Hindu calendar
Onam across Chingam, Vishu in Medam, Thrissur Pooram with its panchavadyam and elephants, Attukal Pongala, and the long Mandala–Makaravilakku pilgrimage season from Vrischikam to Makaram. Karkidakam brings daily Ramayana recitation.
Malayalam IPTV · USA & Canada മലയാളം
Malayalam Channels Live in the USA & Canada — 90+ Malayalam TV Channels
Kerala's news at breakfast, the evening serial, Onam week, Christmas midnight mass, Ramadan nights and the Kalolsavam — streamed to your television in North America and held for seven days, so nothing is lost to the time difference.
- 90+Live Malayalam channels
- 7 DaysCatch-up on live TV
- IncludedMalayalam on demand
- No DishNo contract
Malayalam television for the most travelled community in India
No Indian state has sent more of its people abroad than Kerala. Millions of Malayalis live in the Gulf, and hundreds of thousands more have settled in North America, Europe and Australia — often after a decade or two in between.
That journey shapes how Malayalam households watch television. Many families in Bergen County, Rockland County, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and Los Angeles arrived through nursing and medicine, a pathway that began when Malayali nurses were first recruited to hospitals around New York in the 1960s. Others came through IT, or after years in Dubai and Doha. What they share is a habit of keeping Kerala close through a screen.
Our Malayalam package brings that television here: live channels from Kerala, a seven-day catch-up window, and an on-demand library for films and series you would rather watch at your own pace.
38M+Malayalam speakers worldwide, across Kerala, the Gulf and the wider diaspora
3 faithsHindu, Muslim and Christian communities all watch in the same language
Highestliteracy rate of any Indian state — and a famously news-hungry audience
ClassicalMalayalam is one of India’s officially recognised classical languages
Malayalam is the official language of Kerala, Lakshadweep and Mahe, and is written in its own script descended from the ancient Grantha alphabet.
One language, three festival calendars
Kerala is unusual even within India. Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities have lived side by side there for centuries, and Malayalam television reflects that — the same channels that carry Onam week also carry Christmas and Ramadan. For a household abroad, it means one subscription serves the whole extended family, whatever they celebrate.
Christian calendar
Christmas and Easter programming, midnight services, carol and gospel music, and the feast days of Kerala's Syrian Christian churches — a community with roots on the Malabar coast going back many centuries.
Muslim calendar
Ramadan nights and iftar programming, Eid specials, Mappila paattu and religious discourse from Malabar, where Kerala's Muslim community is most concentrated.
Onam is the exception that belongs to everyone. Kerala's harvest festival is celebrated across communities, and Onam week is the busiest stretch of the Malayalam television year — film premieres, special episodes, sadya cookery programmes, pookalam competitions and vallam kali boat race coverage, running for days.
When Kerala's broadcast day lands on your clock
India Standard Time doesn't shift for daylight saving, so the gap with North America changes twice a year — from 9½ hours on the East Coast in summer to 13½ hours on the West Coast in winter. Here is roughly where Kerala's day falls.
| In Kerala (IST) | Typical programming | Eastern · New York, Toronto | Central · Dallas, Chicago | Pacific · Bay Area, Seattle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 am | Morning devotional and prayer | 8:30 pm, previous day | 7:30 pm, previous day | 5:30 pm, previous day |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast news bulletins | 10:30 pm, previous day | 9:30 pm, previous day | 7:30 pm, previous day |
| 1:00 pm | Afternoon cinema and repeats | 3:30 am | 2:30 am | 12:30 am |
| 7:00 pm | Evening news and debate | 9:30 am | 8:30 am | 6:30 am |
| 8:00 – 10:30 pm | Prime-time serials | 10:30 am – 1:00 pm | 9:30 am – 12:00 pm | 7:30 – 10:00 am |
Times shown are for US and Canadian daylight saving time (mid-March to early November); subtract a further hour in winter. Kerala's famously long evening news debates therefore air mid-morning here — which is why most of our Malayalam customers watch them on catch-up after dinner instead.
What Malayalam households watch
Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India and an appetite for news and argument to match. Every channel in the package is delivered through authorised distribution partners. The complete channel line-up covers every language we carry.
News and prime-time debate
Round-the-clock bulletins from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode, and the evening debate programmes Kerala is known for — state politics, national affairs and news from the Gulf, where so many families have relatives.
