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Doordarshan (Hindi: दरदर्शन, often abbreviated DD) is an autonomous government of India founded the public service station that is owned by the Ministry of Broadcasting of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting agencies in India in terms of studio infrastructure and transmitter, established on September 15, 1959. It also broadcasts terrestrial digital broadcasters. DD offers television, radio, line and mobile services through metropolitan and regional India, as well as abroad, through India Network and Radio India.
For the 2012 Summer Olympics, live broadcasts of the opening and closing ceremonies of the games were broadcast on their national channel. DD Sports provided coverage of sporting events throughout the day. Doordarshan had a modest start as an experimental television broadcast that began in Delhi on September 15, 1959, with a small transmitter and an improvised studio. Regular daily transmission began in 1965 as part of All India Radio. Doordarshan began a five-minute newsletter in the same year. Pratima Puri was the first news reader. Salma Sultan joined Doordarshan in 1967, and later became a news anchor. The television service was extended to Bombay (now Mumbai) and Amritsar in 1972.
Until 1975, only seven Indian cities had a television service and Doordarshan remained the only television provider in India. Television services were separated from the radio on April 1, 1976. Each office of All India Radio and Doordarshan was placed under the direction of two general managers in New Delhi.
Finally, in 1982, Doordarshan took shape as a national broadcaster. Krishi Darshan was the first broadcast program in Doordarshan. It began on January 26, 1967 and is one of the longest running programs on Indian television.