DD Kashir: Prime Focus, Beehive & Grasshopper shortlisted for packaging

DD Kashir: Prime Focus, Beehive & Grasshopper shortlisted for packaging

DD Kashir

NEW DELHI: Three agencies have been shortlisted by Doordarshan to undertake the channel packaging work for its channel, DD Kashir. The agencies are -- Prime Focus Technologies Pvt Ltd, Beehive Systems Pvt Ltd, and Grasshopper Media Pvt Ltd.

However the Scrutiny Committee which went through the tender documents of these three agencies has pointed out some defects in the documents and asked them to rectify these by 22 August 2017.

DD Kashir had issued a similar tender for April but has made some changes following some feedback and changes made by DD Directorate General, particularly relating to the payment mode and sought fresh tenders in June with 29 June as the last date.

DD Kashir is a 24x7 satellite channel of Doordarshan. The channel was launched in the year 2003. It is planned to bring fresh content on DD Kashir to showcase richness, variety and diversity of the local culture. The channel’s USP will be to attract young people of Jammu & Kashmir.

Earlier in June, Doordarshan invited proposals for telecast of programmes under the Commissioning category in eleven different categories for DD Kashir,
All proposals had to be submitted by 27 June 2017. Although producers could submit more than one proposal, each proposal had to be accompanied with a non-refundable processing fee of 25,000 as bank draft. 

According to an announcement on the Doordarshan website, Prasar Bharati is making special efforts in Jammu and Kashmir to promote and nurture talent, provide a platform to deserving producers/artists from Jammu & Kashmir as well as from outside to encourage production of better programmes for Doordarshan viewers.

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