Doordarshan Agency-Client meet was organised in Bengaluru today to brief advertisers the publicity opportunities offered by it to the advertisers and their clients. Doordarshan News with over 39 lakh viewers stands first in the country with Times Now standing second with 11 lakh viewers. <br/><br/>Doordarshan has exclusive DD Kisan channel that caters to farmers, it also has exclusive broadcasting rights over Republic Day, Independence Day programmes and also Mann Ki baat addressed by the Prime Ministers. The advertisers were also told that Marathi News channel Batmya and Rangoli are popular among the viewer grabbing highest number of eyeballs as compared to private channels. <br/><br/>They were also informed about attractive advertising rates prevailing in different channels of the public broadcaster. Director General of Doordarshan Supriya Sahu, Additional Director Generals M S Thomas and Air Commodore Ranjan Mukherjee among other senior officers were present on this occasion.