Aware about the diversity of the states in north-east India, the government has established separate Capital Doordarshan Kendras for each of the states, the Parliament was told.Minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore told the Lok Sabha in reply to a question that these kendras were telecasting their local programmes according to the needs of the States from 3 pm to 7 pm daily on terrestrial mode.Some states also have one to two other Programme Generation Facilities (PGF), he added.
Rathore also said that Prasar Bharati was launching a new 24x7 Satellite TV Channel “DD Arunprabha” shortly from Itanagar in addition to the existing North East Channel at Guwahati.
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Rathore also said that Prasar Bharati was launching a new 24x7 Satellite TV Channel “DD Arunprabha” shortly from Itanagar in addition to the existing North East Channel at Guwahati.
Source & Credit:http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/ib-ministry/dd-catering-to-n-e-states-language-culture-161217
Forwarded By:Jainender Nigam,PB NewsDesk,prasarbharati.newsdesk@gmail.com