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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Cable TV service operator}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd<br />
| logo = Hathway Cable & Datacom logo.svg<br />
| logo_size = 250px<br />
| logo_alt = <br />
| type = Public company<br />
| traded_as = {{NSE|HATHWAY}} {{BSE|533162}}<br />
| location_city = [[Mumbai|Mumbai, Maharashtra]]<br />
| location_country = [[India]]<br />
| founder = Pheroza Billimoria & Roopesh Rao<br />
| owner = [[Reliance Industries]] (94.1%)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pinto|first=Viveat Susan|date=2021-04-21|title=Merger of TV18 Broadcast, Hathway, Den Networks into Network18 called off|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/merger-of-tv18-broadcast-hathway-den-networks-into-network18-called-off-121042101307_1.html|access-date=2021-06-19}}</ref><br />
| area_served = [[India]]|<br />
| industry = Telecommunications,<br />Broadcasting<br />
| products = {{Unbulleted list|[[Cable television]]|[[Broadband Internet]]|Digital voice|[[Home networking]]}}<br />
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.hathway.com}}<br />
| Electronic City = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd''', formerly ''BITV Cable Networks'', is an [[India|Indian]] [[cable television]] service operator based in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hathway.com/corporate/pdfs/annual-2009-10.pdf|title=Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd Annual Report 2009-2010|access-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005075236/http://www.hathway.com/corporate/pdfs/annual-2009-10.pdf|archive-date=5 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was the first company to provide Internet using the [[Cable television|CATV network]] in India, and the first cable operator to launch a digital platform in 2006.<ref>http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/200903123356/hathway-offers-indias-first-cable-pvr.html Hathway offers India's first cable PVR</ref> Hathway Broadband Internet was the first cable [[ISP]] in India. <br />
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Business India Television (BITV) Cable Networks Pvt Ltd was acquired by Hathway in 1999. As of 2007, the company had a 51% stake in Bhupendran Bhaskar Multinet and 50% stake in Gujarat Telelinks Pvt Ltd (GTPL).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} GTPL|url=https://www.gtpl.net/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.gtpl.net}}</ref> In 2011, Hathway GTPL entered in Assam with a MoM with V&S Cable Pvt Ltd, and started operations in West Bengal as they acquired KCBPL (Kolkata Cable & Broadband Pariseva Ltd) to create a subsidiary - GTPLKCBPL, responsible for providing services in [[West Bengal]].<ref>https://www.goodreturns.in/company/gtpl-hathway/history.html History of GTPL Hathway</ref><br />
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==Other services==<br />
In the second half of 2011, Hathway launched its HDTV services in [[Mumbai]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Bangalore]], [[Chennai]], [[Indore]], [[Kolkata]]; in [[Gujarat]] in 2013, and in [[Odisha]] in 2015. Their new ''HD DVR'' [[set-top box]] initially provided 8 HD channels, with availability increasing to sixteen in March 2012. There are thirty channels available as of 2020. With this addition, Hathway is now the provider with the most HD channels in its Indian market.{{cn|date=November 2020}}<br />
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Hathway Broadband Internet was one of the earliest cable ISP services in the Indian cities of [[Delhi]], Mumbai, Indore, [[Bhopal]], [[Lucknow]] and [[Kolkata]]. As of 2013, the highest possible speed provided is 50Mbit/s. It uses [[Cisco Systems]]'s [[DOCSIS|Docsis]] 3 technology in three cities, where the speeds exceed 50 Mbit/s.<br />
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There are around 11 million subscribers, of which around 1.77 million currently have wireless/broadband internet available. Approximately 430,000 of these users are using Hathway broadband services.<br />
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Hathway was the first Indian digital cable service provider to release [[digital video recorder]] (DVR) services, on March 12, 2009, powered by [[NDS Group|NDS]] XTV.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090311005058/en/Hathway-Indian-Digital-Cable-Service-Provider-Launch|title=Business Wire Hathway Press Release|access-date=16 Dec 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Acquisition by Reliance Industries ==<br />
Hathway was the [[multi-service operator]] owned by the [[Rajan Raheja]] Group.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|title=The Indian Media Business|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7619-9650-7|location=|pages=90|language=en}}</ref> In 2003, it stood as one of the largest multi-system operators in India alongside the [[Hinduja Group]] companies of RPG Cable and [[InCablenet]], and the [[Essel Group]] controlled [[Siti Cable]],<ref name=":22">{{Cite book|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|title=The Indian Media Business|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7619-9650-7|location=|pages=90|language=en}}</ref> and also one of the three major cable distributors in India alongside DEN Networks and InCablenet.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|title=The Indian Media Business|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7619-9650-7|location=|pages=67|language=en}}</ref><br />
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On October 17, 2018, [[Reliance Industries]] announced that it had acquired a 51.34% stake in Hathway for {{INRConvert|2940|c}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliance acquires 58.92% stake in Den Networks, 51.34% share in Hathway |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/top-story/reliance-acquires-58.92-stake-in-den-networks-51.34-share-in-hathway/story/286130.html |website=Business Today |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Reliance |title=Reliance Media Release|url=http://www.ril.com/getattachment/30b9a86d-eb92-4ac6-8a20-62fbbdef58b2/RIL-announces-strategic-investment-in-and-partners.aspx/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=APRODCT000702&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&Rendition=primary |website=ril.com |access-date=11 Jan 2019 |format=PDF |date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kundu |first1=Rhik |title=What Hathway and Den deals mean for Reliance Jio |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/CbIho0Mzxon95xTKoUh2EL/What-Hathway-and-Den-deals-mean-for-Reliance-Jio.html |website=Mint |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en |date=19 October 2018}}</ref> The acquisition received approval from the [[Competition Commission of India]] in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Laghate |first1=Gaurav |title=Reliance Industries gets CCI nod to acquire Hathway, DEN |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/reliance-industries-gets-cci-nod-to-acquire-hathway-den/articleshow/67643807.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=7 April 2019 |date=22 January 2019}}</ref> Reliance acquired an additional 20.61% stake in Hathway through an open offer worth {{INRConvert|1180.42|c}} in March 2019, taking its total stake in the company to 71.95%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliance Jio acquires another 12% of Den Networks |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/cable-tv/multi-system-operators/reliance-jio-acquires-another-12-of-den-networks-190309 |website=Indian Television Dot Com |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en |date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Reliance increases shareholding in DEN, Hathway, GTPL through open offer Ashwini|url=https://www.televisionpost.com/reliance-increases-shareholding-in-den-hathway-gtpl-through-open-offer/ |website=TelevisionPost|access-date=7 April 2019 |date=11 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.hathway.com/}}<br />
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