industry satellite television service founded 16 december 2004 headquarters new delhi area served india owner prasar bharati ministry of information and broadcasting website ddindia.gov.in dd free dish previously known as dd direct plus is an indian free to air digital direct broadcast satellite television service owned and operated by the state controlled public service broadcaster prasar bharati doordarshan . it is the only free to air satellite television service in india . initially nss 6 satellite at 95 was used to broadcast channels . after upgradation insat 4b satellite at 93.5 was used to broadcast 64 fta mpeg 2 channels and 29 radio channels.with the latest upgradation to gsat 15 at 93.5 on 1 february 2016 the present capacity is likely to be enhanced to 104 sdtv channels and 40 radio channels in near future with the introduction of new mpeg 4 dvb s2 stream . new logo for dd free dish was added on its transponders on 29 october 2014 . 1 the e auction is being conducted by c1 india pvt. ltd. gurgaon on behalf of prasar bharati . contents 1 setup parameters 1.1 unofficial setup parameters 2 future of dd free dish 3 see also 4 references 5 external links setup parameters edit downlink frequency mhz polarity symbol rate ksps lnb frequency mhz fec system format 22k 11090 v 29500 9750 3 4 dvb s mpeg 2 off 11170 v 29500 9750 3 4 dvb s mpeg 2 off 11470 v 29500 9750 3 4 dvb s mpeg 2 off 11510 v 29500 9750 3 4 dvb s mpeg 2 off 11550 v 29500 9750 3 4 dvb s mpeg 2 off 11550 h 29500 9750 3 4 dvb s mpeg 2 off 11630 v 30000 9750 3 4 dvb s2 mpeg 4 off 2 unofficial setup parameters edit citation needed system format lnb frequency mhz transmission frequency mhz symbol rate ksps polarity 22k dvb s mpeg 2 10600 12110 40700 h on dvb s mpeg 2 10600 40700 h on dvb s mpeg 2 10600 12050 45000 h on dvb s mpeg 2 10600 11734 44000 h on future of dd free dish edit expansion of dd free dish has been carried out time to time . the present capacity is likely to be enhanced to 104 sdtv channels and 40 radio channels in near future with the introduction of new mpeg 4 dvb s2 stream . dd free dish has plans of encrypting channels but maintaining the free to air . this will enable freedish to gauge the exact number of households relying on freedish as encrypted set top boxes stb will only be available with authorised dealers . 3 see also edit direct to home television in india references edit dd free dish logo add dd channel . forum.dishtracking.com . retrieved 29 october 2014 . http ddindia.gov.in technical pages dd free dish % 28dth % 29 . aspx http www.dddirectplus.info 2015 12 dd free dish to acquire bydesigns cas technology for mpeg4 expansion external links edit channel list of dd free dish on lyngsat website channel list of dd free dish on prasar bharati dd free dish channel list dd free dish official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dd free dish & oldid 744317700 categories doordarshandirect broadcast satellite servicesindian television networksfree to airhidden categories use dmy dates from september 2015use indian english from september 2015all wikipedia articles written in indian englishall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 13 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view