Asianet is an Indian general entertainment channel broadcasting in the south Indian language of Malayalam which is the official language of the Indian state of Kerala, and is also spoken in some regions of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and among Malayalee expatriates in the Middle East region. In terms of viewership, Asianet is often regarded as the most popular Malayalam-language television channel. Based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, the channel is part of Asianet Communications Limited (ACL), a joint venture between the News Corporation-owned STAR TV/Fox International Channels and Jupiter Entertainment Ventures. Asianet has atmost 50 programmes per day. Asianet was the first privately owned television channel in Malayalam and the second to broadcast in the language.