AsiaSat announced that Raj Television Network of India has signed a lease agreement for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 5 to broadcast a TV bouquet of 11 satellite channels in the Asia-Pacific region.
Raj Television Network’s comprehensive channel offerings on AsiaSat 5 include its flagship Tamil entertainment channel Raj TV; Tamil movie channel „Raj Digital Plus; Telugu entertainment channel,Vissa; Hindi entertainment channel „Raj Pariwar; music channels in South Indian languages Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu; and news channels in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
Raj has plans to launch a Kannada-language news channel and HD channels in the future.