Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd has appointed Mr. Jagdish
Kumar as the Managing Director and CEO of the Company with effect from December 21, 2012 and elevated
Mr. K. Jayaraman to the post of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from December
21, 2012. Consequently, Mr. Jayaraman ceases to be the Managing Director and CEO of the Company
with effect from the said date.
Mr. Jagdish Kumar is a Chartered Accountant and has more
than 25 years of professional experience
having worked in numerous leadership positions with
blue‐chip companies like ITC Ltd, STAR TV and
Reliance Industries Ltd. Mr. Jagdish Kumar is an experienced
media professional having worked in
various roles within STAR TV (a Newscorp venture) both in
India and the headquarters in Hong Kong.
During his stint with STAR TV he has worked on several
aspects of the TV Broadcast business including,
Content, Distribution, Marketing, Broadcast Infrastructure,
Digital Platforms, Business Development and
Finance. He also represented STAR TV’s interests on the
Board of Hathway as a director. Lately he
worked with Reliance Industries Limited, as President ‐Media
& Entertainment. He was part of the
Digital services ( including 4G wireless services) project
team set up to launch a high‐speed Broadband
service across the whole of India. He was responsible in
devising Content plans and forging relationships
with numerous Content providers for Films, TV channels,
Music, Gaming and New Media.
He brings to the current role his experience spanning every
aspect of the broadcast and distribution
space and will guide Hathway through the critical
digitization phase of the cable TV industry.
Hathway has completed a successful roll out of Cable TV
digitization in Phase I covering the cities of
Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, and is now preparing to implement
Phase II of Cable TV Digitization which is
expected to be completed by March 2013.
Hathway is amongst India’s large players in the Broadband
space and delivers its services on a robust
cable infrastructure built up over the last several years.
