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47-577: DD National (formerly DD1 ) is an Indian state-owned entertainment television channel , founded by the Government of India , owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan , launched on 15 September 1959. India's public service broadcaster, and the oldest and most widely available terrestrial television channel in India. On 15 September 1959 at

94-846: A Magic Lamp for the Doordarshan network, as the rerun broadcasts for these drama productions broke all TRP records. First episode of Ramayana gained highest TRP since 2015 for all Hindi TV Channels of All categories. DD National instantly became #1st in TRP chart and with its shows Ramayana and Shaktimaan were on #1st and #5th in Ratings. Note that, since 2010's DD National was out of top 10 in Hindi GEC Ratings. After Ramayana, Uttar Ramayan and Shri Krishna too enjoyed #1 Rank in BARC TRP Charts. Its sister channel DD Bharati , which

141-415: A government owning all or a controlling stake of the company's shares . This form is often referred to as a state-owned enterprise . A state-owned enterprise might variously operate as a not-for-profit corporation , as it may not be required to generate a profit; as a commercial enterprise in competitive sectors; or as a natural monopoly . Governments may also use the profitable entities they own to support

188-488: A national colour telecast service from its own TV studio in Mandi House , New Delhi using PAL Colour. It broadcast the celebrations in full color from Red Fort marking the 35th year of India's nationhood. On 9 August 1984, as Doordarshan launched its second channel for the metro/urban audience called 'DD2'. The existing first channel was renamed 'DD1' and started regular transmission of nationwide satellite broadcasts. In

235-479: A new theme and serials like Happy Homes , Khwabon Ke Darmiyaan , Khamosh Sa Afsaana , Dard Ka Rishta , Shama, Paltan , Stree Shakti , Zindagi Ek Bhanwar , and Janmon Ka Bandhan . Initially, these shows did better, but later, as TRP fell in 2016, Prasar Bharati decided to go for a slot sale policy and invited bids from makers for its 7 PM to 11 PM slot. Afternoon slots in 2016 aired serials like Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule , U-turn , and Munidhar . However,

282-423: A specific state institution or branch of government, used exclusively by that branch, such as a research laboratory. The latter refers to assets and resources owned by the population of a state which are mostly available to the entire public for use, such as a public park (see public space ). In neoclassical economic theory , the desirability of state ownership has been studied using contract theory . According to

329-406: A whole. As such, state ownership is only one possible expression of public ownership, which itself is one variation of the broader concept of social ownership. In the context of socialism, public ownership implies that the surplus product generated by publicly owned assets accrues to all of society in the form of a social dividend , as opposed to a distinct class of private capital owners. There

376-550: Is a natural monopoly or because the government is promoting economic development and industrialization . State-owned enterprises may or may not be expected to operate in a broadly commercial manner and may or may not have monopolies in their areas of activity. The transformation of public entities and government agencies into government-owned corporations is sometimes a precursor to privatization . State capitalist economies are capitalist market economies that have high degrees of government-owned businesses. Public ownership of

423-416: Is a process of transferring private or municipal assets to a central government or state entity. Municipalization is the process of transferring private or state assets to a municipal government. A state-owned enterprise is a commercial enterprise owned by a government entity in a capitalist market or mixed economy . Reasons for state ownership of commercial enterprises are that the enterprise in question

470-416: Is a wide variety of organizational forms for state-run industry, ranging from specialized technocratic management to direct workers' self-management . In traditional conceptions of non-market socialism, public ownership is a tool to consolidate the means of production as a precursor to the establishment of economic planning for the allocation of resources between organizations, as required by government or by

517-484: Is an Indian historical drama television series directed by Sanjay Khan and produced by Numero Uno International Limited. The drama aired on DD National . The series is based on the life of Mahadaji Shinde . The show comprised 47 episodes. The music was composed by Mohammed Zahur Khayyam . The series starts with the events of 1759 in Delhi, during the declining Mughal empire under emperor Shah Alam II . Weakness of

