DD Assam

DD Assam is a state-owned Indian TV channel. It telecasts from Doordarshan Kendra Assam, situated at Guwahati. DD Assam is available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel 52.[1] Assam Doordarshan can reach almost 83% of the population and almost 79% the area.

DD Assam
TypeTerrestrial and satellite Broadcast television network
Country
India
HeadquartersGuwahati, Assam India
OwnerPrasar Bharati
Key people
RNU Head : Maruf Alam
Launch date
2020 (as Doordarshan Kendra Assam)
Former names
Doordarshan Kendra Assam
Official website
www.ddkguwahati.gov.in
LanguageAssamese and English

History

In India, the first telecast was in 1965, with Aakashbani later. In 1976 it became independent as Doordarshan. DD Assam 24 x 7 satellite channel was launched on 4 August 2020 by the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar. It was done through video conferencing from New Delhi.[2]

Regional News Unit (RNU)

DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 140 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 49 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All the States have a Regional News Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network, across the country in all districts.[3] RNU are headed by an Indian Information Service Officer (IIS) officer. He or she is responsible for functioning of the RNU including bulletins, budget / finance, coordination and other administrative issues. News Editors are posted in RNU to mount the news bulletins / programmes, assignment coordination, social media handling, and to assist Head of RNU in the financial and administrative works.

RNU also engages the services of Reporters, Stringers, Camerapersons, Copy Editors, Assistant News Editors, Video Editors, Graphics Editors, News Readers, Website Assistants on casual assignments to mount the News Bulletins / Programmes.

Bulletin/News run by DD News Assam (RNU)

The new daily news Timings are as follows :

Sl.No Bulletin / Programme Time Slot Duration Language
I Morning News 09:00 AM daily 15 Minutes Assamese
II Afternoon News 04:00 PM daily 15 Minutes Assamese
III Headline News (Graphics only) 05:00 PM daily 1 Minute Assamese
IV Evening News 06:30 PM daily 15 Minutes Assamese
V North East News 06:45 PM daily 15 Minutes English
VI Sangbad Lohitya

(Prime Time bulletin)

 08:30 PM

(Mon-Fri)

 30 Minutes Assamese

Programming
  • News
  • Borgeet
  • Chah Gashar Maje Maje (Tea Garden Programme)
  • Geetmala
  • Krishi Darsan
  • Rupali Dhow

RNU Head and News Editor
  1. Maruf Alam, IIS RNU Head[4] and News Editor
  2. Santanu Rowmuria, IIS News Editor

See also

References
  1. "DD Assam an Exclusive first TV channel launched for the state". DD FreeDish Blog. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. "Assam gets own 24/7 Doordarshan Channel". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. "MIB Report" (PDF).
  4. "DD News. | Prasar Bharati". prasarbharati.gov.in. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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