Answer: Television is an audio-visual medium which has become a powerful means of information and entertainment.
- Television broadcasting began in India in Delhi on 15th September 1959 as an experiment under All India Radio.
- Regular service started later; the Mumbai centre began in 1972, and the SITE programme (1975–76) used a satellite to take educational programmes to villages.
- In 1976 television was separated from All India Radio and named ‘Doordarshan’.
- Colour television and national telecast began in 1982, at the time of the Asian Games held in Delhi.
- After 1991, private and foreign satellite channels started; today there are many 24-hour news, entertainment, sports and educational channels.
- Serials like ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’, ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ became very popular.
