DD Free Dish (previously known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider. DD Free Dish DTH service is owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters through e-auctions. Currently, DD Free Dish has 116 television channels, among which 94 channels are in MPEG-2 format and 22 channels in MPEG-4 format. For classes 1 to 12, educational TV channels are run under PM e-Vidya program. Television channels Doordarshan TV channels owned by Prasar Bharati - National DD Bharati – State-owned art and cultural infotainment channel DD India – State-owned international channel DD Kisan – Agriculture education and information channel DD National – General entertainment channel DD News – News channel DD Retro – Doordarshan's channel for re-run of its popular classic shows DD Sports – Sports channel DD Urdu – State-owned Urdu-language infotainment channel (available in MPEG-4 format) DD Free Dish Home Channel – Provides information about DD Free Dish Additionally, DD Free Dish has one HD channel in MPEG-4 format – DD National HD – HD version of DD National Parliamentary Sansad TV – 2 channels of the same name with same content feed, except when the proceedings of the parliament is in place, for which separate feeds are aired. Regional channels (MPEG-2) Regional channels (MPEG-4) Private channels (MPEG-2) Hindi general entertainment Abzy Cool Big Magic Dangal Dangal 2 Enterr10 Ishara TV Shemaroo TV Shemaroo Umang The Q Sports Sports18 Khel Hindi Music 9XM B4U Music Mastiii MTV Beats ShowBox Zing Hindi-language movies B4U Kadak B4U Movies Colors Cineplex Bollywood Colors Cineplex Superhits Dhamaka Movies B4U Dhinchaak 2 Goldmines Goldmines Bollywood Manoranjan TV Movie Plus Sony Wah Star Utsav Movies Zee Anmol Cinema Hindi-language news Aaj Tak ABP News Good News Today India News India TV NDTV India News 24 News Nation News18 India Republic Bharat Times Now Navbharat TV9 Bharatvarsh Zee Hindustan Zee News Devotional channels Aastha Sanskar Vedic Bhojpuri B4U Bhojpuri – Movies Bhojpuri Cinema – Movies Filamchi Bhojpuri – Movies Goldmines Bhojpuri – Movies Manoranjan Grand – Kids Manoranjan Prime – Movies Zee Biskope – Movies Zee Ganga – GEC Marathi Fakt Marathi – GEC Shemaroo Marathibana – Movies Sun Marathi