Prasar Bharati will telecast the T20 World Cup being held in the West Indies and USA on the DD Free Dish platform.Doordarshan will follow up the high-profile coverage of the T20 World Cup 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 , Paris Paralympic Games , International Cricket Series between India Vs Zimbabwe and India Vs Sri Lanka and women's and men's finals of the French Open 2024 and Wimbledon 2024.
The announcement was made by CEO Prasar Bharati Gaurav Dwivedi during an interaction with the media in New Delhi on Monday. During the interaction, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Sanjay Jaju along with Chairman, Prasar Bharati Navneet Kumar Sehgal, CEO 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.
Prasar Bharati is in the advanced stages of negotiations with different sports bodies and agencies to showcase different sports leagues and properties on its sports channel."We will be updating the media as and when we firm up these partnerships," Dwivedi said.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, a release said.
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