DD National HD should convert to DD India HD. DD National's syndication has nothing good to offer. DD India HD will atleast be competitive to it's International counterpart like DW, BBC and RT.
It is far from National flagship channels. DD News HD airs news in Hindi mostly with Hindi graphics. So I want a state run English news channel representing our country like DW, BBC, RT. If I was Doordarshan's director. I would even introduce bulletin in other global languages by now.
DD India HD will be not in priority List of Prasar Bharati to start in near Future.
But one certain thing Prasar Bharati can do is just mix DD News HD with Alternate English Feed of DD India.
And of course a Global Coverage of News will be really a Good jesture to implement.
Also Prasar Bharati silently doing one thing is to make a Deal with Foreign Countries to carry DD India on their Government DTH + OTT Platform to reach widely. Recently Bangladesh have agreed to do so. In next phase it's turn for Srilanka / Bhutan / Japan / Korea etc.
Hopefully mixing DD News HD with English & Hindi Feed will be a very good Option as DD News HD is really a True HD offering from Prasar Bharati.
DD cannot compete with RT / DW / CNA or BBC due to huge Technical Backlog compare to them. Prasar Bharati have to be Financially Strong for Upgradation of Technology.
But recently Prasar Bharati have investing on their OB Van Technology & Studio Set Up to improve News Broadcast over Asia.
The national flagship channel must be in HD.
Agree, DD Sports HD is a must. Until it's launch DD National HD should air sports in HD along with DD Sports SD.
Please remember that DD has only two HD channels and it should launch at least two more which are more important than an English international news channel. DD cannot compete with Al Jazeera, DW and France 24.
DD Sports HD is much more important.
Prasar Bharati have definite plan to Launch DD Sports HD. But they shelf the plan for time being because to Firstly they want to Convert DD National HD into Full HD 24x7 Format as currently DD National HD is not a Full HD 24x7 Channel so not distributed in All DTH & Cable.
So Prasar Bharati want to make a Good Infrastructure for DD National HD & then they will start DD Sports HD.
Meanwhile DD Sports Content cannot be clubbed or / telecast with DD National HD by virtue of Honbl.Supreme Court Order.
Prasar Bharati also will construct and Revamp their Regional DD Channels with New Technology & New Program Line Ups.
Information & Broadcasting Minister also visiting All Regional Kendras to make a Proper Plan for Revamp.
But of course DD Sports HD will start within end of 2020.
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