DD Odia is a state owned TV channel telecasting from

Doordarshan Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...

, Bhubaneshwar.

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DD Odia is a satellite channel broadcasting in Odia language, Odia, launched in 1994. DD Odia broadcasts serials, cultural programmes, infotainment programmes, news and current affairs etc. Most of its programmes are produced at Doordarshan Kendras of Bhubaneshwar, Sambalpur and Bhawanipatna. While the weekly transmission hours for the terrestrial channel with satellite support is 37 hours and 30 min, for the satellite (DD-6-Odia) it is 168 hours. DD-6 programmes are mostly related to Odia films, folk dance, music, and other cultural programmes only besides regional news. DD Odia grabs about 29% of the Total Market share in India. It reaches to almost 23% of the total population in India.

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Doordarshan Official Internet site

Odia Doordarshan Facebook page
{{CATV Television channels and stations established in 1994 Odia-language television channels Doordarshan Companies based in Bhubaneswar Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom 1994 establishments in Orissa Direct broadcast satellite services Indian direct broadcast satellite services Television stations in Bhubaneswar

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