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Make Your Weekends More Thrilling With AXNs New Movie Slot
For all the movie buffs, AXN is all set to make your movie viewing experience bigger, better and more thrilling. Get ready to witness the best of movies as AXN brings ‘Nine Weekends To Die For’ starting 28th September, 2013 on Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm. The slot will offer the best range of action, crime and hi-drama titles adding thrill to your happy hour!
The movie lineup Starts every weekend at 9 pm on Saturday and Sunday with the all-time favorite, Mission Impossible series this Saturday followed with an impressive the line-up which will have the Rocky Fest with the Rocky series, Baseball Weekend with Moneyball and The Fan followed by Transformer Weekend, Crime busters Weekend, Beverly Hills Cop Weekend, Heroic Weekend with Sahara and The Godfather III, Antonio Banderas Weekend and Bruce Willis Weekend.
Talking about the change in the weekend movie slot from 10 pm to 9 pm, Head Programming, AXN India, Arpit Mankar, says “9 pm has become synonymous with ‘big movies on TV’ and viewers have developed the habit of scanning through various channels and seeking the best movie available at that time. We believe that with our strengthened line-up of movies, and with interesting thematic weekends like the Rocky weekend, Godfather weekend etc, we will draw a significant share of the large audience that watches movies at home on weekend evenings by creating appointment viewing in a title-driven viewing environment.”
So get on the couch with popcorns and tune into AXN every Saturday-Sunday 9 pm starting 28th September for a thrilling movie extravaganza.
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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.
