DD Assam is a state-owned Indian TV channel operated by Doordarshan. It telecasts from Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, Assam.[1] DD Assam is available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel 52.[2] Doordarshan Assam can reach almost 83% of the population and almost 79% the area.
History
The Doordarshan Kednra Guwahati was commissioned on March 24, 1985. DD Assam 24 x 7 satellite channel was launched on 4 August 2020 by the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar.[3] It was done through video conferencing from New Delhi.[4]
Regional News Unit (RNU)
DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 140 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 49 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All the States have a Regional News Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network, across the country in all districts.[5] RNU are headed by an Indian Information Service Officer (IIS) officer. He or she is responsible for functioning of the RNU including bulletins, budget / finance, coordination and other administrative issues. News Editors are posted in RNU to mount the news bulletins / programmes, assignment coordination, social media handling, and to assist Head of RNU in the financial and administrative works.[citation needed]
RNU also engages the services of Reporters, Stringers, Camerapersons, Copy Editors, Assistant News Editors, Video Editors, Graphics Editors, News Readers, Website Assistants on casual assignments to mount the News Bulletins / Programmes.
