MUMBAI: Reliance Communications has tied up with Malayalam television network Asianet to offer Asianet news live (streaming & clips) and other key programs on Reliance Mobile World, the data service suite of Reliance Mobile.

With this, Malayalees across the country will not only able to watch the live video streaming of the Asianet news on Reliance Mobile but also download video clips of popular Asianet programmes, states an official release.

Munshi, one of the popular programmes of the channel is also available as video clip for Reliance mobile customers. While the live video streaming of Asianet News is currently available on Nokia 6235,Nokia 6255 and Nokia 6265 handsets, the video clips of headline news with intervals and other programs are available on all Java enabled phones, the release adds.

"We are delighted to offer this service that is powered by the technological advantage of our network" says Reliance Communications circle head Ashok Ghose. "This initiative is in line with our commitment to fulfilling customer aspirations that is changing constantly. We hope that all viewers of Asianet and Reliance mobile customers will enjoy this new mobile TV concept, which provides access to the Asianet News live whenever, and wherever they are within the purview of the Reliance network." he adds.