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Paul Anderson appointed BBC News’ Islamabad correspondent
NEW DELHI: Paul Anderson is to be the new Islamabad Correspondent for BBC News.
Anderson, currently a reporter on BBC World TV, is one of the BBC’s senior correspondents and has been a World affairs reporter for the last ten years, according to a statement from BBC.
Anderson gained much of his journalistic experience in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. During his time as a correspondent in Moscow, the Ukraine and Belgrade, he covered the Chechen wars, the conflict in Macedonia and the decline and fall of Slobodan Milosevic. Since April 2002, Paul has been based in London as Europe correspondent for BBC TV’s World Today programme.
Paul will be joining the Islamabad Bureau in the New Year to replace Susannah Price, who after covering Pakistan for the last three years, is now moving to New York.
The BBC has been expanding its South Asia news operations over the last few months because of the growing interest in the region from its global audiences, the release says. This is driven, in part, by a surge in new audiences in the United States where BBC World TV is now in 86 per cent of American homes. BBC News in turn has started to build up its resources in the region even more with further expansion planned in the New Year.
MUMBAI: When margins wobble, liquidity talks and in Q3 FY25-26, cash did most of the talking. Den Networks Limited closed the December quarter with consolidated revenue of Rs.251 crore, marginally higher than the previous quarter but down 4 per cent year-on-year, even as profitability stayed resilient on the back of strong cash reserves and disciplined cost control.
Subscription income softened to Rs.98 crore, slipping 3 per cent sequentially and 14 per cent from last year, while placement and marketing income offered some cheer, rising 15 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs.148 crore. Total costs climbed faster than revenue, up 7 per cent QoQ to Rs.238 crore, driven largely by higher content costs and operating expenses. As a result, EBITDA dropped sharply to Rs.13 crore from Rs.19 crore in Q2 and Rs.28 crore a year ago, pulling margins down to 5 per cent.
Yet, the bottom line refused to blink. Profit after tax stood at Rs.40 crore, up 15 per cent sequentially and only marginally lower than last year’s Rs.42 crore. A healthy Rs.57 crore in other income helped cushion operating pressure, keeping profit before tax at Rs.48 crore, broadly stable quarter-on-quarter despite the tougher cost environment.
The real headline-grabber, however, sits on the balance sheet. The company remains debt-free, with cash and cash equivalents swelling to Rs.3,279 crore as of December 31, 2025. Net worth rose to Rs.3,748 crore, while online collections accounted for 97 per cent of total receipts, underscoring strong cash discipline across operations, including subsidiaries.
In short, while Q3 showed signs of operating strain, the financial backbone remains solid. With zero gross debt, steady profits and a formidable cash war chest, the company enters the next quarter with flexibility firmly on its side proving that in uncertain markets, balance sheet strength can be the best growth strategy.
