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DETAILS OF THE CHANNEL : Doordarshan- India's National Broadcaster
Source : http://www.indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=541&Itemid=592

VIEWERSHIP 
Over the years Doordarshan's viewership has increased phenomenally a now an estimated 75 million homes have television sets which mean that 375 million people can watch Doordarshan programmes in their homes. Community TV sets have been established under various schemes operated by Central and State governments. In rural areas most of the privately-owned sets also act as community sets, attracting a number of viewers from non-TV homes and the total number who watch Doordarshan at least once in a week exceeds 500 million. In the last four years programmes of commercial channels operating from outside India have been available for some sections oft population, but Doordarshan has retained more than 50 per cent of the td viewership in urban areas and more than 90 per cent of the viewership the rural areas in most of the States.

Channel : DD INDIA

ITS MISSION
To build bridges of communication with Indians living abroad and to show-case the real India; its culture, its values, its tradition, its modernity, its diversity, its unity, its agony and its ecstasy; for the entire world through high quality programmes that will inform, educate and entertain while maintaining the highest traditions of public service Broadcaster.

THE GLOBAL REACH OF DD INDIA
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Benin
Niger
Lithuania
Russian Federation
Australia
Botswana
Nigeria
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Bhutan
Burkina Fasb
Uganda
Monaco
Slovenia
Bangladesh
Burundi
Rwandese Republic
Norway
Tajikistan
Brunei
Cameroon
Senegal
Netherlands
Turkmenistan
Cambodia
Central Africa Republic
Seychelles
Poland
Ukraine
China
Congo
Sierra Leone
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Hong Kong
Cote d'Ivoire
Somalia
Sewden
Afghanistan
India
Djibouti
Sudan
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Egypt
South Africa
UK
Bahrain
Japan
Eritea
Swaziland
Malta
Cyprus
Korea (South)
Ethiopia
Tanzania
Albania
United Arab Emirates
Korea (North)
Gabonese Republic
Chad
Armenia
Iran
Laos
Ghana
Togolese Republic
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Malaysia
Guinea
Tunisia
Belarus
Israel
Maldives
Equatorial Guinea
Zambia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Jordan
Micronesia
Guinea Bissau
Zimbabwe
Bulgaria
Kuwait
Mongolia
Kenya
Comoros
Croatia
Lebanon
Myanmar (Burma)
Lesotho
Sao Tome & Principe
Georgia
Oman
Nepal
Liberia
Andorra
Estonia
Qatar
Palau
Madagascar
Austria
Hungary
Syria
Papua New Guinea
Malawi
Belgium
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Philippines
Maldives
Denmark
Kyrgyz Republic
Yemen
Singapore
Mali
Finland
Former Yugoslavia
Palestine
Sri Lanka
Libya
France
Republic of Macedonia
Kuwait
Taiwan
Morocco
Germany
Latvia
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Thailand
Mauritius
Greece
Moldova
USA
Vietnam
Mauritania
Ireland
Uzbekistan
Canada
Algeria
Mozambique
Italy
Czech Republic
Mexico
Angola
Namibia
Liechtenstein
Romania

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR UK, REST OF EUROPE, ASIA,
AFRICA, RUSSIA & CIS COUNTRIES And AUSTRALIA
Name of Channel : DD India
Satellite : PAS-10
Beam : C-Band Vertical Downlink beam
Analog/Digital : Digital
Downlink Frequency : 4033 MHz
Channel/Transponder : Transponder 19 C
Polarization : Vertical
Video Standard : PAL B
FEC : ¾
Symbol Rate : 19559 Ms/S

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR USA & CANADA
Name of Channel : DD INDIA
Satellite : PAS-9,58 Degree West
Beam : Americas
Analog/Digital : Digital
Downlink Frequency : 11477 MHz
Channel / Transponder : 1K
Polarization : Horizontal
Video Standard : NTSC
FEC : ¾
Symbol Rate : 26.47 Ms/S

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