Last month Prasar Bharati held the 43rd E-Auction for allotment of MPEG-2 slots on DD Free Dish. The auction concluded with 53 channels winning MPEG-2 slots which were added on the free to air DTH platform from 1st April. With the addition of these channels, Prasar Bharati has now released a new line up for the channels available on this platform.
| S. No. | Channel Name | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DD News | News |
| 2 | DD National | General Entertainment |
| 3 | DD Sports | Sports |
| 4 | DD Kisan | General Entertainment |
| 5 | ABZY Dhakad | Hindi Movie |
| 6 | DD Bangla | Regional |
| 7 | DD Chandana | Regional |
| 8 | DD Girnar | Regional |
| 9 | DD Kashir | Regional |
| 10 | ABZY Movies | Hindi Movie |
| 11 | DD ArunPrabha | Regional |
| 12 | B4U Movies | Hindi Movie |
| 13 | Aajtak Tez | News |
| 14 | India News | News |
| 15 | Blue | Hindi Movie |
| 16 | Big Magic Ganga | Bhojpuri |
| 17 | DD Shillong | DD State |
| 18 | DD Imphal | DD State |
| 19 | Test 201 | —- |
| 20 | DD Oriya | Regional |
| 21 | DD Podhigai | Regional |
| 22 | DD Punjabi | Regional |
| 23 | DD Sahyadri | Regional |
| 24 | DD Yadagiri | Regional |
| 25 | DD Malayalam | Regional |
| 26 | Lok Sabha | News |
| 27 | Rajya Sabha | News |
| 28 | Fun TV | General Entertainment |
| 29 | Dangal | General Entertainment |
| 30 | Bhojpuri Cinema | Bhojpuri |
| 31 | Zee Biskope | Bhojpuri |
| 32 | ABZY Cool | General Entertainment |
| 33 | Show Box | Music |
| 34 | Surya Cinema | Hindi Movie |
| 35 | DD Kohima | DD State |
| 36 | DD Agartala | DD State |
| 37 | Cinema TV India | Hindi Movie |
| 38 | BDM | Bhojpuri |
| 39 | Movie Plus | Hindi Movie |
| 40 | DD Saptagiri | Regional |
| 41 | India TV | News |
| 42 | B4U Bhojpuri | Bhojpuri |
| 43 | Manoranjan TV | Hindi Movie |
| 44 | TV9 Bharatvarsh | News |
| 45 | DD UP | Regional |
| 46 | Dabangg | Bhojpuri |
| 47 | DD MP | Regional |
| 48 | Filamchi | Bhojpuri |
| 49 | NDTV India | News |
| 50 | Surya Bhojpuri | Bhojpuri |
| 51 | Enterr- 10 | Hindi Movie |
| 52 | DD North East | Regional |
| 53 | DD Aizwal | DD State |
| 54 | DD Raipur | DD State |
| 55 | Big Magic | General Entertainment |
| 56 | News 18 India | News |
| 57 | 9XM | Music |
| 58 | Maha Movie | Hindi Movie |
| 59 | Zee Hindustan | News |
| 60 | DD Bharati | General Entertainment |
| 61 | DD Urdu | General Entertainment |
| 62 | Masti | Music |
| 63 | B4U Music | Music |
| 64 | 9X Jalwa | Music |
| 65 | News Nation | News |
| 66 | News 24 | News |
| 67 | Republic Bharat | News |
| 68 | AajTak | News |
| 69 | ABP News | News |
| 70 | Zee News | News |
| 71 | DD Dehradun | DD State |
| 72 | Zee Punjabi | Regional |
| 73 | Manoranjan Movies | Regional |
| 74 | B4U Kadak | Hindi Movie |
| 75 | Sadhna Bhakti | Devotional |
| 76 | DD Rajasthan | Regional |
| 77 | Test 505 | —- |
| 78 | DD Bihar | Regional |
| 79 | DD Ranchi | Regional |
| 80 | Manoranjan Grand | Bhojpuri |
| 81 | Maha Punjabi | Regional |
| 82 | Test 510 | —- |
| 83 | ZING | Music |
| 84 | DD India | News |
| 85 | Lord Budha | Devotional |
| 86 | MTV Beats | Music |
| 87 | Fakt Marathi | Regional |
| 88 | Marathibana | Regional |
| 89 | Home Channel | —- |
| 90 | Chardikala Time TV | Regional |
| 91 | DD Goa | DD State |
| 92 | DD Hissar | Regional |
| 93 | DD Shimla | DD State |
| 94 | Samay | News |
| 95 | Astha Bhajan | Devotional |
| 96 | Sudarshan News | News |
| 97 | Sanskar | Devotional |
| 98 | Aastha | Devotional |
| 99 | 9X Jalwa | Music |
| 100 | Vedic TV | Devotional |
| 101 | ABP Ganga | News |
| 102 | JK 24X7 News | News |
| 103 | Enterr 10 Bangla | Regional |
| 104 | Sangeet Bangla | Regional |
| 105 | BTV World | Foreign |
| 106 | KBS World | Foreign |
| 107 | DD News HD | HD |
| 108 | DD National HD | HD |
DD Free Dish is having 8 general entertainment, 11 Hindi movies, 7 music, 21 news, 25 regional 9 Bhojpuri, 6 devotional, 1 Sports, 2 foreign, 2 HD and 11 Doordarshan state channels.
The new line up also includes 3 ‘test’ channels which the operator might have planned to allot by another auction. But the public broadcaster put that allotment process of vacant MPEG-2 slots in abeyance because of restrictions in the country due to coronavirus.
What a line up 😅 All Paid DTH Failed 😛