MUMBAI: AIADMK has started its test run for its two upcoming channels under the `Jaya` brand.

The two channels include a music channel Jaya Max and a 24-hour news channel Jaya Plus.

According to officials, full-time transmission of the new channels will begin by January from the group`s studios in Ekkaduthangal on the city`s southern outskirts.

The Jaya TV group has been operating only one channel for the past nine years, which offers mixed fare including entertainment and news.

Jayalalitha has long been alleging that up-linking permission had been withheld as long as Dayanidhi Maran, younger brother of Kalanidhi Maran, was union minister of telecommunications and IT.