Doordarshan To Beam 600 FTA Channels By March, 2014

Doordarshan will start using world's latest DVB-T2 technology. After
this, more than 600 Free To Air TV and Radio channels will be
available at your drawing room without any cost. Pay channels too can
be viewed by this technology- thats too without paying a single penny.
New Transmitters are being set up in various places across India.
Doordarshan hopes to to start this service by March, 2014 next.

There are two modes of Television Transmissions. One is through
Satellites, the technology that we are currently widely using to
receive all channels. The other mode is through Transmitters. Only
Doordarshan has the right to broadcast through Transmitters.
Doordarshan is presently converting its existing Transmitters into
Digital Transmitters by using DVB-T2 (Digital Video Broadcast-
Terrestrial) technology. This will enable Doordarshan to beam 10 times
more Channels than its existing capacity. DVB-T2 is a latest
Technology that is currently used by Britain and few European
Countries only as of now. It reduces the dependancy on Satellites.

This is win win situation for regional broadcasters. Regional
broadcasters can reach their target audiences by using this
Terrestrial broadcasting mode by Doordarshan. The carriage fees on
Doordarshan's Terrestrial broadcast platform will be 25% less than the
satellite platform.

Source: Hindustan Times.
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