Hathway announces senior management changes

K Jayaraman elevated to Vice-Chairman; Jagdish Kumar G PiIlai appointed as Managing Director and CEO

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | December 24, 2012

One of India's largest cable networks, Hathway Cable and Datacom, has elevated K Jayaraman as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Consequently, he ceases to be the Managing Director and CEO of the company. The company has also appointed Jagdish Kumar G PiIlai as Managing Director and CEO.

Pillai 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. Pillai 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.

Pillai 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.

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