment channel
* [[DD India]] - State-owned international channel
* [[DD Kisan]] - Agriculture education and information channel
* [[DD National]] - General entertainment channel
* [[DD News]] - News channel
* [[DD Retro]] - Doordarshan's channel for re-run of its popular classic shows<ref>{{Cite news|last=Quint|first=By the|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/doordarshan-launches-dd-retro-find-channel-number-frequency|title=Doordarshan Launches DD Retro: Find Channel|date=16 April 2020|work=The Quint|access-date=17 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[DD Sports]] - Sports channel
* [[DD Urdu]] - State-owned Urdu-language infotainment channel

Additionally, DD Free Dish has two channels in MPEG-4 format –
* DD Free Dish Home Channel - Provides information about DD Free Dish
* [[DD National|DD National HD]] - HD version of DD National

====Parliamentary====
* [[Lok Sabha TV]]
* [[Rajya Sabha TV]]

====Regional Channels (MPEG-2)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Language
!Region
|-
|[[DD Assam]]
|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|[[Assam]]
|-
|[[DD Bangla]]
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[DD Chandana]]
|[[Kannada]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|-
|[[DD Girnar]]
|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|-
|[[DD Kashir]]
|[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] & [[Urdu]]
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
|[[DD Malayalam]]
|[[Malayalam]]
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|[[DD Odia]]
|[[Odia language|Odia]]
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|[[DD Podhigai]]
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
|[[DD Punjabi]]
|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|-
|[[DD Sahyadri]]
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
|[[DD Saptagiri]]
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Yadagiri]]
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[Telangana]]
|-
|[[DD Arunprabha|DD Arun Prabha]]
|[[Hindi]] & [[English language|English]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Bihar]]
|[[Hindi]] & [[Bihari language|Bihari]]
|[[Bihar]]
|-
|[[DD Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Rajasthan]]
|[[Hindi]] & [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|[[DD Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Chhattisgarh]]
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|-
|[[DD Jharkhand]]
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|-
|[[DD Uttarakhand]]
|[[Garhwali language|Garhwali]], [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]] & [[Hindi]]
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|-
|[[DD Tripura]]
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] & [[Kokborok]]
|[[Tripura]]
|}

====Regional Channels (MPEG-4)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Language
!Region
|-
|[[DD Goa]]
|[[Konkani]]
|[[Goa]]
|-
|[[DD Haryana]]
|[[Hindi]] & [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|[[DD Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
|[[DD Manipur]]
|[[Meitei language|Manipuri]]
|[[Manipur]]
|-
|[[DD Meghalaya]]
|[[Khasi language|Khasi]] & [[Garo language|Garo]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|-
|[[DD Mizoram]]
|[[Mizo language|Mizo]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|[[DD Nagaland]]
|[[English language|English]]
|[[Nagaland]]
|-
|}

===Private Channels (MPEG-2)===

====Hindi General Entertainment====
* ABZY Cool
* [[Azaad (TV channel)|Azaad]]
* [[Big Magic]]
* [[Colors Rishtey]]
* [[Dangal TV]]
* [[Star Utsav]]
* [[Sony Pal]]
* [[Shemaroo TV]]
* [[Zee Anmol]]
* [[The Q (TV channel)|The Q]]

====Youth-oriented GEC====
* [[Zing (TV channel)|Zing]]

====Hindi Music====
* [[9XM]]
* [[B4U Music]]
* [[Mastiii]]
* [[MTV Beats]]

====Hindi-language Movies====
* ABZY Movies
* [[B4U Kadak]]
* [[B4U Movies]]
* [[Bflix Movies]]
* [[Colors Cineplex Bollywood]]
* Dhinchaak
* Dhinchaak 2
* [[Enterr 10|Enterr10 Movies]]
* [[Maha Movie]]
* Manoranjan TV
* Movie Plus
* [[Rishtey Cineplex]]
* [[Sony Wah]]
* [[Star Utsav Movies]]
* [[Zee Anmol Cinema]]

====Hindi-language News====
* [[Aaj Tak]]
* [[Aajtak Tez]]
* [[ABP News]]
* [[India TV]]
* [[NDTV India]]
* [[News Nation]]
* [[News18 India]]
* [[Republic Bharat]]
* [https://tv9.com/tv9_bharatvarsh.php TV9 Bharatvarsh]
* [[Zee Hindustan]]
* [[Zee News]]

