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Sahara Samay Rastriya launches crime and health show
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay Rastriya has two new offerings in the health and crime genre. One, being Body Clock that will focus on various ailments and diseases with their possible and alternate solutions. The theme is essentially a program providing solutions to the various body related problems. It also deals with specific gender related health problems separately.
The second being Hello Control Room, which is targeted at those people who are victimised and are afraid of going to the police station to file a complaint to get justice.
Body Clock is slotted as a half hour program will air every Saturday, highlighting a specific ailment/ disease. It will then move onto solutions along with the exercises and Yogic asana’s. The show targets all age groups from children, youth to elderly audiences.
Hello control Room will also highlight the good work done by select police officers based on the feed back from the callers, and action taken by these officers in response to appeals made by the programme. The programme also entails a special segment titled Super Cop, which will honour such officers and people who stand up against injustice and crime to protect fellow citizens.
Sahara Samay Rashtriya HOD Arup Ghosh has set up a control room at the news channel’s office with 12 lines that will work round the clock taking calls from such citizens who are afraid to approach authorities for justice. A team of dedicated journalists from Sahara Samay will work towards getting these complaints redressed and facilitate in getting justice. Launched on 20 September, callers can call in from anywhere in India.
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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.
