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Balaji Telefilms third quarter
Balaji Telefilms Ltd is developing into a TV production Trojan what with its slate of successful shows on Star Plus and several other channels. Its success graph is headed northward. has registered extremely positive result in the third quarter ending in Dec 2000 with the net profit Rs 34.6 million on the income of RS 178.2 million. The figures of the corresponding quarter of the previous year have not been drawn since the listing requirements were not applicable. When compared with the Last year results FY 2000 and also Half Year 2000 (HY), the performance seems to be pretty good.
Half Year ended in September 2000 saw income of RS 167 million and PAT at RS 30 million. The company manage to attain more than half yearly turnover in the three months period. The Operating Profit Margin was at the same level of 22% with company manage to control Cost of production and telecast fee inspite of more software production. The other cost have also been kept under control which assured the Profit margin.
The Company has repaid all its debts and hence become a debt free company.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2000, the company issued and allotted 28,03,250 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a premium of RS 120 per share, aggregating to Rs. 364.5 million by way of initial public offer. The equity shares of the company have been listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchange on November 22, 2000. Shareholders are yet to give their nod for the amalgamation of the company with Nine Network Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. After the merger, the equity share capital of the company will increase to RS 12.903 crore.
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Uma Sudhir signs off from NDTV after 27 years
The executive editor shaped NDTV’s southern reportage for nearly three decades
NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Uma Sudhir has retired from NDTV, bringing to a close a 27-year association with the network.
Sudhir served as executive editor, heading NDTV’s south India editorial operations. Over nearly three decades, she emerged as one of the most recognisable faces of on-ground reporting from the region, with sustained coverage of politics, governance and social issues across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
At NDTV, Sudhir played a central role in strengthening regional journalism within national television news. Her reporting consistently connected local developments to the national conversation, ensuring stories from the field shaped policy debates beyond studio discussions. Known for her boots-on-the-ground approach, she came to represent a generation of reporters whose authority rested on fieldwork rather than prime-time punditry.
An award-winning journalist, Sudhir is a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award and the Chameli Devi Jain Award. Her body of work has been widely recognised for its public-interest focus, spanning elections, governance, gender issues, rural distress, environmental reporting and social justice.
