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DocuBay partners with smart TV solutions provider Zeasn
MUMBAI: DocuBay, the premium global documentary platform by IN10 Media, has announced a significant strategic alliance with Zeasn, a global leader in home digital entertainment services for Smart TV solutions. The partnership will make DocuBay available on millions of Zeasn-powered devices across Europe, South America, Middle East, and East & South Asia starting mid-December. Users will get easy access to DocuBay’s premium library, comprised of high-definition and 4K documentary features across genres.
Through this collaboration, DocuBay’s extensive catalogue of documentaries will be deep-linked and video thumbnails will be made available to Zeasn’s millions of users across a wide range of Smart TV devices. Users will have access to DocuBay’s exciting features, including thematic curated “Bays” such as NatureBay, ActionBay, TravelBay, CultureBay, ScienceBay, and SportsBay.
Commenting on the alliance, DocuBay COO Akul Tripathi said, “Through this strategic alliance with Zeasn, DocuBay continues to strengthen its global reach enabling entirely new audiences to discover DocuBay’s curated catalogue of premium, international documentary films. We are confident that this partnership will accelerate our efforts in important territories and advance OneTribe memberships across the globe.”
Zeasn chief executive officer Jason HE said, “Zeasn is striving through the Whale ECO platform to tighten Smart product and service with worldwide families, while DocuBay is focused on proving high qualified contents for devices, that mutual parties goals are better serving end TV users. This Partnership is highly complementation of the Whale ECO construction. With growing families’ content requirements, open contents and ecological cooperation is keeping with the service essence for users.”
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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.