====Devotional channel====
* [[Aastha TV|Aastha]]
* [[Sanskar TV|Sanskar]]
* [[Sadhna TV|Sadhna]]

====Bhojpuri====
* ABZY Dhakad - Movies
* [[B4U (network)|B4U Bhojpuri]] - Movies
* [[Bhojpuri Cinema TV|Bhojpuri Cinema]] - Movies
* [[Big Ganga]] - GEC
* [[Dabangg (TV channel)|Dabangg]] - Movies
* [[Filamchi]] - Movies
* Manoranjan Grand - Movies
* [[Zee Biskope]] - Movies

====Marathi====
* Fakt Marathi - GEC
* [[Shemaroo Marathibana]] - Movies
* [[Zee Chitramandir]] - Movies

====Punjabi====
* [[Manoranjan Movies]] - Movies
* [[Zee Punjabi]] - GEC

===Private Channels (MPEG-4)===
* [[BTV World]] - Bangladeshi
* [https://timetv.news/ Chardikla Time TV] - Punjabi, News and Entertainment
* [[I Love (TV channel)|I Love]] - Hindi, Music
* [[India News]] - Hindi, News
* [[India News|India News UP/Uk]] - Hindi, Regional News
* Jantantra TV - Hindi, News
* [[KBS World]] - Korean
* [[News 24 (India)|News 24]] - Hindi, News
* News India 24×7 - Hindi, News
* [[News Nation|News State UP/Uk]] - Hindi, Regional News
* [[News18 India|News18 UP/Uk]] - Hindi, Regional News
* [[Sahara Samay Channel|Samay National]] - Hindi, News
* [[Sudarshan News]] - Hindi, News
* [[Zee 24 Kalak]] - Gujarati, News
* [[Zee Business]] - Hindi, News

==Radio Station==
===National===
* [[Vividh Bharati]] - Hindi Music Radio channel
* AIR Live News 24×7 - Hindi & English News Radio
* Urdu service - Urdu Entertainment & Information Radio channel
* [[Raagam (radio channel)|Raagam]] - Indian Classical Music Radio channel
* [[Gyan Vani]] - Hindi & English Educational channel

===Regional===
* AIR Assamese
* AIR Bangla
* AIR Gujarati
* AIR Hindi
* AIR Kannada
* AIR Malayalam
* AIR Marathi
* AIR Oriya
* AIR Punjabi
* AIR Tamil
* AIR Telugu
* AIR Agartala - [[Bengali language|Bengali]] & [[Kokborok]]
* AIR Aizawl - [[Mizo language|Mizo]]
* AIR Bhopal - [[Hindi]]
* AIR Dehradun - [[Hindi]]
* AIR Gangtok - [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
* AIR Imphal - [[Manipuri language|Manipuri]]
* AIR Itanagar - [[Hindi]] & [[Nyishi language|Nyishi]]
* AIR Jaipur - [[Hindi]] & [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
* [[Radio Kashmir Jammu|AIR Jammu]] - [[Dogri]]
* [[AIR FM Tragopan|AIR Kohima]] - [[Nagamese]] & [[English language|English]]
* AIR Leh - [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] & [[French language|French]]
* AIR Lucknow - [[Hindi]]
* AIR North East - [[Hindi]] & [[English language|English]]
* AIR Panjim - [[Konkani language|Konkani]]
* AIR Patna - [[Hindi]] & [[Bhojpuri]]
* AIR Port Blair - [[Hindi]]
* AIR Puducherry - [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
* AIR Raipur - [[Hindi]] & [[Chhattisgarhi]]
* AIR Ranchi - [[Hindi]]
* AIR Rohtak - [[Hindi]] & [[Haryanvi]]
* AIR Shillong - [[Khasi language|Khasi]], [[Garo language|Garo]] & [[English language|English]]
* AIR Shimla - [[Hindi]]
* [[Radio Kashmir Jammu|AIR Srinagar]] - [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] & [[Urdu]]
* AIR Vijayawada - [[Telugu language|Telugu]]

===MPEG-4 Radio===
* [[AIR FM Gold|FM Gold Delhi]]
* [[AIR FM Rainbow|FM Rainbow Delhi]]
* RJ1VBS
* RJ2VBS
* AIR World Service 1
* AIR World Service 2
* AIR N'hood Service 1
* AIR N'hood Service 2

==Others Channels==
===e-Vidya Channels===
There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.

