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Wild Card Entry to Bigg Boss house The return of one evicted housemate
MUMBAI: If you think the excitement has gone out of Bigg Boss after the drama queens Kashmira Shah and Rakhi Sawant have been evicted from the house, then here is news for all of you. Bigg Boss has decided to give one of the evicted members a second chance, to be back in the house!
The members ousted from the Bigg Boss house are Deepak Parashar, Bobby Darling, Kashmira Shah, Rakhi Sawant, Aryan Vaid, who among these will get a second chance? While Kashmira,& Rakhi are top favourites, Aryan Vaid has sympathizers who want him back to be with his lady love. There is a lot of drama in store in the coming weeks.
Imagine if Kashmira were to go back. Think of all those housemates who will want to confront her with all the intrigue and suspicion she planted in their midst. Or Rakhi, for that matter, who is rearing to go back and tell all inside the Bigg Boss house what the world outside thinks of them.
For Aryan of course it would be a dream come true. He could never have imagined that he would ever go back in there to breathe the same air as Anupama! Who knows what is in store for this Romeo and Juliet? Wouldn’t it be a Shakespearean tragedy if Anupama is voted out just as Aryan goes back in!
The permutations are many. Let’s see whose luck holds out … Keep watching Bigg Boss to know what’s going on… On Sony Entertainment Television.
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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.
