Asianet
Channel Name: Asianet
Launched:
1993
Owned by: STAR
TV Fox International Channels
Country:
Indian sub-continent, China, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, USA and the
lower half of the former Soviet Union.
Availability:
Indian sub-continent, Asia, Middle East, Australia, USA, Canada & Europe
Website:
www.asianetglobal.com/
Sister channels:
1. Asianet
Plus
2. Asianet
Movies
3. Asianet
News
4. Asianet
Middle East
5. Asianet
HD- Coming Soon
6. STAR
Plus
7. Life
OK
8. STAR
Vijay
9. Asianet
Suvarna
10. Suvarna
News
11. Asianet
Sitara
12. STAR
Utsav
13. STAR
World
14. STAR
Movies
15. STAR
Gold
16. STAR
Pravah
17. STAR
Jalsha
18. Jalsha
Movies
19. Fox
Movies Premium
20. STAR
Cricket
21. ESPN
India
22. STAR
Sports
23. Movies
OK
24. Channel
V
25. Fox
Action Movies
26. STAR
Sports 2
27. Fox
Sports
Asianet (Malayalam: ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റ്)
is an Indian general entertainment channel broadcasting in Malayalam language.
Based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, the channel is part of Asianet
Communications Limited (ACL), owned by STAR TV/Fox International Channels.
Asianet
was the first privately owned television channel in Malayalam and the second to
broadcast in the language.
Channel history: Asianet
commenced operations by the end of 1992 and started transmission by August
1993, at a time when the only Malayalam-language television channel available
was the government-owned Doordarshan. 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 July 15, 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 studio in Thiruvananthapuram
The
registered office of Asianet Communications Limited was shifted to Chennai on
December 3, 1997. ACL's majority share was then acquired by Jupiter
Entertainment Ventures Private Limited, owned by Rajeev Chandrashekar. In 2008,
the News Corporation-owned STAR TV/Fox International Channels became a majority
shareholder in ACL. In 2013 star announced buying of remaining shares of
asianet channels to get 100% ownership.In July 2012, Asianet, launched Asianet
Movies, the first Malayalam satellite TV channel for movies.......More >>
