News Broadcasting
Zee News’ crime special ‘Andha Kanoon’ debuts on 26 November
MUMBAI: Crime sells! And that seems so true about the news channels, who have been, off late, competing with each other to launch crime based shows. Latest is that Zee News will be launching a new series Andha Kanoon, which talks about the loopholes in the legal system.
Starting Friday, 26 November 2004 at 8:30 pm, Andha Kanoon will bring some harassment cases, where general public are being harrased by legal experts, into lime light.
Taking on the big guns, Zee News claims that it will keep a close watch on government, police and judiciary, responsible for the peaceful existence of the citizens of India.
Speaking on the judiciary system Zee News group director Laxmi N Goel, as quoted in a company release said, “Zee News is taking every possible step to create awareness the loopholes in the legal system, due to which people are suffering. Andha Kanoon will bring out several such cases, where people are being harassed during a course of the judicial system.”
“Andha Kanoon is a reality show, which aims to reveal the anguish of the victims and bring a revolution in the society to amend certain existing judicial procedures that bring disgrace to the entire judicial system. The programme will take up the issues one by one and propose the solutions respectively,” Goel added.
The programme will deal specifically with bizarre and shocking cases from the records of judiciary, where instead of delivering justice, gross injustices have been recorded in the name of law and justice. All this will be shown through a detailed dramatisation of real life cases of those who suffered, how several laws have become the epitome of crime in the society, how these laws are being misused and why they must be amended for the betterment of society, adds the release.
News Broadcasting
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.
