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Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh has forced public broadcaster Doordarshan to start separate transmission of the channel for residuary AP.The DD Saptagiri channel running from Hyderabad will be renamed to DD Telangana some other name recommended by Telangana Govt. and the DD Saptagiri name will be retained for residual Andhra Pradesh.
With Hyderabad becoming a part of the newly formed Telengana, regular transmission of two hours a day, 5 pm to 7 pm every day, will commence from the Doordarshan Kendra of Vijayawada to cater to the residual state of Andhra Pradesh. Efforts to upgrade the existing facilities of Doordarshan Kendra at Vijayawada, which presently has one 150 sq m studio and a teleport satellite up linking facility, are already underway.
In future, they will convert the existing Kendra at Vijaywada to a 24-hour channel. The proposal is being reviewed by Union I&B ministry. A 24-hour channel would require an investment of about Rs 17-20 crore.” Manpower investment of about 100 people, including engineering and production staff, will also be required.
It is a welcome proposal as there will be separate 24 hour regional satellite channel by Doordarshan for residuary Andhra Pradesh state post bifurcation but presently for residuary Andhra Pradesh state, two hours terrestrial transmission is broadcasted from Vijayawada Doordarshan Kendra.But the states of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand are created more than 10 years ago, but still only terrestrial transmission for two hours is broadcasted from Doordarshan Kendras of Raipur, Dehradun and Ranchi for their respective states and 24 hours regional satellite channels by Doordarshan have not yet been launched for the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand.