<span style="color: #222222;">Doordarshan FreeDish has become the largest DTH platform with reach of more than 43 million households. Information and Broadcasting Ministry said, the free DTH service of Doordarshan clocked stellar growth of almost 100 per cent from 22 Million in 2017 to 43 Million in 2022. Prasar Bharati's DTH service DD FreeDish is the only Free-to-Air Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service where the viewer does not have to pay any monthly subscription fee. It only requires a small one-time investment of about two thousand rupees for purchase of the DD FreeDish set-top box.<br />''<br />''In sync with rise in subscription base of DD FreeDish, the number of channels on DD FreeDish has also increased in multiple buckets this year. In News and Current Affairs category, the number of channels has increased from 11 to 14, while the bucket of Hindi Music, Hindi Sports, Hindi Teleshopping channels, Bhojpuri Movies and Bhojpuri general entertainment channels has registered growth from 13 to 16.<br />''<br />''DD FreeDish hosts a total of 167 TV channels and 48 Radio channels, including 91 Doordarshan channels and 76 private TV channels. The Ministry said, with effect from tomorrow, DD FreeDish private TV channels bouquet would comprise of eight Hindi general entertainment channels, 15 Hindi Movie channels, six Music channels, 22 News channels, nine Bhojpuri channels, four Devotional and two foreign channels.</span><br />