The Indian government launched DD Direct Plus on 16 December 2004, a free DTH service for Indians who are unable to afford a monthly subscription to watch television. Users only have to pay once to receive a DD-free dish, and then they won't have to recharge for the rest of their life.

For DD Free Dish, Prasar Bharati utilized two technologies, the first being MPEG-2 (DVBS) and the second being MPEG-4 (DVBS-2). Both technologies are used to broadcast a total of 186 channels and 50 radio stations, some of which are also provided by direct to home DTH operators Dish TV and Sun Direct Frequencies.

1. DD National 2. DD National HD (MPEG-4/ HD ) 3. DD Bharati 3. DD Retro 4. Zee Anmol 5. Star Utsav 6. ColorsRishtey 7. Sony Pal 8. The Q 9. Big Magic 10. Azaad TV 11. Dangal 12. ABZY Cool 13. Shemaroo TV

1. Zee Anmol Cinema 2. Rishtey Cineplex 3. Sony Wah 4. Star Utsav Movies 5. Dhinchaak 6. Dhinchaak 2 7. ABZY Movies 8. B4U Movies 9. B4U Kadak 10. Manoranjan TV 11. Enter 10 Movies 12. Maha Movie 13. Colors Cineplex Bollywood 14. Bflix Movies 15. Movie Plus

1. DD News 2. AajTak 3. ABP News 4. Zee News 5. NDTV India 6. India TV 7. News Nation 8. Republic Bharat 9.News18 India 10. Zee Hindustan 11.TV9 Bharatvarsh 12. News 24 ( MPEG-4) 13. Sansad TV 14. Sansad TV Rajya Sabha 15. Sahara Samay (MPEG-4) 16. Sudarshan News (MPEG-4) 17. India News (MPEG-4) 18. Good News Today

1.9XM 2. MTV Beats 3.B4U Music 4. Mastiii 5. Zing 6. I Love (MPEG-4) 7. Show Box

1.MHRD 1 2.MHRD 2 3.MHRD 3 4.MHRD 4 5.MHRD 5 6.MHRD 6 7.MHRD 7 8.MHRD 8 9.MHRD 9 10. MHRD 10 11.MHRD 11 12.MHRD 12 13.MHRD 13 14.MHRD 14 15.MHRD 15 16.MHRD 16 17.MHRD 17 18.MHRD 18 19.MHRD 19 20.MHRD 20 21.MHRD 21 22.MHRD 22 23. DD e Vidya 1 24. DD e Vidya 2 25. DD e Vidya 3 26. DD e Vidya 4 27. DD e Vidya 5 28. DD e Vidya 6 29. DD e Vidya 7 30. DD e Vidya 8 31. DD e Vidya 9 32. DD e Vidya 10 33. DD e Vidya 11 34. DD e Vidya 12

1. DD Uttar Pradesh 2. DD Uttarakhand 3. News State UP/UK (MPEG-4) 4. Zee Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand (from Dish TV) 5. India News UP/UK (MPEG-4) 6.News18 UP/UK (MPEG ) -4)7. FM News (MPEG-4)

1. DD Madhya Pradesh 2. DD Chattisgarh 3. Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chattisgarh (from Dish TV)

1. DD Rajasthan 2. Zee Rajasthan News (from Dish TV)

1. DD Bihar 2. DD Jharkhand 3. Zee Biskope 4. Zee Ganga 5. B4U Bhojpuri 6. Dabangg 7. Filamchi Bhojpuri 8. News India 24*7 (MPEG-4) 9. Bhojpuri Cinema 10. Zee Bihar/Jharkhand (from Dish TV) 11. ABZY Dhakad 12. Manoranjan Grand

1. DD Punjabi 2. DD Himachal Pradesh (MPEG-4) 3. DD Haryana (MPEG-4) 4. Zee Punjabi 5. Manoranjan Movies 6. Zee Punjab/Haryana/Himachal (from Dish TV) 7. Chardikla Time TV (MPEG-4)

1. DD Sahyadri 2. DD Goa (MPEG-4) 3. Fakt Marathi 4. ShemarooMarathibana 5. Zee 24 Taas (from Dish TV) 6. Zee Chitramandir 7. Sun Marathi

