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Zee Business, Entrecon 2025 team up to fuel India’s startup growth story
MUMBAI: Zee Business, one of India’s leading Hindi business news channels, has partnered exclusively with Entrecon 2025, one of the country’s most ambitious entrepreneurship conclaves. Slated for 9–10 October at IIM Lucknow – EIC, Noida, the second edition promises to be a landmark gathering of 400 plus startups, 100 plus investors, 80 plus corporates, and 50 plus powerhouse speakers.
With its live coverage, Zee Business will beam the energy, ideas, and debates from the venue to millions of living rooms and mobile screens across the nation, ensuring the movement goes beyond the halls of IIM.
Entrecon 2025 isn’t just an event, it’s a catalyst. After the debut edition connected 200 startups with 70 investors and sparked 1.4 crore worth of business discussions, this year’s conclave aims to bridge the gap between capital and creativity at an even larger scale.
The star-studded speaker line-up spans business, entertainment, and venture capital, featuring voices like Ashish Agarwal (Resurgent India), Navin Honagudi (Elev8 Partners), Rohit Bhayana (Lumis Ventures), Anish Agarwal (Warner Bros. Discovery), actor-entrepreneur Anupriya Goenka, Deep Bajaj (Sirona), and Anurag Batra (Business World).
IDPL CBO Priyadarshan Garg framed the collaboration as a national mission, “Through our Live coverage of Entrecon 2025, we are not just broadcasting an event, but igniting a nationwide movement that connects visionaries with millions of aspiring entrepreneurs.”
Gkconsulting CEO Mukesh Malik added, “Entrecon 2025 is designed to foster innovation, create bridges between startups and investors, and showcase India’s potential as a global hub of entrepreneurship. Partnering with Zee Business ensures these conversations inspire the entire nation.”
With Zee Business as its official telecast partner, Entrecon 2025 is shaping up to be more than a conclave, it’s a movement set to redefine how India thinks, builds, and dreams entrepreneurship.
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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.
