DD Chandana

DD Chandana is the Kannada-language channel of Doordarshan, the Indian public TV broadcaster. It was launched in 1994 as DD9 and renamed in 2000 (see footnote). It is named after sandalwood (which is called chandan(a) in many Indian languages), a major produce of the state of Karnataka, where Kannada is spoken.

1994–2006[]

2006–2021[]

2013–2021[]

2021–present[]

DD Chandana introduced a revised logo on 1 November 2021, on the occasion of Karnataka Day, with the name of the channel (Chandana) in the Kannada script and the name of the corresponding state (Karnataka) in English.

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A few weeks later, from 16 to 19 November 2021, other South Indian DD channels (DD Saptagiri, DD Yadagiri, DD Podhigai and DD Malayalam) also changed their logos similarly, with the name of the channel in the local language, and the name of the corresponding Indian state in English. Moreover, all these channels moved their logos from the traditional top right corner of the screen to the bottom right corner.

Footnote[]

In 1994, Doordarshan launched a number of channels in Indian regional languages. They were originally numbered from 1 through 18[1] and renamed in 2000. (Most were renamed to the corresponding language; in the case of DD Podhigai, DD Saptagiri, DD Sahyadri and DD Girnar, they were named after hill ranges in the state where the language is spoken, while DD Chandana was named after sandalwood, a major produce of the state of Karnataka.)

Furthermore, the Kannada movie industry is called Sandalwood, akin to Hollywood and Bollywood.