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Zee Turner targets Rs 10 bn in FY’10
MUMBAI: Zee Turner Ltd, a joint venture company between Zee and Turner, is targeting a revenue of Rs 10 billion this fiscal on the back of a faster growth from DTH while pay-TV income from cable TV stays strong.
In the earlier fiscal, Zee Turner had clocked Rs 7.5 billion after adding Ten Sports into its distribution bouquet. Zee Turner has the widest bouquet of channels, distributing 33 pay and two free-to-air channels.
“We are targeting Rs 10 billion this fiscal, up from Rs 7.5 billion in the prior year,” a source tells Indiantelevision.com
When contacted, Zee Turner CEO Dinesh Jain declined to comment on the financials but said the company had set ambitious targets. “We will see significant organic growth this year. We will get high double digit growth from cable TV while DTH will give us faster growth,” he added.
The pay-TV revenue mix is loaded in favour of cable TV but this could change in the next few years. “For pay-TV broadcasters, 70 per cent of their revenues comes from cable TV. The industry could see an equal split in pay-TV broadcasting revenues between direct-to-home (DTH) and cable TV after two years,” Jain said.
Adding channels in the bouquet would form a part of Zee Turner‘s growth strategy. “We plan to have 50 channels in our portfolio within two years,” says Jain.
Regionalisation will be a big growth driver for Zee Turner. “We have very strong regional channels. Even in the south, Zee Telugu has seen remarkable growth. We are also having a bouquet of regional news channels,” says Jain.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