Serials
Daily family dramas that run for years and hold the prime-time slots. The single most-watched genre in most homes, and the main reason seven-day catch-up matters across time zones.
Malayalam cinema
An industry with a reputation for realistic, script-led filmmaking. Films from every decade, plus weekend premieres and the run of festival releases at Onam and Vishu.
Comedy and skit shows
Malayalam television's comedy stage formats, mimicry programmes and satire — a genre Kerala does distinctively, and a fixture of weekend evenings.
Devotional across three faiths
Temple broadcasts, bhajans and Ramayana recitation in Karkidakam; church services, carols and gospel programming; Ramadan and Eid broadcasts with Mappila paattu from Malabar.
Music
Film songs old and new, Carnatic and sopana sangeetham, Christian devotional music, Mappila songs, and the countdown and concert programmes families leave on in the background.
Kerala's performing arts
Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Theyyam from the north, Koodiyattam, Ottamthullal, chenda melam and kalaripayattu — arts you cannot easily show children any other way from abroad.
Cookery and lifestyle
Onam sadya preparation, Malabar cooking, appam and puttu, health and home programming — quietly among the most-watched daytime content in many households.
Kids in Malayalam
Cartoons and animated series dubbed into Malayalam, plus children's programming made in the language — daily spoken Malayalam for children who use English everywhere else.
Sport and events
Cricket and football with Malayalam commentary — football is followed seriously in Malabar — plus vallam kali boat race coverage and the school arts festival season.
The Malayalam year, month by month
Kerala runs on the Malayalam calendar, and television follows it. Here is the year by Malayalam month, with each month's approximate position on the Western calendar. Exact dates shift from year to year.
| Malayalam month | Occasions | What you'll see on TV |
|---|---|---|
| Chingammid-Aug – mid-Sep | Onam · Vallam Kali | The biggest week of the year: Thiruvonam specials, film premieres, sadya cookery, pookalam and pulikali, and snake boat race coverage |
| Kannimid-Sep – mid-Oct | Navaratri · Vidyarambham | Music and dance programming; the initiation-to-learning ceremony for young children |
| Thulammid-Oct – mid-Nov | Kerala Piravi | Kerala's formation day on 1 November, with language and heritage programming |
| Vrischikammid-Nov – mid-Dec | Mandala season begins | Pilgrimage season coverage and devotional broadcasts through to Makaram |
| Dhanumid-Dec – mid-Jan | Christmas · School arts festival | Midnight services, carols and gospel music; the state school arts festival, televised across days |
| Makarammid-Jan – mid-Feb | Makaravilakku | The close of the pilgrimage season, with live temple coverage |
| Kumbhammid-Feb – mid-Mar | Attukal Pongala · Maha Shivaratri | One of the largest gatherings of women anywhere, and all-night temple broadcasts |
| Meenammid-Mar – mid-Apr | Easter · temple festival season | Church services and Holy Week programming; local temple festivals across the state |
| Medammid-Apr – mid-May | Vishu · Thrissur Pooram | Vishukkani at dawn and festival specials; the Pooram with its elephants and panchavadyam |
| Karkidakammid-Jul – mid-Aug | Ramayana month · monsoon | Daily Ramayana recitation, ayurvedic health programming and monsoon coverage |
Ramadan and Eid move through the Gregorian year on the Islamic lunar calendar, so their position against the Malayalam months changes annually. Both are covered when they fall.
Keeping Malayalam alive in children born here
Malayalam is a hard language to hold on to abroad. The script is its own, the spoken form differs from the written one, and outside a handful of cities there are few weekend classes. For most families in North America, the television is the main source of everyday Malayalam a child will hear.
It is also the easiest way to show children the parts of Kerala that do not translate into words — a Theyyam performance, the sound of chenda melam at a temple festival, a sadya being laid out on a banana leaf.
What tends to work
- Switch one daily cartoon to Malayalam. Familiar characters in a new language are far easier to follow.
- Watch Onam week together. A festival with food, games and boat races holds attention in a way lessons don't.
- Use the on-demand library. Children rewatch favourites endlessly, and repetition is what makes vocabulary stick.
- Let visiting grandparents pick. When they stay, the remote goes to them — and the children absorb it.
Watch on the screens you already own
No dish, no cable line, no engineer visit. Malayalam channels stream over your home internet to devices already in the house. Around 15 Mbps handles one HD stream; 25 Mbps or more is comfortable for 4K or several rooms at once.
