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Ormax Media launches audience analytics tool for TV channels
Mumbai: Ormax Media has announced the launch of a new audience analytics tool, Ormax Televate. It is designed to help TV channels in achieving viewership growth by identifying a focused and consumer-centric strategy based on insightful data on parameters built through Ormax Media’s 13 years of work in the television industry in India, said the media consulting firm in a statement on Tuesday.
“TV channels make various efforts in the areas of content, marketing, branding, distribution, acquisition, etc. to increase their viewership. However, these initiatives are often like hit-and-trial, and a lot of time and resources are spent on activities that may have incremental value at best,” stated Ormax Media founder & CEO Shailesh Kapoor. “Ormax Televate will use consumer data, advanced analytics, and our deep expertise in the television domain to help channels identify the most critical aspects of their business that must be fixed from a viewership perspective. These are the only things that the leadership team should spend their time on.”
Ormax Televate has two stages and it currently covers the urban Indian market, addressing 157 channels in the industry in 36 genres across languages. The tool is available for GEC, films, news, kids, music, and infotainment genres across all major Indian languages.
In the first stage, a TV channel commissioning a project will get access to syndicated data that maps their channel and its competition on strategic parameters related to awareness, brand performance, and category needs. Making use of its extensive body of work, Ormax Media has identified 172 viewership barriers that channels may potentially face. With the help of an algorithm up to 15 barriers that are most relevant to the channel in question will be identified.
In the second stage, strategic analysis, content and brand analytics, and qualitative research will be used to identify three priority areas that the channel must focus on to increase its viewership. For each of these areas, Ormax Televate will recommend a specific and actionable plan.
“TV channels conduct a lot of ongoing consumer research to build their consumer understanding, over and above the rating data available to them. However, this often leads to data overload where there’s too much information available but very little clarity on how to process and action it,” said Ormax Media – partner Keerat Grewal. “Ormax Televate is an audience analytics engine that cuts through this information clutter to identify three priority areas a TV channel must focus on to achieve sizable viewership growth while laying out a detailed strategic roadmap for each of them.”
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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.
