Dear Reader, today we are sharing with you an updated List of DD FreeDish DTH, effective from April 1, 2022. DD Free Dish is the only Free-to-Air (FTA) Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service where there is no monthly subscription fee from the viewers.
DD Free Dish DTH service is owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December 2004. It is very affordable for all as it requires only a small one-time investment of about Rs. 2000/- for purchasing of Set-to-Box (STB) and small-sized Dish Antenna with accessories. The unique free-to-air model has made DD Free Dish the largest DTH platform.
Recently, DD Free Dish announce a Dish Helpline Nos. 1800114554 (Toll-Free)/ 011 -25806200 to help their viewers.
DD Free Dish presently has 161 TV channels out of which 20 TVchannels are in the MPEG-4 stream and the remaining in MPEG 2. It also has 48 Radio channels.
DD Free Dish is available throughout the country except in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It reaches even those places where Terrestrial or cable TV is not available like border, remote & tribal areas.
A separate 10-channel DTH service in C-Band has been provided by Prasar Bharati exclusively for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, which is also Free-To-Air.
As per 2019 market estimates, 3.80Crore Households watch DD Free Dish.
Prasar Bharati does not sell and install DD Free Dish Set-top-Boxes (STBs). Different make and models Free Air Set-Top Boxes are available in the open market and viewers can buy them from the open market and get them installed through them.