Doordarshan: Complete digitalization by 2017
Public television broadcaster Doordarshan, which celebrated its�50th birthday recently, is now all set to go completely digital by 2017, Joint Secretary of the Information and Broadcasting ministry Zohra Chatterji informed on Tuesday at the fifth annual India Digital Networks Summit (IDNS 2009).
"Doordarshan will be fully digitized by 2017. That is the goal we have set. We are also preferring a full dialogue with the industry (technology platforms). But before that, the public needs to be educated about it. Another area that has to be looked into is billing. The consumer is not satisfied with the billing (of digital services)," Chatterji added.
Presently, Doordarshan operates 19 channels – two All India channels (DD National and DD News), 11 Regional languages Satellite Channels, four State Networks, an International channel, a Sports Channel.