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564-563: Is desirable. In their model, the government and a private firm can invest to improve the quality of a public good and to reduce its production costs. It turns out that private ownership results in strong incentives to reduce costs, but it may also lead to poor quality. Hence, depending on the available investment technologies, there are situations in which state ownership is better. The Hart-Shleifer-Vishny theory has been extended in many directions. For instance, some authors have also considered mixed forms of private ownership and state ownership. In

611-420: The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup matches involving India, and also the semi-final and final matches. The ICC Champions Trophy was also broadcast by DD National. These matches are broadcast under compulsory simulcasts from pay television rightsholders such as Star Sports , under laws requiring sporting events of national importance to be simulcast by DD National. In 2017, in response to complaints by Tata Sky ,

658-611: The Supreme Court of India ruled that these simulcasts are only allowed to be carried by on the free-to-air terrestrial and DD Free Dish , and that DD National must be blacked out on pay television providers in defense of the pay-television rightsholder when such events are broadcast. Since then, Prasar Bharati decided to telecast Cricket Matches only on DD Sports Channel, and since then all matches were telecast on DD Sports channel, but only on DD Freedish, DTT mode with different feed named DD Sports 2.0. The idea of autonomy for

705-423: The means of production is a subset of social ownership , which is the defining characteristic of a socialist economy. However, state ownership and nationalization by themselves are not socialist, as they can exist under a wide variety of different political and economic systems for a variety of different reasons. State ownership by itself does not imply social ownership where income rights belong to society as

752-443: The 1980s and 1990s. DD National telecast repeats of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan , Luv Kush , Shri Krishna , Mukesh Khanna's Shaktimaan , Shrimaan Shrimati, Shahrukh Khan's Circus, Byomkesh Bakshi, Chanakya, Dekh Bhai Dekh, The Jungle Book and many more. At the same time its sister channel DD Bharati telecast BR Chopra's Mahabharat , Sai Baba, Alif Laila, BR Chopra's Vishnu Puran and many more hit series. This move turned out to be

799-517: The 80s, but also the highest rating drama of its time. DD National served as the home for NDTV 's smash Friday news program The World This Week from 1984 to 1995. During those years, DD National also aired NDTV-produced network coverage of federal and state elections and budget deliberations of Parliament. After the entry of private channels in India, Doordarshan started facing strong competition from Zee TV in 1992. Even though in those days, cable and satellite channels were not easily available, DD1

846-498: The Hart-Shleifer-Vishny model it is assumed that all parties have the same information, while Schmitz (2023) has studied an extension of their analysis allowing for asymmetric information . Moreover, the Hart-Shleifer-Vishny model assumes that the private party derives no utility from provision of the public good. Besley and Ghatak (2001) have shown that if the private party (a non-governmental organization) cares about

893-639: The Mughal empire leads to the invasion of Ahmad Shah Durrani and his army faces the Maratha army on 14 January 1761. The cataclysmic defeat of the Marathas in this Third Battle of Panipat lead to the death of 50000 Marathas and many more. Witnessing this defeat, the Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao dies of mental depression. Then the show follows the life of Mahadji Shinde who was gravely wounded in

940-1330: The acquired foreign language programming of the period, were Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi , Buniyaad , Malgudi Days , Shrikant , Ramayan , Bharat Ek Khoj , Mahabharat , Mirza Ghalib , The Sword of Tipu Sultan , Chanakya , The Great Maratha , Vishwamitra , Uttar Ramayan , Buddha , Surabhi , Tiltliyan , Taaraa , Star Trek , Khaandaan , 13 Panne , Air Hostess , Waah Janaab , Tamas , Vikram Aur Betal , Tenali Rama , Kirdaar , Singhasan Battisi , Guldasta , Mrignayani , Shrikant , Sadgati , Nukkad , Lot Pot , Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne , Bhim Bhawani , Kakkaji Kahin , Paying Guest , Ados Pados , Upannyas , Fauji , Karamchand , Byomkesh Bakshi , Samandar , Param Veer Chakra , Wagle Ki Duniya , Buniyaad , Kachchi Dhoop , Chunauti , Mahanagar , Phir wahi Talash , Umeed , Subah , Mr. Yogi , Circus , Ek Bhool , Chote Babu , Yugantar , Kehkashan , Yatra , Rajni , Street Hawk , Udaan , Gaata Jaaye Banjara , Phool Khile Hain Gulsan Gulsan , Pingu , Circus , Taaj Mahel , Khubsuraat , and Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniya . Many of these productions ended up being high rating successes for DD-1. Of these, Ramayan ended up not just being DD-1's most expensive Indian TV drama of

