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Comedian Bill Cosby is the top TV dad of al time: Tivo
MUMBAI: Television comic icon Bill Cosby whose father character Cliff Huxtable was a staple on American television for many years on The Cosby Show has been named the top TV dad of all time.
Home entertainment company Tivo which came out with the Personal Video Recorder
(PVR) conducted a survey in the US.
From Raymond Barone’s kind but befuddled approach to parenting, to Homer Simpson’s ubiquitous “Doh!” and throttling ways, TV dads are as different as the audiences who love and adore them. Tivo asked Americans to rank the top 25 past and present TV dads. Caring, involved and nostalgic dads ranked highest.
Still in the top 25, but closer to the end of the list, were TV dads who are infamous for being lewd, crude and tattooed. They included Homer Simpson in The Simpsons, Tony Soprano in the gangster saga The Sopranos and Ozzy Osbourne in MTV’s reality show The Osbournes.
Meanwhile to celebrate Fathers Day Tivo will honour real-life American dads. The company has launched an interactive initiativ3e in the US Search for TiVo’s Top Five Dads. This search is designed to find true role models — dads who lead busy lives but manage to spend quality time with their families, even if it means missing their favourite sitcom or the big game.
Till 31 July nominations for the “Search for TiVo’s Top Five Dads” will be accepted at www.tivo.com. TiVo real-life dad nominees can come from any walk of life. Entries should illustrate how the nominee lives life on a schedule, but always makes time for his family, how he deserves more time in his life for some fun and relaxation. The entries swhould also show how the nominees consistently give back to the community.
The top five real-life dads will win Ultimate Dad’s Day Out packages. This will include their choice of a golf outing, fishing trip or tickets to a
professional athletic event, a day of lawn maintenance, a backyard cook-out for the family, and a TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder with a product lifetime service.
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Sahara One reports financial results, notes director exit and business realignment
Muted revenues, steady expenses and strategic adjustments shape company’s current phase
MUMBAI: In a tale where the sands seem to be slipping faster than they can be gathered, Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited has reported another quarter of wafer-thin income and widening losses, even as a boardroom exit adds to the unease.
The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its board, in a meeting held on April 4, approved its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. The numbers paint a stark picture. Total income for the quarter stood at just Rs 0.13 lakh, unchanged sequentially and sharply down from Rs 0.26 lakh a year earlier.
Losses, meanwhile, deepened. The company posted a net loss of Rs 24.16 lakh for the quarter, compared to Rs 18.81 lakh in the June quarter and Rs 39.69 lakh in the same period last year. For the six months ended September 2025, the cumulative loss stood at Rs 39.69 lakh, while the full-year loss for FY25 was reported at Rs 60.72 lakh.
Expenses continued to outweigh income by a wide margin. Total expenses for the quarter came in at Rs 24.30 lakh, led by employee benefit costs of Rs 6.51 lakh and other expenses of Rs 17.78 lakh. Earnings per share remained in the red at Rs (0.11) for the quarter.
The balance sheet reflects a company with significant assets on paper but limited operational momentum. Total assets stood at Rs 23,065.57 lakh as of September 30, 2025, broadly unchanged from March 2025. Equity share capital remained steady at Rs 2,152.50 lakh, while total equity was reported at Rs 18,004.85 lakh.
Cash and cash equivalents saw a modest uptick to Rs 6.75 lakh from Rs 4.68 lakh earlier, supported by a positive operating cash flow of Rs 180.01 lakh for the period.
Yet, beneath these numbers lies a more complex narrative. The company’s auditors flagged their inability to obtain sufficient evidence to form a conclusion on the financial statements, citing lack of access to records. They also raised concerns over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, pointing to insufficient funds, delayed recoveries, and stalled content investments.
Adding to the governance overhang, the company disclosed that Rana Zia has resigned as whole-time director, effective October 16, 2025, citing other professional commitments. The resignation, noted and accepted by the board, also brings an end to her role across company committees.
Regulatory pressures continue to loom large. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has already initiated penal actions for non-compliance with listing norms, with trading in the company’s shares remaining suspended. There is also a risk of promoter demat accounts being frozen.
Legacy legal issues remain unresolved. A substantial deposit of Rs 694,027.88 thousand linked to the long-running OFCD dispute involving Sahara group entities is still under the purview of the Supreme Court of India. Restrictions on asset disposal continue to weigh on the company’s financial flexibility.
Operationally, challenges persist across multiple fronts. Advances worth Rs 1,92,916 thousand given for film content remain stuck, with delays in project completion and uncertain recoverability. The company’s YouTube channel, despite being operational, has generated no revenue for over three years due to compliance lapses. In a further twist, management has indicated that revenues may have been fraudulently diverted through unauthorised changes to its AdSense account, with a police complaint in the works.
There are also missed revenue opportunities. Television content rights continue to be used by a related party despite the expiry of the licence agreement, with fresh negotiations still underway.
For now, Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited appears caught between legacy disputes and present-day operational hurdles. As losses linger and governance questions mount, the road to recovery looks less like a sprint and more like a slow trudge through shifting sands.