- Android TV
- Samsung & LG Smart TV
- Amazon Firestick
- Apple TV
- iPhone & iPad
- Android phone & tablet
- Windows & macOS
- MAG & IPTV set-top boxes
Want something older relatives can use with one remote? Our set-top boxes ship with your credentials already loaded, and open on the channel list rather than a home screen.
Four steps to Malayalam TV
- Try it free. Request a 24-hour trial and test it on your own TV and connection.
- Choose a term. Plans run from a single month up to five years, settled in one payment.
- Sign in. Credentials reach your inbox within minutes of the order clearing.
- Watch. Malayalam channels, catch-up and on demand, plus every other language pack.
Why one subscription beats a handful of apps
Plenty of families assemble Malayalam television from a streaming app, a video site and a relative's login. It works until the serial moves platforms, the stream drops during Onam week, or nobody can remember which app carries the news.
One subscription puts live channels, catch-up and on-demand behind a single remote, at one price, with support you can call. Every stream is delivered through authorised distribution partners; we do not host or rebroadcast content ourselves and we do not carry unlicensed feeds.
Charges that never appear
- No hardware install. Nothing fixed to the roof or drilled through a wall.
- No lock-in. Pay for the term you pick and nothing renews by itself.
- No per-language add-on. Every Indian language pack is included.
- No relocation charge. The same login works at any address in the US or Canada.
- No hidden charges. Our refund policy is published in plain English.
Mixed-language household? The same subscription covers every language:
Malayalam IPTV questions, answered
What Kerala households in the US and Canada ask us most often. More in our general FAQ.
How many Malayalam channels are included?
More than 90 live Malayalam channels, covering news and debate, serials, cinema, comedy, music, devotional programming across all three of Kerala's major faith communities, kids, cookery, arts and sport. Malayalam films and series on demand are included at no extra cost, and the same subscription carries every other Indian language pack.
Can I watch Onam programming live from the USA?
Yes. Onam week is the busiest stretch of the Malayalam television year and it airs live on the channels in the package — Thiruvonam specials, film premieres, sadya cookery programmes and boat race coverage. Everything also stays on seven-day catch-up, so a morning broadcast in Kerala can be watched the same evening in North America.
Is there Christian and Muslim programming, or only Hindu devotional?
All three. Kerala's Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities have shared the state for centuries and Malayalam television reflects that. The package carries temple broadcasts and Ramayana recitation during Karkidakam, church services and carols at Christmas and Easter, and Ramadan and Eid programming with Mappila paattu from Malabar.
What time do Malayalam serials air in the US and Canada?
Prime-time serials broadcast roughly 8:00 to 10:30 pm in Kerala, which is about 10:30 am to 1:00 pm on the US East Coast and 7:30 to 10:00 am on the West Coast during daylight saving time, and an hour earlier in winter. Because that falls in the working day, most customers watch them in the evening on seven-day catch-up.
What is the time difference between Kerala and North America?
India does not use daylight saving time, so the gap changes through the year. It is 9½ hours to US Eastern time and Toronto in summer and 10½ hours in winter, rising to 12½ hours to Pacific time in summer and 13½ hours in winter.
Will it help my children keep their Malayalam?
For most families abroad, television is the main source of everyday spoken Malayalam a child hears, since weekend classes are scarce outside a few cities and the spoken language differs from the written form. Cartoons dubbed into Malayalam, family serials and festival programming all give children regular listening practice.
Does the Malayalam package work in Canada?
Yes. The service streams over the internet and works anywhere in the United States and Canada, including Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver. Moving house changes nothing — there is no address on file and no reinstallation.
Do I need a dish or a set-top box?
No dish is ever needed. Any Smart TV, Firestick, Apple TV, phone, tablet or computer in the house will run it. A set-top box is optional, and useful if you want one remote that boots straight into live Malayalam television — a common choice when parents are visiting.
What internet speed do I need?
About 15 Mbps of stable bandwidth handles one HD stream, and 25 Mbps or more is recommended for 4K or several televisions at once. Running a cable to the television removes most playback complaints outright.
Can I try Malayalam channels before paying?
Yes. No payment details are taken for the 24-hour free trial. Ask for Malayalam when you apply and the trial will be set up with the Malayalam channels, so you can check picture quality on your own TV and internet connection.
Is the service licensed?
Content is delivered through authorised distribution partners. We do not host or rebroadcast programming ourselves and we do not carry unlicensed feeds.
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