News Broadcasting
Retail, e-com biz eat into NDTV’s TV media profits for Q3
BENGALURU: Prannoy and Radhika Roy-led New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) reported consolidated operating profits–simple EBITDA including other income–of Rs 1.88 crore (1.6 per cent margin) for the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q3 2018, quarter under review). For the corresponding year ago quarter (Q3 2017) and the trailing quarter (Q2 2018), the company had reported consolidated operating losses of Rs 14.90 crore and Rs 9.74 crore respectively.
NDTV has two segments–television media and related operations (television); and retail/e-commerce. The company reported operating profit of Rs 7.54 crore for its television segment against revenue of Rs 109.96 crore for the quarter under review. Year-on-year (yoy), Q3 2018 television segment revenue was 7 per cent lower than Rs 118.27 crore for Q3 2017. The company had reported an operating loss for the television segment of Rs 4.29 crore for the corresponding year ago quarter. NDTV reported 18.2 per cent higher yoy operating revenue of Rs 4.55 crore for Q3 2018 as compared to Rs 3.85 crore for Q3 2017 for its digital/e-commerce segment. Digital/e-commerce segment incurred lower operating loss of Rs 9.50 crore in the quarter under review as compared to Rs 15.18 crore in Q3 2017.
NDTV said in its earnings release for the quarter that the fact that the company is EBITDA positive proves that its turnaround plan is quickly progressing.
Let us look at the other numbers reported by NDTV
NDTV reported a 78.5 per cent drop in consolidated revenue for the quarter under review at Rs 112.24 crore as compared to Rs 121.3 crore for Q2 2017. The company reported consolidated net loss of Rs 22.42 crore for Q3 2018 as compared to a net loss of Rs 26.26 crore for Q3 2017.
Consolidated total expenditure for the quarter declined 16.3 per cent yoy to Rs 123.13 crore from Rs 147.03 crore. Production expenses and cost of services declined 14 per cent yoy to Rs 23.16 crore from Rs 26.93 crore. Employee benefit expenses reduced 20.5 per cent yoy to Rs 49.38 crore from Rs 62.11 crore. Operating and administrative expenses for Q3 2018 declined 16.4 per cent yoy to Rs 24.97 crore from Rs 29.87 crore. Marketing, distribution and promotional expenses declined 7.6 per cent yoy to Rs 16.60 crore from Rs 17.95 crore.
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News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