* e-Vidya 1 - For Class 1 students
* e-Vidya 2 - For Class 2 students
* e-Vidya 3 - For Class 3 students
* e-Vidya 4 - For Class 4 students
* e-Vidya 5 - For Class 5 students
* e-Vidya 6 - For Class 6 students
* e-Vidya 7 - For Class 7 students
* e-Vidya 8 - For Class 8 students
* e-Vidya 9 - For Class 9 students
* e-Vidya 10 - For Class 10 students
* e-Vidya 11 - For Class 11 students
* e-Vidya 12 - For Class 12 students

===Swayam Prabha DTH===
* SP-01 CEC-UGC : Vageesh - Language & Literature
* SP-02 CEC-UGC : Sanskriti - History, Culture & Philosophy
* SP-03 CEC-UGC : Prabodh - Social & Behaviour Sciences
* SP-04 CEC-UGC : Saaraswat - Education & Home Sciences
* SP-05 CEC-UGC : Prabandhan - Information, Communication & Management Studies
* SP-06 CEC-UGC : Vidhik - Law & Legal Studies
* SP-07 CEC-UGC : Kautilya - Economics & Commerce
* SP-08 CEC-UGC : Aryabhatt - Physical & Earth Sciences
* SP-09 CEC-UGC : Spandan - Life Sciences
* SP-10 CEC-UGC : Daksh - Applied Sciences
* SP-11 NPTEL : Chemical Engineering
* SP-12 NPTEL : Civil Engineering
* SP-13 NPTEL : Computer Science Engineering
* SP-14 NPTEL : Electrical Engineering & Electronics Communication Engineering
* SP-15 NPTEL : Engineering Sciences & Biological Sciences
* SP-16 NPTEL : Humanities, Social Sciences & Management
* SP-17 NPTEL : Mechanical Engineering & Mining Engineering
* SP-18 NPTEL : Mathematics & Physics
* SP-19 IIT-PAL : Biology
* SP-20 IIT-PAL : Chemistry
* SP-21 IIT-PAL : Mathematics
* SP-22 IIT-PAL : Physics
* SP-23 IGNOU : Liberal Arts & Humanities
* SP-24 IGNOU : Agriculture & Allied Sciences
* [[DD Gyan Darshan 1|SP-25 IGNOU : Gyan Darshan 1]]
* SP-26 IGNOU : State Open Universities
* SP-27 NIOS : Panini - Secondary School Education
* SP-28 NIOS : Sharda - Higher Secondary School Education
* SP-29 UGC-INFLIBNET : e-PG Pathshala - Post Graduate Courses
* SP-30 NIOS : Gyanamrit - Education in Sign Language
* SP-31 NCERT : Kishore Manch - Secondary School, Higher Secondary School & Teacher Education
* SP-32 IGNOU-NIOS : Vagda - Teacher Education
* [[DD Vyas|SP-33 CEC-UGC : Vyas]] - Higher Education Channel
* Digi Shala - Digital Education Channel

===VANDE Gujarat===
* VANDE Gujarat 1
* VANDE Gujarat 2
* VANDE Gujarat 3
* VANDE Gujarat 4
* VANDE Gujarat 5
* VANDE Gujarat 6
* VANDE Gujarat 7
* VANDE Gujarat 8
* VANDE Gujarat 9
* VANDE Gujarat 10
* VANDE Gujarat 11
* VANDE Gujarat 12
* VANDE Gujarat 13
* VANDE Gujarat 14
* VANDE Gujarat 15
* VANDE Gujarat 16
* Digi Shala

==See also ==
* [[Direct-to-home television in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.lyngsat.com/G-Sat-15.html Channel list of DD Free Dish]
*[https://hindi.freedish.in Hindi blog on DD Free dish]
*[https://www.freedish.in/p/latest-new-frequency.html DD Free dish Satellite Frequency]
*[https://www.freedish.in/p/dd-direct-plus-tv-channels-list-updated.html Available Channels]

{{DTH in India}}

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>Jayvinaghara4 at 09:35, 23 June 2021