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<div>{{short description|Indian Bengali-language television channel}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}<br />
{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Doordarshan Bangla<br />
| logo = Dd Bangla.PNG<br />
| logo_size = 180px<br />
| logo_caption = <br />
| logo_alt = <br />
| launch_date = 1975 (as Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata)<br />
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)<br />
| network = <br />
| owner = [[Prasar Bharati]] ([[Govt. of India]])<br />
| country = India<br />
| area = India and parts of Asia, China and Gulf countries.<br />
| headquarters = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India<br />
| replaced = Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata<br />
| sister_channels = <br />
| web = [http://www.ddbangla.gov.in/ ddbangla.gov.in]<br />
}}<br />
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'''DD Bangla''' ({{lang-bn|ডিডি বাংলা}}) is an Indian [[free-to-air]] television channel owned by state-owned broadcaster [[Doordarshan]]. It was Previously known as '''DD-7''' and '''DD National Kolkata'''. It broadcasts from [[Kolkata]], [[Shantiniketan]] and [[Jalpaiguri]]. Launched on 9 August 1975, the network's programming consists of soap operas, [[infotainment]] series, news and current affairs, social programs and films in [[Bengali language]]. It is available to 97.1% of the population of [[West Bengal]] on [[terrestrial television]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Home {{!}} Welcome to Doordarshan Kendra: Kolkata |url=http://www.ddbangla.gov.in/ |website=www.ddbangla.gov.in |publisher=DD Bangla |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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Programs broadcast by the channel include ''Bibaho obhijan'', ''Rongo tamaasha'', ''Eto sur ar eto gaan'', ''Madhyamik classes''<ref>{{cite news |title=Madhyamik classes on DD Bangla |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/madhyamik-classes-on-dd-bangla/cid/1761811 |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=West Bengal govt announces virtual classes for students of class 9 to 12 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/west-bengal-govt-announces-virtual-classes-for-students-of-class-9-to-12/story-Wlff4OZRWfHd2CA11Oo6yM.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=4 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> among others.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[DD Direct Plus]]<br />
* [[List of programs broadcast by DD National]]<br />
* [[All India Radio]]<br />
* [[List of South Asian television channels by country]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130726051932/http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ Doordarshan Official Internet site]<br />
* [http://www.ddinews.gov.in/ Doordarshan news site]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414015108/http://passionforcinema.com/doordarshan-down-memory-lane An article at PFC]<br />
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{{Bengali language television channels}}<br />
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{{Terrestrial television channels of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Bengali-language television channels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Television stations in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1975]]<br />
[[Category:Direct broadcast satellite services]]<br />
[[Category:Indian direct broadcast satellite services]]<br />
[[Category:Doordarshan]]<br />
[[Category:1975 establishments in West Bengal]]</div>2409:4060:9B:441F:0:0:15E8:E0A4