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India stands with ZEE News
MUMBAI: The Zee News Missed CallCampaign to create awareness among the people about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, made history as a colossal number of over one crore people have supported the initiative. Owing to immense public support, the Zee News campaign has become the biggest-ever digital initiative in the country.
After the announcement of Citizenship Amendment Act, various states and cities in India went into a state of chaos. Even after the getting majority votes in both the houses (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), people came out on roads to protest against the bill. While the whole media focused on the coverage of the protests, we went a step ahead and tried to determine that what does the rest of the India want.
Our quest to determine the opinion of India revealed that there were just a handful of people, as compared to India’s total population, who came out on the roads protesting against the bill. Thus, to know the other side of the story, we initiated a nation-wide campaign – “The Missed Call Campaign”. The aim was to determine that what do the Indians sitting inside their houses and offices think about the bill.
The campaign urged the people who supported CAB/CAA to just give a missed call to ZEE News. 1 Crore (10 Million) missed calls and still counting, the number itself explains the verdict of India. While the protesters were bringing chaos to the nation and damage to the government properties, ZEE News brought all the supporters of CAA/CAB on one stage just through a missed call. With this first-of-its-kind campaign, ZEE News proved it yet again that when it comes to the nerve of India, we know it the best.
ZEE News claims that this can be a record-breaking number of responses that any news channel has ever received in the form of missed calls. We took the initiative to break the myths and bust the rumors and the people of India made it a non-violent revolution.
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Network18 Q4 revenue grows 9.7 per cent, EBITDA at Rs 30 crore
PAT improves to Rs 306.6 crore, margins steady amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: Not all news is breaking, some of it is quietly improving. Network18 Media & Investments Limited appears to be doing just that, tightening losses and stabilising margins even as costs continue to weigh on the business. For FY26, the company reported revenue from operations of Rs 1,955.1 crore, up from Rs 1,896.2 crore in FY25, signalling modest top-line growth in a challenging media environment. Total income stood at Rs 1,978.2 crore, compared to Rs 1,913 crore a year earlier.
Profit after tax came in at Rs 306.6 crore for the year, a sharp turnaround from Rs 3,225.4 crore in FY25, largely reflecting the absence of large exceptional items that had inflated the previous year’s numbers. On a more comparable basis, the company’s operating performance showed signs of gradual stabilisation.
However, the quarterly picture remained under pressure. For the March quarter, Network18 reported a loss of Rs 53.1 crore, narrower than the Rs 98.1 crore loss in the same period last year, but still indicative of ongoing cost challenges.
Expenses continued to track high. Total expenses for FY26 stood at Rs 2,235.7 crore, up from Rs 2,197.8 crore in FY25. Key cost heads included operational expenses of Rs 765.9 crore, employee benefits of Rs 475.9 crore, and marketing, distribution and promotional spends of Rs 427.1 crore, underlining the continued investment required to sustain reach and engagement.
At an operating level, margins remained under strain. Operating margin stood at 2.33 per cent for FY26, marginally higher than 1.77 per cent in FY25, while net profit margin remained negative at -13.02 per cent, though improved from -14.89 per cent.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 8,957.6 crore as of 31 March 2026, from Rs 8,317.5 crore a year earlier. Equity strengthened to Rs 4,958.7 crore, while borrowings increased to Rs 3,112.8 crore, reflecting a higher reliance on debt to support operations.
Cash flows told a mixed story. While financing activities generated Rs 83.9 crore, operating cash flow remained negative at Rs -24 crore, highlighting ongoing pressure on core cash generation. Cash and cash equivalents, however, improved to Rs 33.9 crore from Rs 1.8 crore.
The numbers point to a company in transition growing revenues, trimming losses, but still grappling with structural cost pressures. In a sector where scale often comes at a price, Network18 seems to be inching towards balance, one quarter at a time.
