WebIndia123.com: It’s great news. India’s state-owned TV channel Doordarshan will convert its analog content (as long as 50,000 hours) to digital format. Which means memorable performances of great artistes of the country and India’s rich heritage stored in Doordarshan archives will be soon be available on internet and broadband service by the Prasar Bharati, the corporate entity which owns DD. This will be allowed to be viewed on payment.
Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer K S Sharma said that the archival material and memories of some great artists which were in the analog form would be converted into digital mode and released through the internet and broadband so that the people who could not afford to purchase high value CDs could see them on internet by paying a meager amount.The Doordarshan has 50,000 hours of recording in its archives.
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