DD Metro explained

DD metro
Launch Date:9 August 1984
Closed Date:3 November 2003
Picture Format:576i (SDTV)
Network:Doordarshan
Owner:Prasar Bharati
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Area:New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai later in Lucknow
Headquarters:New Delhi
Former Names:DD-2
Replaced By:DD News
Sister Channels:DD National
DD India
DD Bharati
DD News
DD Sports
Timeshift Service:Metro Gold
Website:ddindia.gov.in

DD Metro also known as DD 2 was an Indian free-to-air television channel. It was launched in 1984 as DD2 in Delhi as an alternative to DD National. Later, it increased its coverage area by expanding to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. In 1993, the channel was rebranded as DD-2 Metro.[1] On 3 November 2003, the Prasar Bharati Corporation replaced DD Metro with their new news channel, DD News.[2]

DD Metro programming consisted of many genres of television programmes, including family dramas boasting women as main characters, comedies, reality TV shows and others. The channel's prime-time shift Metro Gold[3] [4] was a landmark in Indian television history, and it replaced Star Plus as the top Hindi-language entertainment channel in 2000 and 2001.[5] DD Metro also used to broadcast some TV series from its sister channel, DD National. In addition, DD Metro was also known for dubbing English and other language movies into Hindi.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: DD Metro to stay terrestrial channel. Business Line. 2002-06-11. 8 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20051206162006/http://www.blonnet.com/2002/06/11/stories/2002061102600300.htm. 6 December 2005. dead.
  2. News: News channel to replace DD Metro: Prasar Bharati. Indian Express. 2002.
  3. News: DD Metro's Golden Time "9 Gold". Indian Express. 2001. 9 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140223020702/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k1/sponsors/9ind.htm. 23 February 2014. dead.
  4. News: 9 Gold On DD Metro. The Hindu. 2000.
  5. News: DD Metro Grabbed No.1 position: India Tele Awards. Indian Express. 2001. 9 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722173528/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k1/winner.htm. 22 July 2012. dead.
  6. News: DD Metro to air dubbed Hollywood films. Indian Television Dot Com. 2002.
  7. Web site: French films heating up Friday nights on DD Metro. 14 August 2002. Indian Television Dot Com.
  8. Web site: Television . Cinevistaas.
  9. Book: Business World. 1999. Ananda Bazar Patrika Limited. 29.
  10. Web site: Balaji Telefilms Limited : Television, Motion Pictures. balajitelefilms.com.
  11. Web site: BHABHI MAA | EPISODES 01| MRINAL KULKARNI | KANWALJEET | LODI FILMS |. www.youtube.com.
  12. Web site: Tribuneindia... Film and tv. www.tribuneindia.com.
  13. Web site: Dard - Full Episode 1 | Popular Classic Hindi TV Serial. www.youtube.com.
  14. Book: Alam Srinivas. Women of Vision: Nine Business Leaders in Conversation with Alam Srinivas. 2 January 2013. Roli Books Private Limited. 978-93-5194-044-9. 20–.
  15. Web site: 31 March 2003 . Slew of new soaps on DD Metro from today . Indian Television Dot Com.
  16. Web site: Samvaad to air two new shows on DD metro. 29 March 2003. Indian Television Dot Com.
  17. https://m.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020630/spectrum/tv.htm Spectrum - TV
  18. Web site: Agarwal . Amit . Films continue to dominate entertainment in the new channels to be launched by Doordarshan . . en . 1993-04-30.
  19. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television. www.tribuneindia.com.
  20. Web site: Tribuneindia... Film and tv. www.tribuneindia.com.
  21. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television. www.tribuneindia.com.
  22. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television. www.tribuneindia.com.
  23. Web site: Kabhi Yeh Kabhi Woh Episode 1 - Dilip Joshi, Tiku Talsania And Nisha Bains - Hindi Comedy Serials. www.youtube.com.
  24. Web site: Balaji Telefilms Limited : Television, Motion Pictures. balajitelefilms.com.
  25. Book: Anne Cooper-Chen. Global Entertainment Media: Content, Audiences, Issues. 21 April 2006. Routledge. 978-1-135-60782-1. 198–.
  26. Web site: First of Many: Bhairavi Raichura revisits Ahankaar . The Indian Express . en . 18 November 2020.
  27. Web site: Earshot — Khan can sing . The Indian Express . en . 6 October 1997.
  28. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television. www.tribuneindia.com.
  29. Web site: DD Metro to have a new look by end of this year - Exchange4media. Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media.
  30. Web site: Peechha Karo | Episode 01. www.youtube.com.
  31. Web site: BAG films confident that 'Rozana' will make news on DD Metro . Indian Television Dot Com . en . 13 August 2002.
  32. Book: Business India. October 1996. A. H. Advani. 174.
  33. Web site: Tribuneindia... Film and tv. www.tribuneindia.com.
  34. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television. www.tribuneindia.com.
  35. Web site: Tribuneindia... Film and tv. www.tribuneindia.com.
  36. Web site: BBC buys India slot for ‘Teletubbies’. Arti. Mathur. 8 September 2000.
  37. Web site: Film and tv . Tribune India.

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