Launch of new 24x7 DD channel for the North-Eastern states It is good news that Doordarshan has launched 7 new 24x7 Satellite Channels for Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim in the month of January 2016. Moreover, DD Arun Prabha channel will be launched in October 2016 for Arunachal and Sikkim also. All these channels are on DTH platform in Ku Band through INSAT-4B satellite. Surprisingly, the oldest Doordarshan Kendra of the region - Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati (established in the year 1985) is yet to get its own 24x7 DD Assam Channel. It has to suffice with only 4 hours 15 minutes programme daily, exclusively for Assam. After the launch of separate DD Channels for each state, the DD North East Channel has automatically become redundant. However, the DD North East Channel continues to exist. As a result, this Channel is being uplinked from Guwahati with mostly repeat telecasts of other DD Kendra programmes of northeast and very few programmes produced in Programme Production Center (PPC) North East, Guwahati. Assam, which is the leading state of the region in terms of literature, art, culture, film, sports and man power, is still deprived of its own DD Channel. DD Assam could provide a platform to the people of the state to showcase their talents and enhance the knowledge on their home state. It is learnt that DD Assam or DD Brahmaputra Channel is technically ready and test signals are being uplinked from this Channel regularly. But due to reasons unknown to us, the DD Assam Channel is yet to be launched. Honorable Minister of Information and Broadcasting may look into this matter. We are all looking forward to a quick resolution of this issue. All the people of Assam would be grateful for a step taken by the concerned authorities in this regard.
Dr Buljit Buragohain, Assistant Professor, Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT), Azara, Guwahati - 781017. The Sentinel (13.08.2016) http://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/letterstotheeditor.php?sec=3&subsec=10&id=277602&dtP=2016-08-12&ppr=1#277602 _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://lists.assamnet.org/listinfo.cgi/assam-assamnet.org
