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FIFA 2026 football World Cup streaming: How to watch it for free in India?

Football fans in India can now watch the FIFA World Cup 2026 live on Zee's Unite8 Sports channels and stream on Zee5. Selected matches, including the opener, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final, will be broadcast for free on DD Sports via DD Free Dish.

The Economic Times

In the Olympics race, Jio has a clear edge over DD. It may only get worse from here

Minutes before Indian badminton star PV Sindhu’s Paris Olympics journey ended in a tough pre-quarter final, this writer got an angry phone call from a relative.

Newslaundry

Swaraj on Doordarshan: Over Rs 50 crore spent, but who’s watching?

It was launched by Amit Shah, widely promoted by Narendra Modi, and produced with an estimated budget of over Rs 50 crore.

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Zee challenges I&B ministry order saying its news channels can no longer be free-to-air

Days after the IB ministry revoked permission to Zee Media Corporation Ltd for simultaneously uplinking 10 Zee network channels in Ku Band on GSAT-15 satellite and C Band, Zee has moved the Delhi High Court for the order to be quashed. The revocation of permission meant that these Zee channels…

Newslaundry

Setback for Zee: Ten news channels will no longer be free-to-air

The information and broadcasting ministry on Friday revoked permission for simultaneous uplinking of 10 Zee network channels in Ku Band on GSAT-15 satellite and C Band. This means these channels will no longer be free-to-air.

Newslaundry

New uplinking-downlinking guidelines for private TV channels yet to be notified

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The Hindu

Why news channels have approached the government against Zee

With auctions for DD Free Dish slots for news channels kicking off earlier this month, dozens of networks are in a tight contest through auctions to reach 38 million regional viewers with Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home service. But the competition has doled out confrontation, when one channel has been perceived to…

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