Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (''BRSR'')

August 31, 2026 National Stock Exchange of India Limited BSE Limited Exchange Plaza, Plot no. C/1, G Block, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400 051 Mumbai – 400 001 NSE Symbol - ZEEMEDIA Script Code - 532794 Kind Attn. : Corporate Relationship Department Subject : Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report of the Company for the Financial Year 2025-26 Dear Sir/ Madam, This is in continuation to our intimation dated August 31, 2026, wherein the Annual Report of the Company for the Financial Year 2025-26, as circulated to the shareholders of the Company, was submitted with the Stock Exchanges. In this regard, Regulation 34(2)(f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended, and relevant circular(s) issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, please find enclosed the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (“BRSR”) of the Company for the Financial Year 2025-26, which also forms an integral part of Annual Report of the Company, which was submitted with the Exchanges on August 31, 2026. The said Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report of the Company is also available at the Investor Section on the website of the Company viz. www.zeemedia.in. You are requested to kindly take the above information on your records. Thanking you Yours truly, For Zee Media Corporation Limited Ranjit Srivastava Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Membership No. F14007 Contact No.: +91-120-715 3000 Encl.: As above CORPORATE OVERVIEW MANAGEMENT REPORTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (BRSR) This Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report is testament to our accountability towards all our stakeholders. In line with the nine principles of National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (“NGRBCs”), the report summarises our efforts to conduct our business with responsibility and consists of three Sections: Section A provides a broad overview of the business, its offerings, business and operations footprint, employees, related parties, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and transparency. Section B covers management and process disclosures related to the businesses aimed at demonstrating the structures, policies and processes put in place towards adopting the NGRBC Principles and Core Elements. Section C provides indicator-wise disclosures mapped to the nine principles of NGRBC which are listed at the start of Section B. SECTION A: GENERAL DISCLOSURES I. Details of the listed entity 1 Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the Listed Entity L92100MH1999PLC121506 2 Name of the Listed Entity Zee Media Corporation Limited 3 Year of Incorporation 1999 4 Registered office address 135, Continental Building, 2nd Floor, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai – 400018 Maharashtra 5 Corporate office address FC-9, Sector 16A, Film City, Noida, Uttar Pradesh – 201301 6 E-mail complianceofficer@zeemedia.com 7 Telephone 0120-715 3000 8 Website www.zeemedia.in 9 Financial year for which reporting is being done FY 2025-2026 10 Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where shares are National Stock Exchange of India Limited (‘NSE’) and BSE listed Limited (‘BSE’) 11 Paid-up Capital Rs. 625,428,680/- 12 Name and contact details (telephone, email address) Mr. Ranjit Srivastava of the person who may be contacted in case of any Company Secretary & Compliance Officer queries on the BRSR Report Contact: 0120 – 7153000 Email: complianceofficer@zeemedia.com 13 Reporting boundary Disclosures made in this report are on a standalone basis and pertain only to Zee Media Corporation Limited 14 Name of assessment or assurance provider Not Applicable 15 Type of assessment of assurance obtained Not Applicable ZEE MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED | ANNUAL REPORT 2025-26 | 201 CORPORATE OVERVIEW MANAGEMENT REPORTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS II. Products/Services 16. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover): Sr. No. Description of Main Activity Description of Business Activity % of Turnover of the entity 1 Broadcasting of satellite television channels Advertisement Income 69.68% 2 Broadcasting of satellite television channels Subscription Income 6.73% 3 Other content distribution activities Sale / License – Content 23.59% 17. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity’s turnover): Sr. No. Product/Services NIC Code % of total turnover contributed 1. Television programming and Broadcasting activities 60200 100% III. Operations 18. Number of locations where plants and/or operations/offices of the entity are situated: Sr. No. Location Number of plants Number of offices Total 1. National NA 19 19 2. International NA Nil Nil 19. Markets served by the entity: a. Number of locations Sr. No. Number of Locations served Number 1. National (Number of states) PAN India 2. International (Number of countries) 190 b. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity? 14.36% c. A brief on types of customers The Company works with various advertisers including leading corporations and the public sector undertaking for generation of advertisement revenue and serves viewers across diverse regions for consumption of its content. Further, the Company also deals with various distribution platform operators which include cable, DTH and other platforms for distribution of the channels of the Company. 202 | ZEE MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED | ANNUAL REPORT 2025-26 CORPORATE OVERVIEW MANAGEMENT REPORTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IV. Employees 20. Details as at the end of Financial Year: a. Employees and workers (including differently abled): Sr. No. Particulars Total Male Female (A) No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) Employees 1. Permanent (D) 1568 1239 79% 329 21% 2. Other than Permanent (E) 474 423 89% 51 11% 3. Total employees (D + E) 2042 1662 81% 380 19% Workers* 1. Permanent (F) 2. Other than Permanent (G) Not applicable 3. Total workers (F + G) *The Company does not have any workers, hence in all the sections, details sought for the ‘Workers’ category are not applicable b. Differently abled Employees and workers: Sr. No. Particulars Total Male Female (A) No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) Differently abled Employees: 1. Permanent (D) 2. Other than permanent (E) Nil 3. Total Differently abled employees (D+E) Differently abled Workers 1. Permanent (F) 2. Other than permanent (G) Not applicable 3. Total Differently abled workers (F+G) 21. Participation/Inclusion/Representation of women Particulars Total No. and percentage of Females No. (A) No. (B) % (B/A) Board of Directors 6 1 16.67% Key Management Personnel# 3 0 NA #Out of three KMPs, One KMP viz. CFO, is also on the Board as Executive Director and has been shown under both categories. KMP are CEO, CFO/ WTD and Company Secretary. ZEE MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED | ANNUAL REPORT 2025-26 | 203 CORPORATE OVERVIEW MANAGEMENT REPORTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 22. Turnover rate for permanent employees and workers Category FY 2025-26 FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) Permanent employees 25% 41% 66% 25% 38% 63% 21% 33% 54% Permanent workers Not Applicable V. Holding, Subsidiary and Associate Companies (including Joint ventures) 23. (a) Names of holding / subsidiary@/ associate companies / joint ventures S. No. Name of the holding / subsidiary / Indicate whether % of Does the entity indicated associate companies / joint ventures (A) holding/ shares at column A, participate in Subsidiary/ held by the Business Responsibility Associate/ Joint listed initiatives of the listed Venture entity entity? (Yes/No) 1 Indiadotcom Digital Private Limited Subsidiary 100 No 2 Zee Akaash News Private Limited Subsidiary 100 No 3 Pinewz Digital Private Limited# Subsidiary 100 No 4 Today Merchandise Private Limited Associate 49 No 5 Today Retail Network Private Limited Associate 49 No # During the Financial Year [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]