The channel launched in May 1986 on the cable networks of
Windsor and
Slough in
Berkshire, where the Asian population at the time was estimated to be at 30%. This was supplemented at the end of the year with Radio Roshni, on the Ealing network. The channel later extended its coverage to
Ealing's cable network; by 1991, Ealing Cabletel was the owner of the service. Like its sister channel
HVC, Indra Dhnush purchased many movies as cheaply as possible, making copies via low-band
U-matic tapes and distributing the films to other cable operators (along with a paper-based schedule) to play within their own local cable areas using a semi-automated system. Because the starting times were fixed, there were gaps in programming. There was a prospective launch nationwide on satellite slated for 1992, which was never achieved. Cabletel Ealing later sold the channel to two businessmen, parting ways from HVC. The channel upgraded from a "warehouse of tapes" to a proper channel, being renamed
AsiaVision in the process. The channel eventually shut down in 1994 due to accumulated debts, larger than the ones expected. ==Programming==