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DD Bangla

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Country
  
India

Launched
  
1975 (as Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata)

Owned by
  
Prasar Bharati (Govt. of India)

Picture format
  
576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3), 1080i (HDTV)

Broadcast area
  
India and parts of Asia,China and Gulf Countries.

Headquarters
  
Kolkata, West Bengal, India,

DD Bangla (Bengali: ডিডি বাংলা) is a state-owned television channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata, India.

DD Bangla is the Bengali language satellite channel supported by Doordarshan studios in Kolkata, Shantiniketan and Jalpaiguri. Launched in 2001, DD Bangla has entertainment serials, infotainment programs, news and current affairs, social programs and film programs as its major content. The station also shows soap operas in Bengali. In terrestrial mode, DD Bangla is available to 97.1% of the population of West Bengal.

Programs broadcast by the channel include Bibaho Obhijan, Rongo Tamaasha, Eto Sur Ar Eto Gaan among numerous others.

References

DD Bangla Wikipedia