987-462: The battle. But soon Maratha Empire, with his help, recovered Maratha power in North India, restoring Mughal emperor's moral authority as Mughal empire came under Maratha protection. He was awarded the title of grand visier by the Mughal emperor. There is a romance between Mahadji and princess Jumna, blossoming into marriage. Mahadji and Indore's queen Ahilya Bai Holkar develop attraction and have

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1034-777: The broadcaster announced the rebranding of DD National, including its logo, which would be in effect from 15 August 2022, coinciding with the celebrations of Indian Independence day and in celebration of 40 years of nationwide broadcasts. The new logo made its debut on 14 August, one day before the holiday. Over its long journey, being India's biggest public broadcaster, DD National has had a long list of notable anchors. Many on whom are widely recognised faces, distinguished personalities and also people known for their contribution to news and media as well as for their role in popularising Indian art and culture. Usually, all One Day and Twenty20 international cricket matches involving or hosted by India are shown live on DD National. It also broadcast

1081-574: The first generation of programmes produced for the channel. In 1976, the split of the TV and radio services was made official with Doordarshan assuming overall control for television broadcasting. By the time the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) commenced in 1975, Doordarshan coordinated with AIR as the producer of programs aired in the targeted areas of several Indian states. It would foreshadow

1128-467: The general budget. The creation of a state-owned enterprise from other forms of public property is called corporatization . In Soviet-type economies , state property was the dominant form of industry as property. The state held a monopoly on land and natural resources, and enterprises operated under the legal framework of a nominally planned economy , and thus according to different criteria than enterprises in market and mixed economies. Nationalization

1175-627: The government-controlled Doordarshan was first mooted when the Janata Party came to power in 1977, in the aftermath of Emergency when the Doordarshan ended up as the government's mouthpiece. The idea was revived when the Janata Dal took office in 1989. The following governments showed no interest in autonomy despite making politically correct noises about autonomy. State-owned In market-based economies, state-owned assets are often managed and operated as joint-stock corporations with

1222-518: The high ratings, but Doordarshan Board focused more on its sister channel, DD Metro, which was aimed to compete with Zee TV. In the meantime, the channel became one of the popular destinations of TV viewers with its shows like Junoon , Superhit Muquabala , and Azanabi , many of its programming being also aired on DD National either on simulcast or tape delay. In 1995, when most of the channels like DD Metro, Zee TV, Home TV, STAR Plus and Sony TV started focusing on their prime time slots, DD National

1269-704: The late 1997, DD National started airing Mukesh Khanna's Shaktimaan , which was the blockbuster TV serial in Indian history. In 2000, after tasting success with India's Most Wanted , Jasoos Vijay and Suraag in prime time, Prasar Bharati decided to revamp both channels, and many new serials were introduced on DD National, but very few of them were successful because of a limited prime time slots of 9 to 10:30, compared to 8 to 11 for other channels. New channels like Sahara TV and SAB TV were also performing better than DD channels in prime time. In 2002, DD offered its time slots to popular filmmakers and got some popular shows of

1316-533: The means of production may be labelled state socialism . State ownership was recognized by Friedrich Engels in Socialism: Utopian and Scientific as, by itself, not doing away with capitalism, including the process of capital accumulation and structure of wage labor. Engels argued that state ownership of commercial industry would represent the final stage of capitalism, consisting of ownership and management of large-scale production and manufacture by

