Being the news editor, it seems that Mohanan has created his own war medals and is wearing them in public like some quaint general from a banana republic. The Asianet website claims that ‘Kanvettom’ is a very unique editorial programme, ‘the first of its kind in the history of Indian news television’. He usually analyses and comments on political or social issues that are of recent media interest. Now let us come to the real subject of this little piece here.Įvery Saturday, K P Mohanan, the News Editor of Asianet, presents a programme called ‘Kanvettom’, in which he is the star-in-chief. The write-up about Chandrasekhar was just to impress upon the reader that Asianet is controlled by a very capable chap. Currently Asianet is reputed to have a 35% share in the 250 Crore Kerala advertisement market. The sitting Director of Karnataka Power Corporation and also a former advisor to Government of India on Information Technology, Chandra Sekhar indeed is an admirably smart cookie with many more colourful feathers in his cap. He is also a Rajya Sabha MP representing Bangalore. Two brothers of Reji Menon and K P Mohanan, the current Chief News Editor also hold a few shares.īesides owning FM Radio ‘Indigo’, Rajiv Chandrasekhar’s future media ambitions include Asianet channels and FM Radio channels in Kannada, Tamil and Telungu, the other three major south Indian languages. Other prominent share holders are Reji Menon, the original promoter of Asianet, T V Madhavan and K Madhavan, the current Asianet MD. He holds majority shares, through Jupiter Entertainment Ventures, his Bangalore based company. The remaining three of its channels, Asianet, Asianet News and Asianet Plus, are controlled by Rajiv Chandrasekhar, technocrat and former CEO of BPL Mobile. A big chunk of the original firm has been acquired by none other than media mogul Rupert Murdoch. I am told that, now Asianet is more than one company. Finally I had to call my journalist friend back in Trivandrum to solve the mystery.
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A search for Asianet landed me Asianet Communications, Asianet Global, Asianet Satellite Communications, Asianet Data Line and Asianet Digital TV among other things. Yet, if you Google for Asianet, the results can be quite confusing. It was the insensitive local editing and programme scheduling that prompted me to look up Asianet.Īsianet is reputed to be the biggest Malayalam TV broadcasting house, which airs multiple channels. Asianet and Asianet News are two locally available Malayalam channels and subscription for both together costs about £160 a year. It seems that the channel bosses back home have little control over their agents here. They even truncate serious interviews and documentaries to show old Prem Nazir-Jayabharathi film songs. They are usually at the mercy of local dish TV operators that do their own scheduling and editing, showing scant respect for the subscribers. Non-resident Keralites, at least in UK, do not have much of a choice when watching Malayalam TV channels.
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