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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Not to be confused with|text=the latin american sports channel, [[DSports]]}}{{short description|Doordarshan sports channel}}<br />
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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = DD Sports<br />
| logo = DD Sports new logo.jpg<br />
| logo_size = 200px<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Indian English|English]], [[Hindi]] and [[Sign Language]]<br />
| area = Worldwide<br />
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998|03|18}}<br />
| picture_format = [[720p]], [[HDTV]] <br> {{small|(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)}}<br />
| owner = [[Prasar Bharati]]<br />
| sister_channels = {{ubl|[[DD National]]|[[DD News]]|[[DD India]]|[[DD Bharati]]}}<br />
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| website = <br />
| terr_serv_1 = ASTA TV<br />
| terr_chan_1 = {{ubl|Channel 236 ([[HDTV]])|Channel 240 ([[SDTV]])}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''DD Sports''' is an [[sports television]] channel telecasting from Central Production Centre in [[Delhi]], [[India]]. It is a part of the [[Doordarshan]] family of networks, and is the main public sports broadcaster in India.<br />
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==History==<br />
DD Sports was launched on 18 March 1998. In the beginning, it broadcast sports programmes for six hours a day, which was increased to 12 hours in 1999. From 1 June 2000, DD Sports became a "round-the-clock" satellite channel. It was an encrypted pay channel between 2000 and 2003, and on 15 July 2003, it became the only [[free-to-air]] sports channel in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=DD Sports is free to air |url=https://m.economictimes.com/dd-sports-is-free-to-air/articleshow/78092.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=4 June 2019 |date=16 July 2003 |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717181952/https://m.economictimes.com/dd-sports-is-free-to-air/articleshow/78092.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ICC World Cup 2019: Private DTH, cable platforms to not blank out DD Sports channel on matchdays |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/terrestrial/dd-sports-to-introduce-first-ever-dual-streams-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-190525 |website=Indian Television Dot Com |access-date=4 June 2019 |language=en |date=25 May 2019 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528013017/http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/terrestrial/dd-sports-to-introduce-first-ever-dual-streams-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-190525 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Besides showing live sporting events like cricket, football, and tennis, DD Sports showcases Indian sports including kabaddi and kho-kho. In addition to international sporting events, important national tournaments of [[field hockey|hockey]], [[association football|football]], [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], [[cricket]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[tennis]], [[badminton]], [[archery]], and [[wrestling]] are also telecast. The DD Sports channel also telecasts news-based programmes, sports quizzes, and personality-oriented shows.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ddindia.gov.in/About+DD/DD+Sports |title=DD Sports (ddindia site) |access-date=1 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118053546/http://www.ddindia.gov.in/About+DD/DD+Sports/ |archive-date=18 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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DD Sports telecast all Test, ODI & Twenty20 International cricket matches played by India Men and women Cricket Team and this Live telecast "only" available on [[DD Free Dish|DD Free Dish DTH]] and on DD Terrestrial network, this live feed is not available on private dth and cable operator lines{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[ATN DD Sports]]<br />
* [[List of programs broadcast by DD National]]<br />
* [[All India Radio]]<br />
* [[Prasar Bharati|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]<br />
* [[DD Direct Plus|DD Free Dish]]<br />
* [[List of South Asian television channels by country]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120414015108/http://passionforcinema.com/doordarshan-down-memory-lane Article at PFC]<br />
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