Doordarshan has commenced digital terrestrial
television (DTT) services in 16 cities, thereby providing mobile TV to the users.
The sixteen cities being covered from 25 February are- Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Guwahati, Patna, Ranchi, Cuttack, Lucknow, Jallandhar, Raipur, Indore, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Bangalore and Ahmadabad.
Mobile TV can be received in and around these cities using DVB-T2 Dongles in OTG enabled smart phones and
tablets, Wi-Fi dongles for moving vehicles, besides the TV sets having built in DVB-T2 Tuner which are called as integrated digital TV (iDTV).
While
Sony,
LG,
Panasonic,
Samsung etc., are providing iDTV, the dongles are also available in online shopping sites like
Flipkart,
Ebay,
Snapdeal etc. It requires the user to download the software and plug these dongles in the
smartphones and tablets to receive DD Signals.
There will be no charges for watching the DD Channels. No internet connection is required after installation of the software. The public and private transportation vehicles and public places are potential environments for Mobile Television.
Currently, DD National, DD News, DD Bharati, DD Sports, DD Regional/DD Kisan are being relayed. Only one time investment of a dongle will be required by viewers and no extra expenditure unlike streaming with internet. The TV pictures are free from "ghosting" and "snowing".
