- Business
- Zee Media Corporation Limited operates as one of India's largest news networks, broadcasting news, current affairs, and regional content through 16 television channels in 12 languages, alongside 36 digital properties including websites and mobile applications; its core offerings encompass flagship channels such as Zee News, Zee Business, WION, Zee Hindustan, Zee Salaam, Zee 24 Taas, Zee 24 Ghanta, Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal, Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, Zee Rajasthan, Zee Bihar Jharkhand, Zee 24 Kalak, Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand, Zee Tamil News, and Zee Kannada News, with revenue primarily from advertisements, subscriptions, program sales, content licensing, and channel management fees. The company, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, with a registered office in Mumbai, Maharashtra, focuses on the news publishing and broadcasting segment, serving national, regional, and global audiences through linear television, digital platforms under its subsidiary Indiadotcom Digital Private Limited (IDPL), and social media distribution. It maintains an extensive regional presence across India via multiple offices in states including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Jammu & Kashmir. In recent developments, Zee Media's board approved a fundraising plan in January 2025 to raise up to Rs 400 crore through equity, bonds, and other instruments to bolster operations and growth, alongside increasing the Foreign Portfolio Investor shareholding limit from 24% to 49% pending approvals; additionally, in August 2025, AUV Innovations LLP acquired over 1 crore equity shares, elevating its stake to 5.43%, while its arm IDPL entered an investment agreement worth Rs 8.76 crore in PR firm Newsreach, and the company partnered with Eloelo for live streaming awards integration at the Zee Newsmaker Awards 2023.