NEW DELHI: WarnerMedia-owned kids television channel POGO has partnered with public service broadcaster Doordarshan to simulcast its popular animation show Chhota Bheem on DD National.
First premiered in 2008, the show that revolves around a young boy called Bheem in a small town in India will be available for a half-hour telecast every afternoon on DD till the end of the covid-19 lockdown on 3 May.
Doordarshan, which has emerged as the most watched TV channel in India since the covid-19 lockdown, has so far been airing its own old hits, including mythological epics Ramayana and Mahabharat, historical dramas Chanakya and Upanishad Ganga, superhero series Shaktimaan featuring Mukesh Khanna, Shrimaan Shrimati, a comedy starring Reema Lagoo,