1363-557: The most popular shows and also won a title of Best TV Serial of the Year at the ITA Awards. In this period, DD introduced many popular serials like Air Hostess , Wo Huye Na hamare , Kyunki Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai , Tum Dena Sath Mera , Hari Mirchi lal Mirchi , Soni Mahiwaal , Wheel Smart Shrimati , Krazzy Kiya Re , Chandramukhi , Jo Kahunga Sach Kahunga , Tahreer Munshi Premchand Ki , and Kashmkash Zindagi Ki . At prime time, DD

1410-456: The new four-hour long prime time, DD brought TV serials like Gora , Bharat Ki Shaan , Baba Aazmi's Yeh Kaha Aa Gaye Hum , Dil Jo Kah Na Saka , and Sanjeev Kapoor's Chef Ki Rasoi . It also launched a campaign for its afternoon slots, DD Dophar Aapke Ghar, by airing serials like Amrita , Anudamini , Aisa Prem Kahan , and Chupau Kaise Laaga Chunari Me Daag . In November 2014, Prasar Bharati relaunched DD National as 'Desh Ka Apna Channel' with

1457-399: The property rights approach based on incomplete contracting (developed by Oliver Hart and his co-authors), ownership matters because it determines what happens in contingencies that were not considered in prevailing contracts. The work by Hart, Shleifer and Vishny (1997) is the leading application of the property rights approach to the question whether state ownership or private ownership

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1504-512: The public good, then the party with the larger valuation of the public good should always be the owner, regardless of the parties' investment technologies. More recently, some authors have shown that the investment technology also matters in the Besley-Ghatak framework if an investing party is indispensable or if there are bargaining frictions between the government and the private party. The Great Maratha The Great Maratha

1551-487: The same year, DD1 started telecast of sponsored TV serials which were produced by established filmmakers and many film production firms for the channel. These drama series were sponsored b Indian companies. DD1's Hum Log was the first sponsored TV serial of Indian television and started airing with its series premiere on 7 July 1984. After the success of Hum Log , many other TV producers and filmmakers produced many memorable series aired on DD-1. Some of them, together with

1598-562: The seeds for the expansion of the network from one channel to many in the years to come. Doordarshan was co-partner in the launch of the Indian National Satellite System in the 1980s and took notice of its potential. The central government began planning to bring Doorsharsan as a national channel aired to millions of Indians. On 15 August 1982 on the Indian Independence day Doordarshan introduced

1645-465: The start of the channel's road to be a nationally aired station. By the time SITE had begun, the channel had only been seen in several major Indian cities, airing in some as a trilingual station with a news service in regional languages. Doordarshan operated using the black and white NTSC format under a UNESCO grant. When television started in neighbouring Sri Lanka , the country opted for the PAL format (which

1692-484: The state's management policies, though these rights are not property rights as they are not transmissible. For example, if a family is allocated an apartment that is state owned, it will have been granted a tenancy of the apartment, which may be lifelong or inheritable, but the management and control rights are held by various government departments . There is a distinction to be made between state ownership and public property. The former may refer to assets operated by

1739-577: The state. Within the United Kingdom, public ownership is mostly associated with the Labour Party (a centre-left democratic socialist party), specifically due to the creation of Clause IV of the "Labour Party Manifesto" in 1918. "Clause IV" was written by Fabian Society member Sidney Webb . When ownership of a resource is vested in the state, or any branch of the state such as a local authority , individual use "rights" are based on

1786-527: The state. State ownership is advocated as a form of social ownership for practical concerns, with the state being seen as the obvious candidate for owning and operating the means of production. Proponents assume that the state, as the representative of the public interest , would manage resources and production for the benefit of the public. As a form of social ownership, state ownership may be contrasted with cooperatives and common ownership. Socialist theories and political ideologies that favor state ownership of

