DD Sports
DD Sports is an Indian state-owned sports TV channel telecasting from Central Production Centre Delhi, India. 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.[1][2]
Country | India |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English and Hindi |
Picture format | 720p, HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Prasar Bharati |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 18 March 1998 |
Former names | Doordarshan Kendra Delhi |
Links | |
Website | Official site |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
ASTA TV |
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Cable | |
Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 257 |
Asianet Digital (India) | Channel 303 Hathway(India)=Channel 189 |
Satellite | |
Airtel Digital TV (India) |
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SUN Direct (India) | Channel 510 |
Dish TV (India) | Channel 435 |
BIG TV (India) | Channel 512 |
Tata Sky (India) | Channel 453 |
DD Free Dish (India) | Channel 77 |
Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 611 |
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 hockey, football, athletics, cricket, swimming, tennis, badminton, archery, and wrestling are also telecast. The DD Sports channel also telecasts news-based programmes, sports quizzes, and personality-oriented shows.[3]
DD Sports telecast all ODI & Twenty20 International cricket matches played by India Men Cricket Team and this Live telecast only available on DD Free Dish DTH and on DD Terrestrial network.
See also
References
- "DD Sports is free to air". The Economic Times. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- "ICC World Cup 2019: Private DTH, cable platforms to not blank out DD Sports channel on matchdays". Indian Television Dot Com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- "DD Sports (ddindia site)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.