please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message medianet type private limited industry pay tv founded 2005 headquarters mal maldives website medianet.mv medianet is the largest pay tv and cable tv operator in the maldives . the company was established as a subsidiary of the maldives electronic services company in 2001 as cablenet . today the company is the leading pay tv provider in all the atolls of the country providing more than 90 tv channels today . the company renewed itself in 2010 with the launch of medianet digital ; through which a high definition television and a personal video recorder service were introduced . contents 1 services availability 2 history 2.1 cablenet and cablevision merger 2.1.1 suspension 2.1.2 medianet 2.2 2007 antenna collapse services availability edit the service is available in mal hulhumale near by island of kaafu atoll addu city and fuahmulah . history edit cablenet started in 2000 with one mmds station located at the centre of mal . the company was officially established in the year 2001 . when the government granted permission to expand cablenet s services in 2002 the company provided decoders to its customers and provided connection kits for installment at homes cablenet and cablevision merger edit by 2005 mesco s cablenet was the leading cable provider in the maldives with j sat s cable vision the second cable provider closely behind . nevertheless due to financial problems the two cable tv providers merged that year to form multi service operator pvt. ltd. due to the merger the two companies were able to spread throughout the country at a faster speed and provide more channels . suspension edit in that same year it was discovered by the ministry that the multi service operator pvt. ltd was operating without a license from the ministry thus illegally . even though the company had been discarded the service was allowed to stay on air since it was a public television network . medianet edit in late 2005 j sat s cablevision and mesco s cablenet merged once again to form medianet which was registered by the ministry . 2007 antenna collapse edit on 27 may 2007 the main cable television headend that distributes the tv signals for mal fell down . the 100 foot antenna had snapped 10 feet from the top due to violent weather conditions that day . service to the neighboring islands were halted for some time due to this incident . the company was able to fix the antenna for use in mal within 6 hours . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title medianet & oldid 635069444 categories cable television companiescompanies established in 2005companies of the maldiveshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2014all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 23 november 2014 at 07 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view