Zee Media Corporation
Zee Media Corporation Limited was formerly known as Zee News Limited. It is one of India’s largest television news networks with presence both in the national and regional space. The company is behind the country’s first ever satellite channel, Zee TV.
Zee Media Corporation is a part of Essel Group, headed by Subhash Chandra. ZMCL has 14 news channels in eight different languages across the country, including Zee Odisha, Zee 24 Ghanta, Zee 24 Taas among others. The owner’s family also own a distribution network Dish TV India Ltd. Zee Media is also active in Film and Video production and runs a Film School called ZIMA, Zee Institute of Media Arts.
Zee Media Corporation Limited is a listed company where 30.89% of shares are publicly traded in the stock market. The remaining 69.11% shares are owned through Essel Group of companies.
Mother Company
Essel Group
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Public Limited by shares
Business Sectors
TV Broadcasting; Publications; Film Production; Technology; Packaging; Infrastructure; Education; Precious Metals; Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness; Financial Services; Oil and Gas; Potash Mining; Nuclear based Energy
Individual Owner
Public
30.89% shares of the company are owned by Public.
Shashi Gupta
Other Print Outlets
DNA Daily News and Analysis (Missing Data)
Other TV Outlets
Zee News (Missing Data)
World is One News (Missing Data)
Zee Business, (Missing Data)
Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal (Missing Data)
Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh (Missing Data)
Zee Salaam (Missing Data)
Zee 24 Taas (Missing Data)
Zee Kalinga (Missing Data)
Zee Hindustan (Missing Data)
Zee 24 Ghanta (Missing Data)
Zee Rajasthan (Missing Data)
Zee Bihar Jharkhand (Missing Data)
Zee 24 Kalak (Missing Data)
Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand (Missing Data)
Other Online Outlets
http://zeenews.india.com
http://zeenews.india.com/hindi
https://www.zeebiz.com
https://www.zeebiz.com/hindi/
https://www.youtube.com/user/zeenews
https://www.india.com/
Media Business
Multi System Operator
Siti Networks Limited
Film Production and Distribution
Zee Studios
Over-The-Top and Live TV
ZEE5
Publications
Diligent Media Corporation Limited
Direct-To-Home Service
Dish TV India Limited
Business
Infrastructure Outsourcing
Cyquator Technologies
Specialty Packaging
Essel Propack Limited
Infrastructure
Essel Infraprojects Limited
Integrated Utilities
Smart Utilities
Lifestyle Malls
E-City Real Estates Private Limited
PNG and CNG Projects
Siti Energy Limited
Property Management
E-City Property Management and Services Private Limited
Education
Zee Learn Limited
Zee Institute of Media Arts
HR Solutions
Liberium
Precious Metals
Shirpur Gold Refinery
Financial Services
Essel Finance
Morgan Gatsby
Oil and Gas & Potash Mining
Essel Group ME
General Information
Founding Year
1991
Affiliated Interests Founder
is credited with starting India’s first ever satellite television entertainment channel, Zee TV in 1992. He also started India’s privately-owned news channel, Zee News. Dr. Chandra is an Independent Member of the Rajya Sabha, (Upper House of the Indian Parliament), since 2016 – a seat he won with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers in the state of Haryana. BJP is currently the ruling party in the country.
Dr. Subhash Chandra is part of the Goenka business family. His brothers Laxmi Narain Goel, Jawahar Goel and Ashok Goel head different businesses of the Essel Group. Jawahar Goel is the Chairman and Managing Director of Dish TV India Ltd. Dish TV is the Direct-to-Home (DTH) Entertainment Company, and is in the distribution space. Dr. Chandra is the non-Executive Director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, that owns the entertainment arm, Zee TV. His son, Punit Goenka is the Managing Director of and CEO of the company. Dr. Chandra’s second son, Amit Goenka is the CEO of the company’s international broadcast business.
Employees
Missing Data
Contact
14th Floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex, N M Joshi Marg,
Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013
Tel.: +91-22-7106 1234
Fax No.: +91-22-2300 2107
Website: www.esselgroup.com/zee-media-corporation-limited.html
Tax/ ID Number
CIN: L92100MH1999PLC121506
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
INR 5874 Million/ USD 90.064 Million
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
INR 1135.22 Million/ USD 17.406 Million
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Missing Data
Management
Executive Board
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Independent Director, Zee Media Corporation Limited, Diligent Media Corporation Limited, Prince Pipes and Fittings Limited, Quantum Asset Management Company Private Limited, Bloom Systems Private Limited
Independent Director, Zee Media Corporation Limited, Dish TV India Limited, Space Mobility Limited, Essel Finance AMC Limited, Essel Forex Limited, Dish Infra Services Private Limited, Today Merchandise Private Limited
Independent Director, Zee Media Corporation Limited, Today Merchandise Private Limited
Non-Executive Board
Non-Executive Chairman, Zee Media Corporation Limited, ETC Networks Limited, PRI Media Services Private Limited, Quantum Trustee Company Private Limited
Other Influential People
Editor-in-Chief, Zee News, Zee Business, World Is One News
Further Information
Headlines
Meta Data
Most data about ZMCL was available online through the company’s Annual Report and through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India registry. Establishing the final beneficial owner of the company was challenging because there were many dozen companies through which the final owner held stake in Zee Media Corporation Limited. # Also, the other businesses, and allied Media businesses mentioned in the study here belong not directly to Zee Media Corporation Limited, but to Essel Group of Companies, the mother entity, although not a legal entity. The Subhash Chandra family, himself, his wife, his brothers, and sons control the businesses of the Essel Group. The company was written to, seeking confirmation of all the details pertaining to the channel and the Company, via email on 15th January 2019, and a courier on 1st February 2019. There has been no response from the company.
