DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian State-owned free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 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-auction. Currently, DD Free Dish has 177 television channels, among which 94 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 83 channels in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program.

Television channels

Doordarshan

TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati:

National

Parliamentary

High definition (HD) channels

DD Free Dish has seven HD channels in MPEG-4 format –

Regional channels (MPEG-2)

Regional channels (MPEG-4)

Private channels (MPEG-2)

General Entertainment

Kids

Sports

Music

Movies

News

Devotional

Regional channels

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Marathi

Punjabi

International

Private channels (MPEG-4)

Radio stations

National

Regional

MPEG-4 radio

Other channels

e-Vidya Channels

There are 12 educational channels, one for each class from Class 1 to Class 12.

Swayam Prabha DTH

VANDE Gujarat