DD North East

Country	India
Broadcast area	India and parts of Asia,China and Gulf Countries.
Headquarters	Guwahati, Assam, India
Programming
Language(s)	Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Hindi
Timeshift service	DD National Guwahati
Ownership
Owner	Doordarshan
History
Launched	1994(as Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati)
Former names	Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati
Links
Website	www.ddkguwahati.gov.in www.doordarshan.com/ddnortheast

DD North-East previously known as DD-13 was a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Jorhat, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar and Shillong. On 4 August 2019 a particular 24x7 Doordarshan channel relaunched for Assam state named as DD Assam & it replaced DD North East & the channel was launched by Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar Ji through virtual event & CEO of Prasar Bharati Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati & other top levels of Doordarshan was present on the event. The event was also live telecasted on 11:00 A.M. at DD News DD National DD India DD Bharati & other North East DD channels The programmes are produced at Doordarshan studios in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar, Shillong and Gangtok for DD North East.^[1]

History

DD North East Channel is a composite satellite television service for the North Eastern states of India broadcasting programmes in Assamese, English and other languages and dialects of the North East region. The programmes are a mix including entertainment programmes, informative programmes, social programmes, news and current affairs, art and culture. The first Assamese news transmission was introduced by the channel on 15 March 1991.^[2] 2 December 2019 Name Change to DD Assam

Programmes

• Axomiya Batori
• English News
• Krisi Darsan
• Krirangan
• Yuva Darpan
• Dhun Dhamaka