Why is the DD Free Dish e-auction of 2025 different from before?

A Blog – Let us tell you that this time the e-auction of DD Free Dish is going to be different than before because this time only free-to-air TV channels may participate, about which we told you.

Good or bad for viewers –

This time the e-auction of DD Free Dish is going to be very exciting just like the result of the match between India and Pakistan. Because this time the most popular TV channels of DD Free Dish can leave this platform, such as Star Gold Thrills etc. But you do not need to worry because if your favorite TV channels turn into free-to-air TV channels, then they can easily connect to DD Free Dish.

Will pay TV channels turn into free-to-air?

Yes, most pay-TV channels may convert to free-to-air because they get the benefit of tracking and subscription of their channels by remaining pay channels. But today in 2025, if any pay channel converts to free-to-air, then the tracking of the channel will remain the same because now digitalization has happened in India, due to more viewership, their advertisement revenue is much more than the subscription. Because this increases the price of their ad slot.

Entry of private HD channels –

Let us tell you that this time the e-auction is also different for this reason because now private HD channels can also be added to DD Free Dish.

More MPEG-4 slots –

This time there are more MPEG-4 slots in DD Free Dish, and the price of MPEG-4 is much less than MPEG-2 slots, so it is possible that this time it can be seen in most TV channels. Prasar Bharati may also want to completely convert DD Free Dish to MPEG-4 and HD, as recently DD Free Dish has converted all educational TV channels from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4.

Is the upgrade of DD Free Dish correct? –

No, we feel that if we look at the technical aspect, the conversion of DD Free Dish from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 is very slow and is not the latest technology. Because now the technology above this has come. Like HEVC and then AV1. Although AV1 may not be used in satellite right now, HEVC 10bits is now available. Recently a new DTH service was started in Sri Lanka, which began with HEVC 10bits. However, this is our personal opinion. The government must have some problems of its own. So wait for the second week of March when the results of the new upcoming TV channels of DD Free Dish will start coming, information of which you can get from here.