List of Malayalam-language television channels

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This is a list of satellite television channels in Malayalam language (spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep) broadcasting at least throughout Kerala state and in Middle East Countries. Besides these, there exist a number of local channels concentrating in a particular area or town in the region.

List of channels

State owned channels

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 DD Malayalam   1985 FTA No Doordarshan State owned
2 Kite Victers   2005 KITE
3 Kite Victers Plus   2021

General entertainment

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Asianet   1993 Pay Yes Disney Star 1st Malayalam GEC in SD and HD
2 Surya TV 1998 Sun TV Network
3 Kairali TV   2000 FTA No Kairali TV Network
4 Jeevan TV   2002 Jeevan Telecasting Corporation
5 Amrita TV   2005 Amrita Enterprises
6 Asianet Plus   Pay Disney Star
7 Kerala Vision   2010 FTA Kerala Communicators Cable Limited
8 Mazhavil Manorama   2011 Yes Malayala Manorama
9 Kaumudy TV   2013 No Kerala Kaumudi
10 Sakhi 2014 Sakhi Media LLC
11 Flowers TV 2015 Pay Insight Media City
12 Zee Keralam   2018 Yes Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Movies

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Surya Movies   2004 Pay No Sun TV Network
2 Kairali We   2007 FTA Kairali TV Network Kairali Movies rebranding soon
3 Asianet Movies   2012 Pay Yes Disney Star

Music

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Raj Musix Malayalam   2007 FTA No Raj Television Network
2 Kappa TV   2013 Mathrubhumi Group
3 Surya Music   2014 Pay Sun TV Network

Comedy

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Surya Comedy 2017 Pay No Sun TV Network

Kids

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Kochu TV 2011 Pay No Sun TV Network

Infotainment

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Safari TV   2013 FTA No Safari Multimedia

Devonation

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Shalom TV 2005 FTA No Shalom Communications
2 Powervision 2006 Value Vision Broadcasting
3 Goodness TV 2010 Goodness Media
4 Harvest TV 2011
5 Athmeeya Yathra AY Broadcast Foundation
6 Darshana TV 2012 Sathyadhara Communications
7 YogiTV Malayalam 2016 Yogi Networks
8 Shekinah TV 2019 Shekinah Communications

Shopping

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 Malayalam Naaptol FTA No Naaptol

News

# Name Logo Launch FTA/pay HD version Owner Note
1 24 News   2018 Insight Media City
2 Asianet News   2001 FTA No Jupiter Entertainment Ventures
3 Kairali News 2005 Kairali TV Network
4 Manorama News 2006 Malayala Manorama
5 JaiHind TV   2007 Bharath Broadcasting Network
6 Raj News Malayalam 2011 Raj Television Network
7 Reporter TV   2011, Revamped on 1 July 2023 Reporter Broadcasting Company Private Limited (RBC)
8 Mathrubhumi News   2013 Mathrubhumi Group
9 Media One TV   Madhyamam Broadcasting
10 Janam TV   2015 Janam Multimedia
11 News18 Kerala   2016 Pay TV18
12 News Malayalam 24×7 2024 FTA Splus Media
13 Mangalam TV   2017 FTA Mangalam Publications

Malayalam HD channels

Name Video Audio Owner Launch date Note
Asianet HD Full HD Dolby Digital Plus | 7.1 Disney Star 14 August 2015 First HD channel in Malayalam
Asianet Movies HD 15 March 2023
Mazhavil Manorama HD Upscaled Stereo | 2.0 Malayala Manorama Group 14 August 2015
Surya TV HD Full HD Dolby Digital | 5.1 Sun TV Network 16 March 2017
Zee Keralam HD Stereo | 5.1 Zee Entertainment Enterprises 26 November 2018

Malayalam audio feeds

Some Indian channels (mainly English) are telecasting with multiple audio feeds, including Malayalam.

(Last Updated on 01/08/2024)

Upcoming channels

Name Genre Launching date SD/HD availability Owner Note
The Fourth News News August 17, 2024 SD Time Square Communication
M5 News TBA Bizz News Private Limited
NDTV Malayalam NDTV
Zee Malayalam News Essel Group Launched on 25 January 2022 on digital platforms
Surya Movies HD Movie HD Sun TV Network

Cable TV channels

These channels do not have MIB permission for satellite up-linking or down-linking. They are available only on cable tv networks, not on any DTH platforms.

  • ACV
  • ACV+
  • ACV News
  • ACV Movies
  • ACV Utsav
  • ACV Utsav Plus
  • Asianet Teleshop
  • Jukebox
  • Medley
  • Rosebowl
  • ComX TV
  • ADN Gold

International channels

These channels mainly for Malayali people residing outside India. These channels have permission to Uplink from India, but no downlink permission from India.

Defunct channels

  • Asianet Global - later rebranded to Asianet News
  • Indiavision - Malayalam news channel from Indiavision Satellite Communications
  • Kiran TV - replaced by Surya Movies
  • Surya Action - replaced by Surya Comedy
  • TV New - Malayalam news channel from the Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)
  • Yes Indiavision - youth entertainment channel from Indiavision
  • MiddleEast Entertainment Television (ME TV)
  • Bharath TV - GEC from Bharatheeya Cable Vision Ltd

See also

References

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  2. ^ "INDEX". NoNameHello.
  3. ^ "Home - Yogitv". Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Goodness TV, Top Devotional Chanel". goodnesstv.in.
  5. ^ "Raj Tv". www.rajtvnet.in.
  6. ^ "Raj Musix Malayalam - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com.
  7. ^ "Sakhi TV - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com.
  8. ^ "Main Home".
  9. ^ "Shekinah Tv". shekinahchannel.tv.
  10. ^ "Shekinah TV - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com.
  11. ^ "Raj News Malayalam - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com.