DD India TV was launched in March 14, 1995 and the channel, owned by Doordarshan Network and its international channel (earlier known as DD World, and was renamed DD India in 2002). The channel brings news bulletins, features on topical events, entertainment programs, feature films, music and dance, children programs, events and tourism. DD India also provides a variety of programs in Regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English, as: Urdu, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati and Marathi. National events like Independence Day, Republic Day Celebrations, the Budget presentation and other happenings of national and international importance are regularly can be seen live on this DD India live channel. In United States, the channel was launched on July 26, 2007, and is available on DirecTV through Genesis Networks. Few programmes of DD India online TV are: National Programmes of Music: Tabla, News In Malayalam, Kashmeer-nama, Ek Maa Ki Agnipriksha, Sanskrit Samachar, Adhoora Bandhan, News In Punjabi, News In Telugu and Late Edition.