Asianet
| Asianet | |
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| Owned by | STAR India |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Ahead with change, Ahead of others. |
| Country | Indian sub-continent, China, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, United States and the lower half of the former Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Sister channel(s) |
Star Plus Channel V India Fox India Life OK Star Jalsha Jalsha Movies Star Sports Star Vijay Star World Star Pravah Asianet Plus Asianet Middle East MAA TV MAA Gold MAA Movies Maa Music Star Suvarna Asianet Movies |
| Website |
Asianet on hotstar Asianet Suvarna on hotstar |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sun Direct (India) | Channel 201 (SD) Channel 854 (HD) |
| Airtel Digital TV (India) | Channel 826 (SD) Channel 827 (HD) |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 1810(SD) Channel 1809 (HD) |
| Reliance Digital TV (India) | Channel 761 (SD) |
| Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 603 (SD) Channel 991 (HD) |
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Dish TV (India) |
Channel 701 (SD) |
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OSN (Middle East and North Africa) |
Channel 289 |
| Cable | |
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Kerala Vision Digital TV (India) |
Channel 006 (SD) Channel 652 (HD) |
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Asianet Digital TV (India) |
Channel 101 (SD) Channel 802 (HD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 139 |
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Hathway (India) |
Channel 197 |
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DEN Networks (India) |
Channel 601 |
Asianet is an Indian general entertainment channel broadcasting in Malayalam language. Based in Trivandrum, Kerala, the channel is part of Asianet Communications Limited owned by STAR India.
Asianet was the first privately owned television channel in Malayalam and the second to broadcast in India.
At a time when the only Malayalam-language television channel available was owned by Star India Pvt Ltd . The channel had hired a transponder on the Russian Ekran satellite, with an uplink from the USSR. Later, the company hired a transponder on the Rimsat satellite, and shifted the uplink to Subic Bay in the Philippines and then to Manila. Initially, the transmission time was only three hours per day which was gradually increased to 12 hours per day by the end of 1994 and later to round the clock broadcasting. In early 1995, the uplink was shifted to Singapore where it attained full operational status. With a change in the broadcasting policies of the Government of India, Asianet started an uplink from Chennai through VSNL. From 15 July 2002, Asianet had its own earth station at the Asianet Studio Complex in Puliyarakonam, Thiruvananthapuram. Over the course of more than two decades of operations, Asianet has developed its own in-house production facilities and now has full-fledged production studios in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi.
The registered office of Asianet Communications Limited was shifted to Chennai on 3 December 1997. Asianet Communications Limited's majority share was then acquired by Jupiter Media and Entertainment Venture, owned by Rajeev Chandrasekhar. In 2008, the STAR India became a majority shareholder in Asianet Communications Limited. In 2013, STAR announced buying of remaining shares of Asianet Communications Limited to get 100% ownership. In July 2012, Asianet, launched Asianet Movies, the first Malayalam satellite TV channel for movies. On 13 August 2015, Asianet launched Asianet HD, the first Malayalam satellite TV channel for full high definition visual quality along with 7.1 Dolby Digital sound.
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