1833-592: The strategy was not enough for its revival. In late 2016, the slot sale policy of DD was put on hold by the government. Although many production houses like Balaji Telefilms and SaaiBaba Telefilms had won slots for airing their programs, it could not be commenced as the policy was reported for review. From 2017, Doordarshan has been repeating programs from its library and does not telecast any new serial. Due to COVID-19 , when all other TV Channels were stopped shooting for fresh episodes of their serials, Doordarshan decided to re-telecast its blockbuster drama programming from

1880-452: The studio of All India Radio , Delhi, the first TV channel in India started an experimental telecast with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio, adopting the brand Doordarshan , Hindi for television. Until 1965, AIR was responsible for the programming production and overall control over content as the television service began to assume overall production. Krishi Darshan , Chaupaal , Doordarshan Samachar , and Kalyani were among

1927-636: The time. Ramanand Sagar's Aankhen , BR Chopra's Aap Beeti , Adhikaari Brothers CID Officer , Kiran Bedi's Galti Kiski , and Time's Dishayen were telecast on the channels and prized by viewers. In 2003, when DD Metro Channel was converted into DD News, Prasar Bharati focused on its DD national channels, and shows like Meher , Miss India , Shikwah , Kayamat , Kaanch , and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani were introduced. Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani achieved unprecedented ratings and became DD National's biggest blockbuster during this period. In 2005, Hawayein starring Ravi Kishan and Malini Kapoor became one of

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1974-552: Was even not in notice since its inception in 2000, became 5th most-watched TV Channel in TRP Charts, with Mahabharata became #2 on TRP Charts. Following the success of the reruns, DD National finally regained its status as the country's number 1 station. Bolstered by high ratings of the programming repeats Doordarshan launched DD Retro on 13 April 2020, with its library mainly composed of many of Doordarshan's legendary drama series. Shortly after Prasar Bharati changed its logo,

2021-573: Was formed. While private channels like Zee TV, STAR Plus and Sony TV started airing high budget TV serials from top production houses, DD National was still doing the best in afternoon slots with Kasam , Itihaas , Agni , Aprajita , Aurat , Ardhangini , Sanjog, Deewar , Aane Wala Pal , Waqt Ki Raftaar and other programs. There were a few notable programs like India's Most Wanted , Gul Sanobar , Surabhi , Noorjahan , Om namah Shivay , Jai Ganga Maiya , and Suraag in prime time, but those were not enough to give competition to private channels. In

2068-404: Was later adopted by Doordarshan in 1982) and television sets manufactured by Japanese companies saw their sales skyrocket. The stark contrast between Doordarshan's SITE-influenced schedule and ITN Sri Lanka's schedule built mainly on imports showed Doordarshan's inferiority at the time. DD's regional news opt-outs aired on regional stations as a breakaway from programming from New Delhi would plant

2115-437: Was still not able to compete with private channels, and it also started losing its peak position in afternoon slots to re-runs on other channels. In 2012, DD started airing Ekta Kapoor's Pavitra Bandhan , Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saraswatichandra and a few other serials. In 2013, it reduced its window for regional telecasts to 4 PM-7 PM, and stopped airing news at night, which added one and a half hour to its prime time. To enrich

2162-546: Was still ruling the chart, as it was the only channel available terrestrially. In 1993, Doordarshan revamped both channels for a stronger competition. DD-1 was relaunched into its present name, DD National , while DD-2 received the DD Metro brand. With the telecast of popular TV shows like Chandrakanta , Alif Laila , Tehkikaat , Chitrahaar , Udaan , Byomkesh Bakshi , Farmaan , Katha Sagar , Neem Ka Ped and Chanakya , DD National retained viewers and

2209-420: Was still stacked with its role and responsibilities, as at the time it was the only source of news on TV. To provide more entertainment, DD National opened an afternoon slot for housewives, with the telecast of Shanti . To support the success of Shanti , many other shows like Swabhimaan , Farz , and Yug were introduced and all of them were praised. In 1997, Prasar Bharati , the parent body of Doordarshan,

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