NEW DELHI: Even as the government has permitted non-governmental organisations to set up community radio stations (CRS), it is working to clear the list of applicants in the field of education who have applied for licenses for establishing, maintaining and operating such stations.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has signed an agreement with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry for setting up a CRS at Media Technology Centre in its campus which is expected to be operational within three months.
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MUMBAI: MTV Networks has announced the launch of MTV World Stage and MTV Push, two new music initiatives aimed at demonstrating MTV's unique international scale and connecting fans to the greatest and latest acts on the world music scene.
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MUMBAI: Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc, which controls ticketing at major venues across the US, and artist manager Live Nation Worldwide Inc are in talks to merge. The merger between the two companies is expected to be announced on Tuesday.
The Wall Street Journal reports that deal talks reached the final stages Sunday night, following the Grammy Awards.
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MUMBAI: After going through 29 successfully weeks on Doordarshan's National Network, finally Close-Up Performer winner is Altamash faridi which wwas aired on 9th February 2009 Monday at evening 10.00 PM on DD1.
After tough competioion between 100 of singers finally Altamash Faridi is Close-Up Performer and he gets a musical contract of 10 lakhs rupees also contract for Rajshri Production's next film, also one lakh rupees cash. Close-Up Performer is produced by famous Music Director Rav...
MUMBAI: Big Music has partnered with RockeTalk to bring an interactive mobile experience to the fans of filmmaker actor Farhan Akhtar.
After the release of Luck BY Chance... produced by Big Pictures and Excel Entertainment on 30 January 2009, Big Music has announced a partnership with RockeTalk, an application that users can download on their handset for free and experience various facets of the movie.
They can read about the movie, browse through the images of the stars, join fans clubs of Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen-Sharma, as well as take part in contests.
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MUMBAI: In its endeavor to further reinforce the clear leadership status that it enjoys amongst the listeners of the city, BIG 92.7 FM, India's No.1 FM Station, threw a gala farewell bash - �BIG Tashani' for class XII students Organised at the KD Palace on 7 Feb 09, the bash had participation of almost 1500 students of class XIIth.
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MUMBAI: Udaan Instrumental is an initiative taken by Udaan Entertainment Group and Kishan Kumar of T–Series; and it is recommended and referred none other than 'Bollywood Hunk' Salman Khan.
T-Series presents an incredible musical recreation titled 'Udaan Instrumental', an extraordinary blend of musicians who are visually impaired. 'Udaan" is an instrumental music album that covers super-hit and evergreen Bollywood melodies.
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MUMBAI: Betsy McGowen has been named President,newdance kids, the kids division of newdance, a dynamic new division of AECG (Alan Ett Creative Group) that focuses on developing creative concepts for strategic partnerships that unite brands and broadcasters, it was announced today by newdance President Peter Isacksen In the newly created position, McGowen will be responsible for overseeing newdance kids' slate of children's programming. Her duties will include product development, strategic planning, promotion, marketing, network relationships and production.
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MUMBAI: Moser Baer has launched its all new IVO series media players with features that deliver a high-quality listening experience to music lovers. The company's consumer products division has launched eight models in the IVO series-510i, 511i and 515i in 2GB and 4GB memory capacities. It comes with special high-brightness QVGA TFT display to enhance photo and video viewing apart from a rocking music listening experience.
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MUMBAI: The BBC World Service is suspending its FM programming to the Sri Lankan national broadcaster SLBC from Tuesday due to what it terms 'deliberate interference of its broadcasts by the Sri Lankan network'.
BBC programmes and individual news reports in the English, Sinhala and Tamil languages have been blocked by SLBC and have not been broadcast to listeners in Sri Lanka, says a BBC release.
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