NEW DELHI: Twenty-one channels of All India Radio are available through the Doordarshan’s free-to-air DD Direct Plus platform throughout the country

A total of 29782 direct-to-home sets for receiving DD Direct Plus, including 20397 in hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh, have been provided by the Government to sixteen states where terrestrial signals are not easily available.

These include 2277 in Rajasthan and 1942 in Madhya Pradesh, according to Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources.

Doordarshan provides free-to-air with a bouquet of 59 TV channels (19 Doordarshan channels and 40 other TV channels). DTH signals can be received by using a set top Box and small sized dish receiver units.

As these signals can be received anywhere in the country except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, DTH service in C-band with bouquet of 10 channels is in operation in the Islands.

The DTH sets have been provided in various states for uncovered areas as part of DTH Scheme and Special NE package (Phase-I).