For the whole of last year, it has been a bumpy ride for Jagdish Kumar. As the MD and CEO of India’s largest cable TV company, he has had to contend with broadcasters to ink favourable content deals and with local cable operators (LCOs) for collecting subscriptions. Friction among multi-system operators (MSOs) has reduced but not entirely stopped. On top of that, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Media has poached talent from his team and is biding its time to enter the MSO business. Being calm and quiet by nature has helped Kumar guide Hathway Cable & Datacom through this period of turbulence. The company has seeded 8.5 million set-top boxes (STBs), the highest for any MSO. The upgrade to Docsis 3.0 has been achieved and broadband remains an important play for Hathway.
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Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/cable/stars-rio-as-a-concept-is-good-but-the-discount-structure-is-unrealistic/ | TelevisionPost.com
