DD Gujarati launched

On Monday 1 May, at a function held in Ahmedabad for celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Gujarat's Foundation Day, Doordarshan launched its long-awaited 'round-the-clock' Gujarati satellite channel on DD-11.

Present on the occasion, were Information & Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, singer Anuradha Paudwal and others. The channel will beam programmes in Gujarati from 8 am to 3:30 am the next day through an Insat-2C transponder C-11, to be shown in 38 countries around the world.

The channel programming will include feature films, serials and sponsored programming besides classical and folk music and dances, informative and educational programs, stock market news, etc.

Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel voiced his thoughts about uplinking facilities being provided soon so that the channel could be received in other parts of the world including America. Because Gujarati channels were more popular than other regional channels, Alpha TV Gujarati had been launched recently by the Zee Network while Rathikant Basu-promoted Broadcast Worldwide was planning to launch Tara channel soon.

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