1. DD Girnar 2. Zee 24 Kalak (from Dish TV) 3. Vande Gujarat 1 4. Vande Gujarat 2 5. Vande Gujarat 3 6. Vande Gujarat 4 7. Vande Gujarat 5 8. Vande Gujarat 6 9. Vande Gujarat 7 10. Vande Gujarat 8 11. Vande Gujarat 9 12. Vande Gujarat 10 13. Vande Gujarat 11 14. Vande Gujarat 13 15. Vande Gujarat 14 16. Vande Gujarat 15 17. Vande Gujarat 16

1. DD Urdu 2. DD Kashir 3. Zee Salaam (from Dish TV)

1. DD Bangla 2. DD Agartala 3. BTV World (MPEG-4) 4. Enterr 10 Bangla

1. DD Oriya 2. Zee Odisha (from Dish TV)

1.DD Assam 2 .DD Meghalaya (MPEG-4) 3.DD Mizoram (MPEG-4) 4.DD Tripura 5.DD Nagaland (MPEG-4) 6.DD Manipur (MPEG-4) 7.DD Arun Prabha

1. DD Podhigai 2. Sun News (Sun Direct)

1.Test 420 2.Test 518 2.Test (MPEG-4) 4.Test (MPEG-4)

1.AIR News 2.AIR Telugu 3.AIR Marathi 4.AIR Tamil 5.AIR VBS 6.AIR Rohtak 7.AIR Vijayawada 8.AIR Imphal 9.AIR Gujarati 10.AIR Panjim 11.AIR Punjabi 12.AIR Puducherry 13. AIR Srinagar 14.AIR Lucknow 15.AIR Patna 16.AIR Bhopal 17.AIR Kannada 18.AIR Hindi 19.AIR North East 20.AIR Dehradun 21.AIR Portblair 22.AIR Jaipur 23.AIR Gangtok 24.AIR Ragam 25.AIR Ranchi 26.AIR Urdu 27.AIR Oriya 28.AIR Meghalaya 29.AIR Assamese 30.AIR Raipur 31.AIR Shilling 32.AIR Kohima 33.AIR Aizwal 34.AIR Itanagar 35.AIR Agartala 36.AIR Leh 37.AIR Shimla 38.AIR Jammu 39.Gyan Vani 40.FM Rainbow Delhi 41.FM Gold Delhi 42.RJVBS 1 43.RJVBS 2 44.RJVBS 3 45.MPVBS 1 46.MPVBS 2 47.MPVBS 3 48.AIR Malayalam 49.AIR Darbhanga 50.AIR Nazibabad

43 channels have won by putting in the high BID for DD Free Dish. Below channels have won slots to broadcast on DD Free Dish.

1. SHEMAROO TV 2. DANGAL 3. ENTERR 10 4. THE Q 5. BIG MAGIC 6. AZAAD TV

1. COLORS CINEPLEX BOLLYWOOD 2. DHINCHAAK 3. DHINCHAAK 2 4. MOVIE PLUS 5. B4U KADAK 6. B4U MOVIES 7. SHEMAROO MOVIES 8. ABZY COOL 9. MANORANJAN TV 10. ZEE ANMOL CINEMA 11. RISHTEY CINEPLEX 12. ABZY MOVIES 13. ZEE RANG

1. ZING 2. 9XM 3. B4U MUSIC 4. SHOWBOX 5. MTV BEATS 6. MASTII

1. REPUBLIC BHARAT 2. ZEE NEWS 3. NDTV INDIA 4. TIMES NOW NAVBHARAT 5. TV9 BHARATVARSH 6. NEWS NATION 7. INDIA TV 8. AAJ TAK 9. ABP NEWS 10. NEWS24 11. INDIA TV 12. ZEE HINDUSTAN 13. NEWS 18 INDIA 14. INDIA NEWS 15. GOOD NEWS TODAY 16. NDTV INDIA

1. B4U BHOJPURI 2. BHOJPURI CINEMA 3. ZEE BISKOPE 4. ZEE GANGA 5. MANORANJAN GRAND 6. MANORANJAN PRIME 7. FILAMCHI 8. GOLDMINES BHOJPURI

1. ZEE CHITRAMANDIR 2. SHEMAROO MARATHIBANA 3. FAKT MARATHI 4. SUN MARATHI

1. ZEE PUNJABI 2. MY CAM ( Viacom 18 ) 3. FOOD FOOD 4. POPCORN MOVIES