Includes ICC T20 World Cup,  Paris Olympics Games 2024 among others

Founded way back in 1959 by Government of India,  Doordarshan, one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati is all set to woo its burgeoning viewer base by telecasting some high profile global events live starting Wednesday 5th June, 2024.

This includes the telecast of the ICC T20 World Cup being organised in West Indies and USA starting 2nd June on DD Free Dish platform. The 28 day event will be followed by a line-up of telecasts of a number of major global international sporting events. This includes Live/ deferred live and highlights of the Paris Olympics Games 2024 (26th July-11th August 2024), Paris Paralympic Games (28th August- 8th September 2024), International Cricket Series between India Vs Zimbabwe (6th July -1th July 2024) and India Vs Sri Lanka (27th July -7th August 2024) and Ladies and Men’s finals of the French Open 2024 (8th & 9th June 2024) & Wimbledon 2024 (13th & 14th July 2024).

The announcement was made by CEO Prasar Bharati, Gaurav Dwivedi during an interaction with the media. During the interaction, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Sanjay Jaju along with Chairman, Prasar Bharati Navneet Kumar Sehgal, CEO, Prasar Bharati Gaurav Dwivedi and DG, Doordarshan, Ms Kanchan Prasad, launched a special anthem ‘Jazba’ for the T20 World Cup sung by Sukhwinder Singh. The Secretary also launched a promo of the gala T20 event narrated in the voice of the famous story teller Neelesh Misra.

It is noteworthy that Doordarshan has reached an understanding with leading global sports bodies like NBA and PGTA for showcasing their content on DD Sports. NBA’s popular e-sports property NBA 2K League matches are telecast on DD Sports Channel.

In addition Prasar Bharati is in advanced stages of negotiations with different sports bodies and agencies to showcase different sports leagues and properties on its sports channel.