Hathway Digital cable is the No1 cable service provider in Chennai. MoRE than 50% of people are using Hathway Digital cable in Chennai.Government introduced CAS system(COnditional Access System) in Chennai in 2002 .People in Chennai have to buy an STB(Set Top Box) to watch Pay Channels) . Initally at the start the cost was very high , but due to the influence of DTH , the cable service providers have reduced the initail cost of the STB to give competition to the DTH .

At the Midway of 2007 , Hathway offered free STB with an installation cost of rs 500 , monthly rent is 100 rs for FTA channels , and rs 5 per pay channels . THis offer made people to consider Hathway Digital Cable . Hathway offers wide areas of channels including major sports channels , tamil channels , the following is the list of channels available in Hathway Digital Cable .

Channel List OF Hathway Digital Cable Chennai:

1.Kalaignar tv
2.Isaiaruvi
2.Sun Tv
4.Kalaignar Seithigal
5.Jaya Tv
6.Vijay Tv
8.K TV

9.Siripolli
10.Zee Tamil
11.Raj Tv
12.Vasanth TV
13.Mega Tv
14.Makkal Tv
15.Raj Plus.
16.Imayam Tv
17.DD Podhigai
18.Win Tv
19.Tamilan Tv

20.Adithya
21.Sun Music.
22.Jaya Max
23.Raj Music.
24.SS Music.
32.SUN News.
33.Jaya Plus
34.Raj News.
41 C Chennai.
42.AMN TV
50.Chutti tv
51 Star Gold
52.ZEE Cinema.
53 SET MAX
54.B4U MOVIES
55 CCC
56.SAHARA FILMY
57.ZEE CLASSIC
58.ZEE PREMIER
59.ZEE ACTION
71.WORLD MOVIES
72.NDTV LUMIERE
75.STAR MOVIES
76.HBO
77.SONY PIX
78.ZEE STUDIO
79.AXN
80.STAR WORLD
100.STAR SPORTS
101.ESPN
102.NEO CRICKET
103.NEO SPORTS
104.TEN SPORTS
105.ZEE SPORTS
106.DD SPORTS
107.STAR CRICKET
151.STAR PLUS
152.STAR ONE
153.DD BHARATHI
154.STAR UTSAV
155.SAHARA ONE
156.ZEETV
157.ZEE CAFÉ
158.SONY TV
159.SAB TV
169.ZEE SMILE
161.DD NATIONAL
162.ZOOM TV
163.NDTV IMAGINE
164.9X
165.COLORS
200.24*7NDTV
201.CNN INTERNATIONAL
202.HEADLINES TODAY.
203 CNN-IBN
204 NDTV PROFIT
205.CNBC
206.BBC WORLD
207.TIMES NOW
208.NEWS X
209.UTV NEWS
220.NDTV INIDA
221.AAJ TAK
223.DD NEWS
224.ZEE NEWS
225.STAR NEWS
301.CHANNEL V
302 M TV
303.VH1
304.ZEE MUSIC
306.9XM
400.TOON DISNEY.
401.JETIX
402.CARTOON NETWORK
403.POGO
404.NICKLODEON
405.ANIMAX
406.HUNGAMA TV
500.NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
501.FOX HISTORY
502.DISCOVERY CHANNEL
503.ANIMAL PLANET
600.GEMINI TV
601.ETV TELUGU
602.MAA TV
603.VISSA TV
604.TEJA TV
605.DD SAPTAGIRI
606.GEMINI MUSIC
607.ETV 2
698.ZEE TELUGU
609.TV9
620.ASIANET
621.ASIANET PLUS
622.ASIANET NEWS
623.KAIRALI TV
624.SURYA TV
625.KIRAN TV
626.JEEVAN TV
627.DD MALAYALAM.
628.AMRITA TV
640.UDAYA TV
641.ETV KANNADA
642.UDAYA MOVIES
643.UDAYA MUSIC
645 DD CHANDANA
650.DD BANGLA
651.ZEE BANGLA
652.ETV BANGLA
660.ETV URDU
665.DD ORIYA
670.ZEE GUJARATI
671.DD GUJARATI
672.ETV GUJARATI
680.ZEE MARATHI
682.DD SAHYADRI
690.ZEE PUNJABI+
891.ETC PUNJABI
700.DW TV
701.TV5 MONDE ASIA
702.AUSTRALIA NETWORK
703.NHK JAPAN
773.TTD
779.Sri Sankara
780.ANGEL TV
781.AASERVATHAM
785.DAYSTAR
780.GOD TV
790.AASTHA TV
791.SANSKAR TV
792.AASTHA INTERNATIONAL
800.FASHION TV
801.ZEE TRENDZ
802.DISCOVERY TRAVEL AND LIVING
803.NDTV GOODTIMES
804,REAL ESTATE TV
850.DD RAJYASABHA
851.LOK SABHA

Channels written in Bold letters are FTA  channels cost 100 rs per month , other channels are rs 5 per channels . We can select as many as pay channels , the packages are flexible and affordable , i recommend people in Chennai to go for Hathway digital cable .