DD EARNS RS. 1806 CRORES
Doordarshan earned
a commercial revenue of Rs. 637.51 crores for 2000-2001, Rs. 615.21
crores for 2001-2002 and Rs. 553.81 crores for 2002-2003. Doordarshan
does not earn any profit since its expenditure is at least three
times more than its revenue.
This was stated by
the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad in a written reply to Shri Sunder Lal Tiwari and Shri Satyavrat
Chaturvedi in Lok Sabha today.
In reply to another
question, Shri Prasad said that according to the National Readership
Survey-2002, the viewership for DD-I and DD-II in all TV homes
is much higher as compared to other channels. The viewership figures
are DD-I (50%), DD-II (20%), Star Plus (16%), Sony (14%) and Zee
(13%).
