'Manthan', a television series on science, will now be telecast in regional languages following an agreement between Prasar Bharti and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle here today.
It was one of the three joint understandings signed today by Prasar Bharti, India's public service broadcaster, with Deutsche Welle for future programming under an existing 2011 memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The other agreements, aimed at providing interesting and fresh content for Indian audiences on Doordashan, include co- production of DW's award-winning show Euromaxx in Hindi and for telecast of sports programmes from Transtel.
Prasar Bharati has partnered with DW in the past, most notably on the creation of Manthan, a science program produced in Hindi for Doordarshan. Manthan has been broadcast since 2012 on DD National.
DW's Director General Peter Limbourg and Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar signed the joint understandings.
"This opens a new chapter in Indo-German relationship where public broadcasting is concerned...India would also get to watch quality content on European Lifestyle," Sircar said.
Limborg said that the co-productions offer a fantastic opportunity to not only reach out to larger audiences, but to create a "better bond".
