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Zee Network limps along in Q3
Is Zee Telefilms’ Ltd (ZTL) luck turning? The management must be praying that it will from hereon. The third quarter ended 31 December 2000 has been pretty bad for the firm. And Star Plus’ shows are gathering in strength and Sony is itching to make a comeback and is planning to totally clean up the weekend with a roster of mouthwatering shows.
Zee TV on its part is gearing up to start airing five new series from next month and the buzz is that these are likely to soak up audiences. If they do, that will only add to Zee TV’s bottomline in the last quarter of this year and the management’s prayers could well be answered. If they don’t well, chairman Subhash Chandra will have a tough ask dragging his company back up a steep hill.
On to its results now. First the nine month period ended 31 December 2000. The consolidated results of Zee Network (including other subsidiary companies) show that it posted a net profit of Rs 1.436 billion – up by only 4 per cent. The reason for the net profit growth slow down has been attributed to lower ad revenue in the third quarter due to severe competition from Star Plus’Kaun Banega Crorepati. Total revenues for the period have put up a good show at Rs 7.16 billion – up 24 per cent. A major contributor to this is other income at Rs 379 million which has shot up from Rs 98.6 million in the previous corresponding period. Subscription revenues are at Rs 1.55 billion (Rs 1.37 billion).
The Zee Network’s consolidated advertising revenues are up only a point in the third quarter to Rs 1.87 billion – in earlier better climes they used to zip ahead at 25 per cent. Subscription revenues have moved ahead by 10 per cent to Rs 523 million from Rs 471.4 million. The total revenue for the quarter is at Rs 2.65 billion – up by 10 per cent.
A huge chunk of its total revenue has been contributed to by other income which rose to Rs 116 million from Rs 32.7 million in the previous corresponding quarter. Earning before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) is down 8 per cent to Rs 753 million for the quarter and PAT, went down by 26 per cent to Rs 470 million.
For Zee Telefilms as a standalone entity, PAT is up 29 per cent to Rs 321 million on a 25% increased turnover of Rs 1.133 billion during the quarter. EBITDA is up 35% to Rs 467 million. Again, the growth in the total income as well as bottom line comes from other income which stood at Rs 101 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2000 compared with Rs 28 million in the quarter ended December 31, 1999.
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India’s AI Future Gets a Neural Kick-Off in Delhi
NDTV IND.AI Summit on 18 Feb 2026 to debate governance, ethics, and India’s big-tech ambitions.
MUMBAI: Artificial intelligence is about to get a very Delhi welcome smart, spirited, and ready to out-think the room. On 18 February 2026, New Delhi plays host to the inaugural NDTV IND.AI Summit, a high-stakes pow-wow that promises to put India’s AI ambitions under the brightest spotlight yet. Billed as a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is already rewiring the nation’s economy, policy playbook, and strategic dreams, the one-day event is curated by NDTV in partnership with the Startup Policy Forum. At its core lies a single, sharp question: how do you unleash AI’s transformative power while keeping trust, equity, and sanity intact?
The guest list reads like a who’s-who of global AI heavyweights. Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak headlines a special session on AI in governance, sharing hard-won lessons on how the technology is reshaping statecraft and decision-making. Joining the fray are OpenAI’s Chris Lehane, UC Berkeley’s AI safety pioneer Stuart Russell, and Google’s James Manyika, voices that will anchor India firmly in the international conversation on accountability, risk, and cross-border cooperation.
Beyond the policy wonks, the Summit rolls up its sleeves for real-world impact. General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja and other top-tier investors will unpack how AI is redrawing the rules of capital, innovation, and long-term value creation. Separate tracks will tackle AI’s footprint in workplaces, large-scale adoption, productivity shifts, evolving job roles, and organisational culture. India’s digital public infrastructure, often hailed as a global blueprint for inclusive tech gets its own spotlight, alongside a dedicated segment on AI sovereignty: what does true national control look like in a borderless tech universe?
NDTV CEO and editor-in-chief Rahul Kanwal framed the event’s bigger picture, “The IND.AI Summit is about the kind of future we are choosing to build. India has the scale, the talent, and the moral imagination to shape how AI serves society and this Summit is our way of bringing the most credible voices together to define that direction.”
In a world where AI chatter can feel abstract, the New Delhi gathering aims to ground the debate in India’s own story, one that ties cutting-edge innovation to public purpose, domestic priorities to global influence, and raw ambition to responsible stewardship. Whether you’re an algorithm enthusiast or just mildly curious about tomorrow’s headlines, this Summit is India signalling it’s not just catching the AI wave, it intends to help steer it.
