Katial began his career at Saatchi & Saatchi, Enterprise Nexus Lowe and Ogilvy & Mather, and later moved to Star Network, headed several channels across the networks in India before moving to Sony Entertainment Television as its business head in 2004.
He received the Indian Telly Awards in 2002 for Best TV Programming Executive of The Year category.
He worked as a business head and executive vice-president of Sony Entertainment Television.
In 2006, He founded Big FM, a private radio station, where he worked as a COO and CEO for over 12 years.
[12][8][13][14][15] Katial was responsible for several successful Indian television shows which include Indian Idol, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Bigg Boss, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin.