MUMBAI: With the opportunities that FM Phase III auction will offer and the challenges that digital platform with increased connectivity will pose, the radio industry needs to cohesively position itself as an attractive proposition to advertisers, TAM Media Research Sr VP - S-Group & Marketing Pradeep Hejmadi said.
Though dwarfed by television, the Rs 1,300 crore radio has had a steady growth of 11-13 percent (December 2012). However, things are expected in the industry soon.
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MUMBAI: Touted as the timeless bollywood music channel, 9X Jalwa has witnessed substantial changes recently. After witnessing a restructuring of the sales team, the channel is now focused on innovation and growth with new packaging greeting its viewers.
Keeping in mind their vast catalogue of bollywood music, the channel aims to offer more variety to audience with the launch of a new show ‘Jalwa Jubilee Hits’.
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MUMBAI: Peter Luff, the conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, doesn’t believe that the children are being exposed enough to music in elementary school. Furthermore, he feels that music should be a right and that adults, educational and music professionals most notably, have the obligation to impart some kind of musical knowledge and appreciation to them.
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has been performing during an annual concert series to elementary schools specifically in an effort to fight against the decline in well-supported music and arts programs.
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MUMBAI: Korean handset maker Samsung has officially launched its dual-SIM smartphone Galaxy Grand Quattro in the Indian market.
The device sports 4.7-inch WVGA TFT display, TouchWiz UI layer, Motion UI, android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 5MP auto focus rear camera, VGA front c...
NEW DELHI: In its commitment to offer innovative products and services to its customers, Aircel,one of India’s leading telecom players today introduced yet another innovative product under its ‘Extra’ proposition – ‘Extra Recharge’. Through an easy recharge of Rs 69, the customers will enjoy Full Talk time and get an Extra talktime upto Rs 100.
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MUMBAI: After more than one month of suspense on the spectrum fee for community radio stations (CRS), the Wireless Planning and coordination (WPC), under the Ministry of Communications have finally issued an order saying that there will no change in the spectrum fee till September 2013.
This means that CRS will still pay Rs 19, 200 for royalty and Rs 500 license fee as per the order of 13 February. This is the continuation order.
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MUMBAI: Sony Mobile today announced that Xperia Tablet Z - the world's slimmest, lightest premium Android tablet - is now available to buy across the globe through Sony's retail and operator partners as well as online channels. The multi-award winning product - which recently picked up a Red Dot Design Award 2013 - has received the largest number of pre-orders of any Sony tablet to date.
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MUMBAI: Country-pop star Taylor Swift struck it big at the Billboard Awards. The singer nominated in 11 categories won eight of them including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for 'Red'. The album has sold over 3.7 million copies.
Swift's wins in other categories included top female artist, top country artist and top digital songs artist. 'Red' topped the Billboard 200 and country albums categories. Her song 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' was named top country song....
