Javadekar Inaugurates Video Walls In 8 DD Studios And DD Earth Station

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated video walls in all eight Doordarshan Studios and Earth Station at DD Kendra, Delhi on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, Prakash Javaedkar highlighted the significance of the video walls in enhancing viewer experience. He said that under the three year Action Plan of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, support has been given to Doordarshan to modernise its infrastructure. Addition of State of Art Video Walls and Spectrum efficient satellite equipment, is a step in the direction of revamping the Public Service Broadcaster. Appreciating the role of Doordarshan, he stated that the channel is synonymous with credibility. He asked the officials present to work towards expanding the spread of DD Free Dish from the current 3.25 crore households to 5 crore households. On this occasion, he also announced that Creative Head will soon be brought in for DD to give a further boost to programming and high quality content creation.

Secretary, Ministry of I&B Amit Khare said that the government is committed to support Doordarshan and All India Radio in every possible way to ensure that the Public Service Broadcaster is able to provide services of contemporary industry standards, reaching out to every nook and corner of India.

A Surya Prakash, Chairman, Prasar Bharati lauded the efforts of Doordarshan and highlighted that in the recent past a number of impactful and meaningful programmes have been created, which have taken the Flagship Schemes of the government to the door step of people. The State-of-Art Video Walls, installed at a cost of Rs 10.75 Crores under the three-year Action Plan of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, are at par with those in-studio centres of leading international broadcasters. The induction of video walls will save a lot of time in the physical erection of sets. Further, it will give greater flexibility through a dynamic change of backdrop by introducing live/recorded videos, graphics etc. in the studio sets as per program requirement. It was stated by a press release.

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