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BGonaSTICK · 19-03-07, 03:38 PM

India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan, is to launch two news channels on the Sky satellite platform next month.

Doordarshan-India will be an entertainment channel, showcasing dramas, game shows, Bollywood movies, chat shows, sport and health programming. Doordarshan-News will broadcast 24-hour live news with an Indian and Asian focus.

Doordarshan is the national broadcaster of India, and currently transmits to 147 countries, with a peak viewing of over 1 billion for selected shows according to TAM (television audience measurement) ratings.

Both channels will appear in the Asian area of the EPG, and will launch on April 16.

Analoguesat · 21-03-07, 09:40 AM

Also launching in April is Noor TV (Islam lifestyle) and possibly Aapna TV (Kashmiri channel)

nanochickin · 21-03-07, 03:11 PM

Something to look forward to then :roflmao:

Analoguesat · 21-03-07, 03:28 PM

Noor & the 2 DD's are already epg testing.

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Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: New Asian channels to launch in April Noor & the 2 DD's are already epg testing. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!