Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited's (ZEEL) revenue for the fiscal ended 31st March 2023 stands at Rs 8167.62 crore compared to last fiscal’s Rs 8305.86 crore.

The company has recorded ad revenue of Rs 4057.89 crore a drop of 7.6% compared to last year’s Rs 4396.15 crore.

The company said that its other sales and services revenue YoY was down 25%, and up 71% QoQ aided by new launches and higher syndication revenue.

The company's expenditure was up 10.3% to Rs 7364 crore compared to Rs 6674.14 crore. EBITDA for FY23 was down by 38% YoY due to a decline in revenue and elevated strategic investments across the business. It fell from Rs 1780.33 crore to Rs 1101.1 crore this fiscal. EBITDA margin came in at 13.6 % compared to 21.7%.

The operating expenditure for the fiscal increased 10.5% to Rs 4468.6 crore from Rs 4041.79 crore. Profit after tax for the business has dropped by 76.1 % from Rs 1053.8 crore to Rs 251.4 crore.

The total revenue for its OTT platform ZEE5 stood at Rs 741 crore, up by 36% in FY23 compared to the previous fiscal.

The company said that the programming and technology costs were higher YoY due to higher content cost in movies, investment in ZEE5 and Sports.

Personnel expenses decreased from Rs 826.1 crore to Rs 823.8 crore YoY.

Advertising & Promotional expenses surged by 23 % to Rs 1055.4 crore from Rs 858.5 crore as new content launches on Digital increased the marketing cost on a YoY and QoQ basis.

Compared to the last quarter of FY22, the advertising and subscription revenue of the company fell by 5%.

The platform's global MonthAly Active Users (MAUs) stands at 113.8 million in March 2023 compared to 104.8 million in March 2022. The number of Global Daily Active Users (DAUs) has increased from 10.5 million to 11.1 million.