Malanad began its Cable Tv operation in the year 2002, having its digital head end at Muttil. In order to understand how Malanad works, we need to know the technical aspect of the Cable Tv Operation.

Cable Network is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted through fibre-optic cables. In this system television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth, and received by a satellite dish antenna on the roof which have been currently set up at its digital head end in Muttil.

To receive cable television signal at a given location, cable distribution lines must be available on the local utility poles or underground utility lines. Coaxial cable brings the signal to the customer's building through a service drop, an overhead or underground cable. If the subscriber's building does not have a cable service drop, Malanad will install one. Malanad's portion of the wiring usually ends at a distribution box on the building exterior, and built-in cable wiring in the walls usually distributes the signal to jacks in different rooms to which televisions are connected. Multiple cables to different rooms are split off the incoming cable with a small device called a splitter. There are two standards for cable television; older analogue cable, and newer digital cable which can carry data signals used by digital television receivers such as high-definition television equipment