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Star News to showcase ‘Great Place To Work Seminar’ in ‘Office Ho To Aisa’
MUMBAI: Star News is set to air a special series projecting India’s best work environment in its show Office Ho To Aisa. The show will feature Great Place To Work Seminar Series 2005 (GPTW) in two half hour specials.
The first episode will air on 4 September, while the second episode will be on 11 September at 6:30 pm. The repeat telecast of the same will air on 10 September and 17 September at 3:30 pm.
The seminar series was organised by Business World in association with Grow Talent Co and Great Places To Work Inc, with Star News as broadcast partner.
Great Place To Work (GPTW) seminar series is a learning forum that brings together the best companies and provides a platform for senior executives to share their experiences, best practices and evolve solutions and share the same with CEOs and HR Heads of leading companies, informs a media release.
The seminar also awards the top 25 workplaces in India and celebrates their achievements. The media release also adds that GPTW is based on a modified version of the Open Space Concept that allows maximum participation and co-creation of learning by the participants. The Open Space model is defined as an unstructured approach to solve complex problems that entails exploration, learning and innovation.
The following companies took the top honours at this year’s Great Place To Work Survey. FedEx Corporation bagged the numero uno slot, with Texas Instruments, National Thermal Power Corporation, MindTree Consulting, Johnson & Johnson, Wipro Spectramind, Infosys Technologies and Cadbury India featuring in the top 25 companies.
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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.
