Zee Media Corporation Share Price

Zee Media Corporation Limited (Formerly known Zee News Ltd) was incorporated in August 27, 1999. The Company is one of Indias leading media and entertainment companies with strong presence in the news and regional entertainment genres. The company is the part of Essel group. The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of news, current affairs and regional entertainment satellite television channels uplinked from India. The company has one subsidiary, namely Zee Akaash News Pvt Ltd.The Company has a wide portfolio of 19 News Channels comprising of 16 TV News channels (1 Global, 4 National and 11 Regional channels), 3 digitalonly News channels, and more than 30 digital brandsThe channels operated by Zee News Ltd are Zee News, Zee Business, Zee 24 Taas, Zee Punjabi, Zee Marathi, Zee Bangla, Zee Gujarati, Zee Telugu and Zee Kannada. In addition, Zee Akaash News Private Ltd, a company in which the company has a 60% stake, operates 24 Ghanta, a 24X7 Bengali news channel. The companys news gathering capabilities are significantly enhanced by their KU Band network and strong relationships with international news agencies.The company is having an arrangement with Zee Turner Ltd to distribute their pay channels bouquet in India and neighboring countries. Zee Turner was also assigned to distribute the companys bouquet of pay channels on DTH platforms as well. The company also has an arrangement with Dish TV India Ltd for uplinking of their channels through their teleport. Dish TV is having a license for uplinking of TV channels from the competent Government authority. The company in 2003 created history by becoming the 24hour Hindi current affairs and news channel in the country. In November 2004, the company launched The Zee Business channel. The name of the company was changed to Zee News Ltd on May 27, 2004 after obtaining a fresh Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai. In March 31, 2006, the news business undertaking of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd consisting of news and regional language channels, namely Zee News, Zee Business, Zee Bangla, Zee Punjabi, Zee Marathi, Zee Telugu and Zee Kannada was demerged and vested to Zee News Ltd. As per the Scheme of Arrangement, the company allotted 45.21 equity shares of Re 1/ each fully paidup for every 100 equity shares of Re 1/ each held in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.During the year 200607, the company acquired 5,70,000 equity shares of Rs 10/ each of in their subsidiary company Zee Akaash News Pvt Ltd at a price of Rs 114/ per share. The company launched Zee Kannada, which established itself steadily in Karnataka. In February 2007, the company launched Indias first Marathi news channel, Zee 24 Taas.During the year 200708, the company launched their first franchise channel in Chattisgarh by the name of Zee 24 Ghante Chattisgarh.In 2007, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) transferred its regional entertainment channels to the Company w.e.f. October 2005 by way of Demerger Scheme and got listed at Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange Calcutta Stock Exchange in January 2007. In August 2008, the company launched Marathi movie channel namely Zee Talkies and in October 2008, they launched entertainment channel in Tamil called Zee Tamil. The company entered into strategic partnership with Sky B (Bangla) Pvt Ltd, a company which owns Akash Bangla, a 24 hours regional infotainment channel in Bengali and acquired 26% stake in that company.Zee Tamil was launched on October 12, 2008. Again, Zee 24 Gantalu and Zee News Uttar Pradesh were launched in April, 2009. 24hour Telugu News channel, Zee 24 Gantalu was launched on April 2, 2009 and 24hour UP News channel, Zee News Uttar Pradesh was launched on April 5, 2009. Amongst the newly launched news channels, Zee News UP has often emerged as the market leader in terms of share and time spent.The year 201011 marked first full year of operations of the Company as a pure news broadcasting entity, after the Regional General Entertainment Channel business undertaking was demerged to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited through the Scheme of Arrangement for Demerger, which became effective from March 29, 2010. In terms of the said Scheme, the Company was allotted equity shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited on April 20, 2010 in the ratio of 4 equity shares of Re. 1 each of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited against 19 equity shares of Re. 1 each held in the Company.In FY 201112, the Company became Indias largest news network to reach over 100 million viewers across regions and languages. It launched Hindi news and infotainment channel for Central India Zee Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh taking its bouquet of channels to eight two national and six regional in 2012. The Company was renamed from Zee News Limited to Zee Media Corporation Limited with effect from July 6, 2013. In 201314, the Company acquired 37.87% equity stake in Maurya TV Private Limited, which runs Maurya TV, a news and entertainment channel for the region of Bihar/Jharkhand. Additionally, resulting the amalgamation of Essel Publishers Pvt Ltd with the Company, it expanded into print news media segment, through subsidiaries Diligent Media Corporation Limited (DMCL), which publishes DNA newspaper in cities of Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune