Deepa Chandra

Provides information technology and software services

Doordarshan, operating as DD News, is a public service terrestrial-cum-satellite news broadcaster launched in 2003. DD News covers 49% of India's population terrestrially and the entire country via satellite, supported by 31 regional bureaus producing over 170 bulletins in 23 languages and dialects. The company is located in India. It delivers balanced, impartial, and comprehensive news coverage across multiple languages including Hindi, English, and Sanskrit, with over 30 daily bulletins and more than 17 hours of live transmission. The channel offers programming including regional news, sports, business, current affairs, health, culture, and government initiatives, supplemented by continuous market news tickers. It supplies news content to sister channels like DD National and DD, and maintains a digital presence through social media, a mobile app, and a website providing real-time updates, special programs, and breaking news subscriptions. The channel disseminates authoritative information on national developments, government projects, economic forecasts, and public advisories as a comprehensive multi-language public news service, and ultimately controlled by the Government of India.