MUMBAI: To add to the fun and frolic quotient of the festive Deepawali season, 94.3 My FM launched an extraordinary activity for its listeners in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Raipur and Jaipur. Promoting the tradition of spring cleaning the house to welcome Goddess Laxmi, it launched an innovative contest, entitled Safai Karo…Laxmi Bulaoo... in which listeners were encouraged to clean and decorate their homes in the most innovative ways with the least investment. The w...
MUMBAI: Music fans are about to get two new ways to find and sample songs on the Web, as Google and Facebook introduce new features on their services.
Google, the search giant, plans to announce a music initiative at an event it will hold at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood next Wednesday, according to three people briefed on the details, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the service before it was announced, say media reports.
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MUMBAI: Music label Saregama India Ltd has acquired music rights of A R Rahman's latest Hollywood film Couples Retreat for the Indian market. Couples Retreat is Rahman's first international project after his Academy Award winning score of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
Saregama India vice president Atul Churamani confirmed their latest acquisition and said, "It's possibly the first Hollywood soundtrack that we have acquired. The fact that it has some fantastic piece of music and...
Radio Misty has been one of the few radio stations that has managed to traverse the less trodden regions in the country's North-East. With stations in West Bengal's Siliguri and Sikkim capital Gangtok, the station caters to listeners in neighboring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh as well
Radio Misty's CEO Nishant Mittal in conversation with Harpreet Khokhar of Radioandmusic.com, outlines his plans for the station for the months ahead.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi, Entertainment Network India Ltd's radio business, is back in the black as it curtailed its expenses in a still recovering... advertising market.
The second-quarter net profit stood at Rs 38.17 million despite a 9.15 per cent fall in revenue. For the earlier-year period, Radio Mirchi had a net loss of Rs 32.78 million.
An aggressive cost management kept total expenses down by 19.39 per cent to Rs 509.36 million for the quarter under review.
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Mumbai: October 30 is a date that will continue to haunt the people of Assam.
For on this very day last year, hundreds of innocent lives were lost in a series of highly powerful IED blasts that rocked various parts of the State. Though almost a year is about to pass since that day, the horror of the devastation and lives lost continue to linger in our memory…
Every Art, they say, has a purpose behind it. And music again is supposed to be the most authentic and potent chronicler of the times.
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MUMBAI: SendMe Mobile, the premier mobile media company, today announced a multi-faceted partnership with Sony Music Entertainment to offer mobile phone users access to Sony Music's roster of acclaimed artists through SendMeMobile.com.
As part of the agreement, SendMe will offer users a comprehensive selection of Sony Music ringtones, videos and wallpaper images of artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Franz Ferdinand, T-Pain, Wyclef Jean and more.
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MUMBAI: T-Series' latest venture Patiala House is expected to go on the floors on 21 December.
The film, starring Akshay Kumar, will have Anushka Sharma of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi fame playing the female lead. Rishi Kapoor has been signed on to play a key role. Other cast and credits are being finalised.
Directed by Nikhil Advani, the film is being jointly produced by T-Series chairman & managing director Bhushan Kumar and Mukesh Talreja.
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