DD Malayalam

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DD Malayalam

Type	Television Channel
Availability	Kerala
Headquarters	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Owner	Prasar Bharati
Launch date	1 January 1985; 39 years ago (1985-01-01)
Former names	DD 4
Official website	DD Malayalam Homepage

DD Malayalam is a Malayalam language television channel operated by India's national broadcaster Doordarshan. The name DD4 was changed to DD Malayalam after 1995. It is one of the 11 Indian regional language channels operated by Doordarshan. DD Malayalam broadcasts from Kudappanakunnu, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

The channel broadcasts through satellite in the name DD Malayalam and through terrestrial in the name DD Malayalam. The channel has its main studio in Thiruvananthapuram and an auxiliary studio in Kochi. In terrestrial mode, DD Malayalam is available to 99.2%^[1] of the population of Kerala. The satellite broadcast was started in 1994.