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MUMBAI:
Taj Television Ltd, which runs Ten Sports, has elevated Peter
Hutton to the role of COO while chief executive Chris McDonald
has stepped down.
Hutton,
currently senior vice president of programming and production,
will get to wear his new hat from 1 May. McDonald, who has
cited personal reasons for relinquishing his post, will move
into an advisory role effective end-April.
Hutton
will be consulting with a sub-committee of directors - Himanshu
Mody from the Zee side and Dr Bhaskar Banerjee representing
Bukhatir Investments Ltd.
"There
is no change in the shareholding. Both Zee and Bukhatir continue
to hold equal stake in the company," said a senior executive.
While
McDonald served Taj TV as CEO right from inception, Hutton
joined the company in early 2002. Prior to Taj TV, Hutton
served as IMG/TWI’s co-head for South Asia.
Ten
Sports televises cricket from West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai throughout
the Indian sub-continent and Asia, as well as to the United
States and Canada (Cricket Plus), Continental Europe, the
Middle East and North Africa. It also owns the exclusive rights
in its sub-continent territories for the WWE, the UEFA Champions
League and US Open tennis.
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