and Pri Media Services Pvt Ltd, which is engaged in printing interalia of DNA newspaper.In addition to launching new channels, the Company in 201314, also restaged Zee News, Zee 24 Taas, 24 Ghanta, Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal (erstwhile Zee Punjabi) and Zee Sangam (erstwhile Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand) to keep up with the ever changing viewing patterns. Of these, Zee Marudhara and Zee Kalinga follow a new content format named Terrestrial Entertainment Network (TEN).During the year 201415, the Print Media Business comprising of printing and publication of English newspaper DNA housed in 3 subsidiaries viz. Mediavest India Pvt. Ltd, Diligent Media Corporation Ltd and PriMedia Services Pvt. Ltd were vested with the Company with effect from April 1, 2014, by way of Scheme of Amalgamation and additionally, resulting the acquisition of balance equity stake from existing shareholders, Maurya TV Pvt Ltd, an associate entity till March 31, 2014 became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with effect from December 12, 2014 and consequently the Broadcasting Business of Maurya TV a regional channel targeting Bihar and Jharkhand came under the Companys fold.In 201617, WION (World Is One News), Indias 1st Global English News Channel, was commercially launched by the network in December 2016 and expended its International presence with several bureaus in Asia, the USA and the UK. The channel made a mark with its indepth coverage of world events, such as the elections in the US and war against terrorism in Iraq, and of human interest stories arising out of India and abroad. The channel also launched several premium programmes, such as TechitOut (Technology show), WION Pitstop (Auto show) and Gravitas (Daily primetime show). WIONs flagship property, World Is One Global Leadership Series included exclusive interactions with global leaders, such as Bashar Al Assad (President, Syria), Recep Tayyip Erdagon (President, Turkey), Pervez Musharraf (Former President, Pakistan), and Hamid Karzai (Former President, Afghanistan) on issues impacting their respective countries as well as their relationships with India.In 201617, the restructuring of Print Media business, through a Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation inter alia for (a) Demerger of Print Media undertaking of the Company into Diligent Media Corporation Ltd (DMCL), a stepdown wholly owned subsidiary (b) consolidation of the Print Media business by merger of two other Print Media subsidiaries of the Company viz. Mediavest India Pvt Ltd and PriMedia Services Pvt Ltd into DMCL and (c) merger of Maurya TV Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary with the Company, with effect from Appointed Date of April 1, 2017. To facilitate the said Scheme certain restructuring of the Nonequity investments of the Company in PrintMedia subsidiaries were carried out, consequent to which as at March 31, 2017, ther Company holds 100% equity stake in 2 print media subsidiaries viz. Mediavest India Pvt Ltd and PriMedia Services Pvt Ltd and 100% of the paidup Preference Share Capital of nominal value of Rs 4362.66 Million in DMCL. Under the said Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation, the consideration payable by DMCL for vesting of Print Media Undertaking was discharged by issuance of Equity Shares to the Shareholders of the Company in the ratio of 1 Equity Share of DMCL for every 4 Equity Shares held in the Company. Upon the Scheme becoming effective, and after allotment of Equity Shares by DMCL to the Shareholders of the Company, the equity shares got listed on BSE and NSE.In 201819, the Company acquired balance 40% equity stake in Zee Akaash News Private Limited (ZANPL) from M/s. Sky B (Bangla) Private Limited and consequent to such acquisition ZANPL became wholly owned subsidiary with effect from June 1, 2018 and it sold 100% equity stake in EzMall Online Limited and resulting to this, it ceased to be Subsidiary on and from June 30, 2018.A Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in the name of Rapidcube Technologies Private Limited got incorporated on October 29, 2020. Two new TV news channels, viz. Hindi news and Bengali news were launched during 2020. Further, in 2021, the Digital Publishing Business Division of the Company was transferred to Rapidcube on May 4, 2021 and the said transfer was effective from April 1, 2021. In terms of the said Transfer, the Board of Directors of Rapidcube, on May 4, 2021, allotted 23,32,16,754 fully paid up Equity shares of Rs 10/ each to the Company through the Business Transfer Agreement.Zee Delhi NCR Haryana (Zee DNH) was launched during FY 2023 with relevant news content for the markets.

Zee Media Corporation reported a Q1 FY 2025-26 revenue of ₹182.36 crore, down -4.5% YoY, with net profit increased 21.0% to ₹-8.81 crore. For the full year FY2025–2026, revenue reached ₹632.97 crore and profit touched at ₹-119.42 crore.

As of 29 Aug, 2025, Zee Media Corporation share price is ₹12.4. The stock opened at ₹12.6 and had closed at ₹12.5 the previous day. During today’s trading session, Zee Media Corporation share price moved between ₹12.30 and ₹12.75, with an average price for the day of ₹12.53. Over the last 52 weeks, the stock has recorded a low of ₹10.96 and a high of ₹26.35. In terms of performance, Zee Media Corporation share price has declined by 9.8% over the past six months and has declined by 7.25% over the last year.