Kerala Chandrika, the first newspaper of the State was published from Thiruvananthapuram district in the year 1789. At present, more than 30 dailies are being published from this district. The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Desabhimani, Deepika, Madhyamom and Janmabhoomi are a few of the prominent dailies that are being brought out from Thiuruvananthapuram.

Several weeklies, fortnightlies, monthlies, bi-monthlies and quarterlies are published from various parts of the district. Government Departments and public sector undertakings are also bringing out fortnightlies and monthlies like Janapadham,Kerala calling,Vikasana Samanwayam, Kerala Interface, Karala Karshakan, Vyavasaya Keralam, Grama Deepam, Gramabhoomi, Sahakarana Veedhi, Vidyaarangam, and Panchayat Raj.

The information & Public Relations Department is the main agency of the Government to disseminate information to the public and to provide feedback. In the Government Secretariat, the Department of Information and Public Relations has provided a well-facilitated press room for accredited correspondents. The Tagore Theater provides for public and private cultural performances and screening of films. There would be some program or the other almost everyday.

All India Radio
Thiruvananthapuram station of the All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts and relays programmes daily from 5.55 am to 11.05 pm. Other than news bulletins, they relate to agriculture, rural development, woman and child care, health, sanitation and a host of other activities. Most of the programmes are of a cultural nature, having entertainment and educational value. Commercial broadcasts are also being aired here. FM broadcasting started from Thiruvananthapuram in 1999.

Private FM Stations
Thiruvananthapuram is catching up with the emerging bandwagon of private FM.Four private FM stations are on air in the capital city. On 28 jan 2008 Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM ( from The Times Group) started its operation.Mathrubhumi launched its Club FM 94.3 the next day. Big 92.7 FM and Kal radio's [Sun TV] SFM 93.5 are also on air as on 29 Jan 2008.

Doordarshan
Thiruvananthapuram Doordarshan Kendra started functioning from the Tagore theatre in the latter half of 1982 with a small transmission unit. Later, a full-fledged centre with a high power transmitter was installed at Kudappanakunnu, eight kms from the city. Now it covers the entire State and channel 4 is available in the entire south-east Asia region. Now it covers the entire state, with channel 4 available across Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and the America. The DD studios were also set up at Trichur and Kozhikode.

Asianet
Asianet is perhaps the first and biggest private television channel in the State. It started functioning form Thiruvananthapuram in 1993. Today, it has two channels namely Asianet and Asianet News and is the only private television channel which has an uplinking facility in the district. This company is also the biggest cable operator in the State. ACV, the leading local cable channel is also a subsidiary of Asianet.

ACV is the largest cable network services company in the state of Kerala, India and one of the largest such companies in the world. It was started in 1993 in Trivandrum. Its cable network services operate from over 40 centres spread throughout Kerala and touch over half a million homes and establishments.

The Global channel came into being first as a segment catering to the Gulf viewers and grew into a 24-hour channel in 2001. The channel was relaunched as Asianet News on May 1, 2003 signifying an increased stress on news and current affairs in deference to viewers' demands. On July 23, 2005 Asianet launched its third channel - Asianet Plus, a complete entertainment channel for the youth. The signals of Asianet cover the entire Indian sub-continent, Sri Lanka, China, the South East Asia, the entire Persian Gulf, the UK, Europe, USA and the lower half of the former Soviet Union. This is virtually half the Globe, reaching sixty-odd countries.

Surya TV
Surya Television started operation from Thiruvananthapuram in 1998 as the second private channel of the State. Though Surya has production facility in Thiruvananthapuram, telecasting is done from Chennai.

Kairali TV
Kairali Television which went on air in 2000, also has its studio and production facilities in Thiruvananthapuram. The telecasting is from Kochi. Jeevan TV, India Vision, ZeeTV, NDTV, ANI, ETV, JAYA TV etc. have their bureaus in Thiruvananthapuram. ACV & City Cable are cable channels which operate from the district.

Bharath TV
This multilingual TV channel is run by Bharatheeya Manavik Vijnan Communication Limited. The channel was inaugurated in Trivandrum on August 27 . The channel is now airing test-run programs, and is expected to start full-fledged operations from January 2007.

JaiHind TV
A new Television Channel, JaiHind TV, is getting ready for launch this year. The channel is based at Trivandrum will have a mix of news and entertainment. The channel is backed by the Congress Party of Kerala. The channel is headed by prominent personalities in the field of journalism.

FUNTV
FUNTV the first interactive gaming channel in India started operating in Trivandrum from May 2006 through the major cable TV networks SITI Cable & TCN.

Other Channels
Kiran TV (Youth channel of Surya TV) Asianet Plus (Youth channel of Asianet) and People TV(News and current affairs channel of Kairali TV) also have production facilities and studios in the city.

Jeevan TV, India Vision, ZeeTV, NDTV, ANI, ETV, JAYA TV etc. have their bureaus in Thiruvananthapuram. ACV & City Cable are cable channels which operate from the city. There are two private FM channels, "Radio DC" and "Surya FM" in the city.

Cyber Journalism
Almost all Malayalam dailies like Deepika, Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Kerala Kaumudi etc. have hosted their online newspapers. The Department of Information and Public Relations maintains its web site www.prd.gov.in and the government’s web portal www.kerala.gov.in with updated data.