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Fairglow Zee Cine awards on Saturday
MUMBAI: Zee and Godrej have announced that they will host the first mega Bollywood Awards show on Saturday. The Godrej FairGlow Zee Cine Awards take place at the poolside of the Tulip Star Hotel, Juhu, on 11 January.
An official release informs that the awards were constituted to celebrate excellence in Indian cinema in 1998. The theme this year is the new face of entertainment and new age cinema. 24 awards will be handed out. These include awards for best film, actor, actress and director.
The award jury comprises personalities like Govind Nihalani, Manmohan Shetty, Komal Nahata, Padmini Kolhapure, Feroz Khan, Rajiv Menon and is chaired by Rakhee Gulzar. One of the main attractions will be a performance by former Miss World Aishwarya Rai.
Price Waterhouse Coopers are the official auditors for the event. Godrej FairGlow is being associated with the Zee Cine Awards for the second time running..
Zee TV will air the event on 16 January at 8 pm. Zee Cinema will have a repeat telecast the next day at 9 pm.
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Netflix Q1 2026 earnings ad growth and content spending in focus
Streaming giant set to report results on Thursday after walking away from Warner Bros Discovery takeover.
MUMBAI: Netflix is about to hit play on its latest quarterly numbers and investors are hoping the plot thickens in all the right ways. The streaming leader reports its first-quarter 2026 earnings on Thursday, marking its first set of results since it walked away from a proposed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. That failed bid would have handed Netflix prized franchises such as Game of Thrones and Friends on a silver platter, sparing the costly effort of building its own library. Instead, the company now faces tougher competition from a potential $110 billion Warner Bros-Paramount Skydance combination, should that deal close.
Analysts polled by LSEG expect Netflix to post a 15.5 per cent rise in revenue to $12.18 billion, with advertising contributing $634 million. The company raised US prices in March, a move some believe could prompt an upward revision to its full-year revenue forecast and nudge more subscribers towards the faster-growing ad-supported tier.
Netflix shares have climbed 13 per cent so far this year and are up roughly 26 per cent since the company stepped back from the $72 billion Warner Bros deal. With the merger drama behind it, the spotlight now shifts to how aggressively Netflix can expand its advertising business and live programming.
“We’re kind of entering another phase for the ad business, where they are becoming one of the largest scaled global advertising platforms,” said Gabelli Funds portfolio manager John Belton, which holds Netflix shares.
During the quarter, Netflix beefed up its live slate with a BTS concert streamed from Seoul that drew 18.4 million viewers worldwide and the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which became the most-streamed baseball game globally. Investors are watching for signals that the company will lean further into sports and other live events to fuel ad revenue growth.
The results come at a pivotal moment. Having dodged what could have been a debt-heavy acquisition, Netflix has the freedom and the cash to double down on its core strengths: original content spending and building a robust, scaled advertising platform. Whether the numbers deliver a binge-worthy performance or leave viewers wanting more, one thing is clear: the streaming wars are far from over, and Netflix is determined to keep its crown.
Expect plenty of drama when the figures drop after all, in the world of streaming, every quarter is its own cliffhanger.
