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ABP’s Infocom 2014 to focus on entrepreneurship
KOLKATA: The 13th edition of Infocom, an ABP initiative, will commence from 4 December.
This year the focus of the three-day long conference will be on entrepreneurship. The conference will see sessions on entrepreneurs, young innovators, SME and young hackers in the information technology (IT) world.
Author Chetan Bhagat, Happiest Minds executive chairman Ashok Soota, Ambuja Neotia Group chairman Harshavardhan Neotia, Ericsson India global services MD Amitabh Ray, key officials of ABP Group along with many others are likely to be the key pull at Infocom 2014.
Kolkata-based content marketing strategy company, Fame Per Second, has been appointed for handling all the social media marketing campaigns including at Facebook, Twitter and the business page at LinkedIn among other platforms.
“The hashtag at Facebook and Twitter has been launched and we are in the process of launching the business age at LinkedIn. Through these pages, we aim to reach CIOs and CEOs and COO of IT, ITeS and related companies,” said Fame Per Second co-dreamer Sankha Acharya.
Driving IT awareness and envisioning organisations and individuals to be IT enabled has been of prime importance at Infocom over the years.
The event is expected to bring together more than 1,000 delegates, more than 60 speakers and a number of sponsoring companies.
Apart from this, more than 100 exhibitors from across the global IT domain would display their products and services.
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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.
