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Celebrate Christmas & bring in the New Year with loads of Love & Laughter!
MUMBAI: This festive season Romedy NOW, India’s exclusive English channel for Love and Laughter, presents its viewers with the best lineup of warm and cheerful entertainment beginning 7 am onwards this Christmas day, December 25th 2013. There’s a gift for everyone in Santa’s sack this year with the vast array of movies on Romedy NOW right from animation to musicals and love stories. ’Tis the time to hang up those stockings, bake chocolate cookies and indulge in these Christmas and New Year’s treats only with Romedy NOW.
Let’s not deny that there’s no age for love. So become a part of the lives of two 11-year-olds Gabe and Rosemary as they discover love for the first time in Little Manhattan. When in a childhood-mood, grab a moment to play a game of hop-scotch with the von Trapp family as the Hills come alive in The Sound of Music. And if it’s animation that gets you going, then take a look at how the ‘most adorable fur-ball’ Garfield gets to switch places with Prince, the royal cat of London in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. Much needs to be decked than just the halls this Christmas, watch Deck the halls to witness a magical display of lights. For more on where that came from, catch the fun loving and foot tapping penguins in Happy Feet or enjoy fairytales and ogres in love, packed with thrill in the ever ‘green’ Shrek.
Celebrate Christmas all day long on Johnson’s baby – Power of gentle presents Romedy Bells only on Romedy NOW.
After the love and warmth of Christmas, it’s time to say goodbye to the old and ring in the new with some different emotions and highs all day long on December 31st 2013 & January 1st 2014 with the New Year line-up.
Jet set with the awesome foursome Manhattan lasses as Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha make it to Abu Dhabi (UAE) in Sex and the City 2.
Life is all about style, glamour and the fashion paradise Paris, for legendary actor Meryl Streep as the editor of a leading fashion magazine and her co-assistant Andrea Sachs played by Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada. Keep the beats thumping with the crazy dancers who are going ahead with their dancing adventures in the latest dance thriller series, Step Up 3D.
With the New Year ahead, why not jot down some tips on ‘love-sans-complications’ from the handsome Ashton Kutcher and the gorgeous Natalie Portman in No Strings Attached.
Fall in love all over again with Tom Hanks, a name synonymous with romance, as he unknowingly falls for his business rival Meg Ryan over the internet, in You’ve Got Mail.
Ring in the New Year with new gusto and indulge in the movie jamboree on January 1st 2014. Falling for the charming Robert Pattinson is just what the doctor ordered in Water for Elephants as he travels with a circus as a vet and falls in love with the circus owner’s wife, the demure Marlena (Reese Witherspoon). Let the sun shine on you with a cross-country trip as the cute cuddly seven year old Olive must make it to the kiddie beauty pageant finale in Little Miss Sunshine.
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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.
