DD North-East explained

Country:India
Owner:Doordarshan
Headquarters:Guwahati, Assam, India
Website:www.ddkguwahati.gov.in
Language:Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Hindi
Area:India and parts of Asia,China and Gulf Countries.
Launch Date:1994(as Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati)
DD North East
Former Names:Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati
Timeshift Service:DD National Guwahati

DD North-East previously known as DD-13 was a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Jorhat, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar and Shillong. On 4 August 2019 a particular 24x7 Doordarshan channel relaunched for Assam state named as DD Assam & it replaced DD North East & the channel was launched by Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar Ji through virtual event & CEO of Prasar Bharati Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati & other top levels of Doordarshan was present on the event. The event was also live telecasted on 11:00 A.M. at DD News DD National DD India DD Bharati & other North East DD channelsThe programmes are produced at Doordarshan studios in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar, Shillong and Gangtok for DD North East.[1]

History

DD North East Channel is a composite satellite television service for the North Eastern states of India broadcasting programmes in Assamese, English and other languages and dialects of the North East region. The programmes are a mix including entertainment programmes, informative programmes, social programmes, news and current affairs, art and culture. The first Assamese news transmission was introduced by the channel on 15 March 1991.[2] 2 December 2019 Name Change to DD Assam

Programmes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: tv channels DD-North-East . lyngsat.com . ddkguwahati.gov.in . 13 June 2019.
  2. Web site: About DDK Guwahati . Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati . ddkguwahati.gov.in . 1 February 2019 . 14 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214183122/http://ddkguwahati.gov.in/aboutus.asp . dead .