Prasar Bharati recently announced that it will telecast all team India’s T20 World Cup matches, alongside the Paris Olympics and Wimbledon on Doordarshan. The announcement was made by CEO Prasar Bharati, Gaurav Dwivedi, during an interaction with media on June 3.
Apart from the T20 World Cup, Doordarshan will follow up with a lineup of telecasts of a number of major global international sporting events.
This includes live/deferred live and highlights of the Paris Olympics Games 2024 (July 26 to August 11), Paris Paralympic Games (August 28- September 8), International Cricket Series between India vs Zimbabwe (July 6 to July 14) and India vs Sri Lanka (July 27 to August 7) and women’s and men’s finals of the French Open 2024 (June 8 and 9) and Wimbledon 2024 (July 13, 14).
Doordarshan launches special anthem for T20 World Cup
The announcement for broadcasting team India T20 World Cup matches was made by Prasar Bharati CEO, Gaurav Dwivedi. During the interaction a special anthem ‘Jazba’ for the T20 World Cup was launched. It has been sung by famous singer Sukhwinder Singh.
The special anthem was launched by Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Sanjay Jaju along with Prasar Bharti Chairman Navneet Kumar Sehgal, DG, Doordarshan, Kanchan Prasad apart from Gaurav Dwivedi. The Secretary also launched a promo for the gala T20 event narrated in the voice of the famous storyteller Neelesh Misra.
Last year, DD Sports produced and telecast a number of multi-sporting events spread across the country. This included the Khelo India University Games in Astalakshmi (the eight states of North East), the Khelo India Youth Games in Tamil Nadu, the National Games in Goa, the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Para Games in New Delhi and the Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg and Leh.
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