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No# 1 spot for Zee Khana Khazana in the food and lifestyle category
Zee Khana Khazana, India’s first 24 hour food channel has attained the numero uno spot in the food and life style category. With 1214 Avg- GTVT (‘000s), Zee Khana Khazana has left behind other channels for the second week in a row. Zee Khana Khazana is in the number one position in Hindi speaking Markets, TG – F (15-44 yrs), SEC AB Digital households.
The brand new content is fresh, simple and showcases ease in replicating cooking methods and dishes at one’s home. Through this exercise, the channel aimed to become the one-stop shop for ‘simple yet delicious’ cooking with its engaging and instructive approach. With chefs of great repute and interesting concept based shows, Zee Khana Khazana has managed to scale new heights. The channel has been reaching out to their audiences with various mall activations, contests and interesting opportunities to be a part of some shows.
A delighted Amit Nair, business Head Zee Khana Khazana said “We are very pleased with the audience response to our channel. It is indeed a humbling experience to see our recent brand refresh and repositioning exercise beginning to yield fruit. We have some more exciting shows / events lined up for our viewers and look forward to endearing ourselves with our unique and refreshing content.”
All the shows on Zee Khana Khazana are interactive with the audience being offered the chance to get in touch with the channel’s Chefs / Anchors via a call or SMS or email thereby taking the engagement level a notch higher. The channel web site also sports a fresh new look, with an easy to navigate interface and acting as a one stop shop for recipes and a food guide.
Zee Khana Khazana is currently available on Dish TV, Videocon D2h and across all digital cable homes in the country. It will soon be available on other DTH platforms as well.
For more information please log on to – www.zeekhanakhazana.com
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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.
