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Dish TV wins IDC Insights Awards for ‘Excellence in Operations category’
MUMBAI: Dish TV India Limited, the world’s largest single-country DTH Company, has bagged the I.C.O.N.I.C IDC Insights Award 2018 for its pioneering initiative ‘Project Phoenix’– a common service CRM for both its brands i.e Dish TV and D2H under ‘Excellence in Operations category’ at the award ceremony held recently. The winners, after a rigorous evaluation process, were chosen based on the votes of the jury and final validation of the jury chair person.
Post the completion of merger, ‘Project Phoenix’ was launched to seamlessly integrate the user interface of the individual CRMs of both the brands i.e Dish TV and D2H. With this, the user interface became common and the CRMs of both the brands were working in their individual capacity since building a new common CRM platform was a time consuming task. The tool has highly intuitive user interface and has helped in simplifying the working of Service Coordinators.
Commenting on the award win, Mr V.K.Gupta, CTO, Dish TV India Ltd said, “We are very excited to be recognized for our focus on innovation, customer satisfaction and our commitment to achieving excellence through technology. As a leading DTH player, Dish TV always strive to create distinct operational and functional capabilities offering industry leading solutions to achieve maximum customer satisfaction.”
The prestigious IDC Insights awards honor the business and IT leaders who envisaged, conceptualized, and successfully executed an IT/Technology implementation that brought about tangible results for their organization. Dish TV was felicitated at a ceremony on 6-7th December 2018 at the Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh.
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GTPL Hathway posts FY26 revenue growth, Q4 slips into loss
Annual profit at Rs 5.88 crore; Q4 loss at Rs 5.90 crore
MUMBAI: A strong year met a shaky finish as GTPL Hathway closed FY26 on a high note only to stumble at the final hurdle. The company’s latest financials reveal a tale of two timelines: steady annual growth alongside a fourth-quarter dip that nudged it into the red. GTPL Hathway Limited reported total income of Rs 2,472.46 crore for the year ended March 31, 2026, marking a clear rise from Rs 2,223.00 crore in FY25. Revenue from operations stood at Rs 2,450.78 crore, up from Rs 2,193.38 crore a year ago, signalling consistent traction in its core cable TV and broadband business.
Yet, beneath the annual growth narrative, the March quarter told a different story. The company posted a net loss of Rs 5.90 crore in Q4 FY26, a sharp reversal from a profit of Rs 0.91 crore in the preceding quarter and Rs 8.15 crore in the same period last year. Total income for the quarter came in at Rs 618.46 crore, largely flat sequentially but higher than Rs 569.33 crore reported a year earlier.
The pressure was visible across the cost structure. Total expenses for the quarter rose to Rs 620.64 crore, marginally exceeding income and tipping the company into a loss before tax of Rs 7.87 crore. This compares with a profit before tax of Rs 1.22 crore in the December quarter and Rs 11.32 crore in Q4 FY25.
For the full year, however, profitability held firm. GTPL reported a net profit of Rs 5.88 crore in FY26, significantly lower than Rs 47.80 crore in FY25, but still in positive territory despite higher finance costs and operating expenses. Operating expenses alone climbed to Rs 1,884.53 crore for the year, up from Rs 1,603.53 crore, reflecting the increasing cost of running and scaling network infrastructure.
Finance costs also rose notably to Rs 33.57 crore in FY26 from Rs 22.19 crore in FY25, while depreciation and amortisation expenses stood at Rs 189.19 crore, underlining continued investments in assets and technology. Employee benefit expenses, however, declined to Rs 63.42 crore from Rs 77.08 crore, offering some relief on the cost front.
An exceptional item of Rs 5.69 crore during the year also weighed on profitability, compared with Rs 3.79 crore in the previous year. Meanwhile, tax adjustments, including deferred tax movements and prior-year adjustments, played a role in shaping the final earnings outcome.
Despite the quarterly wobble, the broader picture suggests a company still expanding its top line while grappling with margin pressures. With paid-up equity share capital unchanged at Rs 112.46 crore, the focus now shifts to whether GTPL can convert its revenue momentum into more stable, sustainable profitability in the coming quarters.
In short, FY26 may have delivered growth on paper but the closing chapter serves as a reminder that in business, as in broadband, consistency is everything.
