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MTV ACT Urges the Youth To Act This October With
MUMBAI: MTV, India’s leading youth channel is not just about music and entertainment; it is also about collaborating with young India to contribute to the social causes. MTV through their own pro social platform, MTV ACT engages with over 20 NGOs and independent organizations to support cause-based initiatives. The month of October saw MTV ACT going all out to create awareness and raise funds for the betterment of the underprivileged.
Beginning of October, MTV ACT joined hands with the crowd sourcing platform Hope Monkey to crowd fund a school for the world’s youngest headmaster in India. During the Joy of Giving week in October, MTV ACT and Hope Monkey came together to encourage the youth to have a big heart and drive the cause of education through funding the school. Hope Monkey is a crowd-source platform that gives the power to all Micro-Philanthropists to bring about change the world. The current initiative focuses on breathing life into the dreams of Babar Ali, who is also the world’s youngest headmaster at 16 years, to build a school. Now, at 21, Babar is looking to expand his backyard school to accommodate all the eager little learners in Murshidabad.
“You may think that just donating what you would spend on your morning coffee won’t make a difference, but this initiative will prove you wrong. The association with Hope Monkey is true sense is reflection of the MTV ACT philosophy of Every Action Counts. By collecting every penny donated by the young generation, Hope Monkey and MTV ACT aims to raise a corpus to support the dreams of better tomorrow.” said Sumeli Chatterjee, Head- Marketing & Insights, MTV India.
Helping the under-privileged in realizing their dreams, MTV ACT in association with the NGO Navnirmiti supported an initiative called Maha Mandi. A one of its kind event which is held every year, Maha Mandi is organized by NITIE in Mumbai. MAHA MANDI invites students from top B-schools around the country to sharpen their sales and marketing skills by selling simple NGO made products to commoners on the streets of Mumbai. The revenue hence collected is donated to charitable institutions as a token of respect and support for the noble cause they pursue. This witnessed participation from over 1000 MBA students who engaged in direct sales of the educational toys on the streets of Mumbai.
Speaking about this initiative, Sumeli Chatterjee, Head – Marketing & Insights, MTV India, said, “MTV ACT constantly strives to support various initiatives that are created by the young generation and are a step towards do-good to the overall society. Maha Mandi is in the entrepreneurial spirit of the students which teaches them different aspects of business while raising funds for a social cause.”
Furthering the MTV ACT ‘s partnership with the initiative YOU For Uttarakhand, the third music relief concert was organized in Bangalore on October 12, 2013. The concert was organized to raise funds in aid of the tragic Uttarakhand Floods which affected scores of villages and its inhabitants in the state. The line-up for the concert included leading acts by Thermal and a Quarter (TAAQ), Until We Last, Girish and the Chronicles, Solder and Moonarra. The proceeds were donated to Save the Children who is working closely to build lives of Children and families who were affected by the floods.
For those who wish to do their bit for the society can log on to mtv.in.com/act and donate for a cause that touches their heart or they can simply select any one or more causes that they would like to lend support to by simply spreading the word through their social media profile. Youth can support across causes by donating time through voluntary work or money to the NGOs working for various causes.
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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.
