MUMBAI: It's been quite sometime that Channel [V] from Star India has been headless. No more. The management today in an internal memo announced that Star India senior vice president - marketing Prem Kamath would be taking over as general manager of Channel [V], which was once the clutter-cutter amongst music channels.
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MUMBAI: A Google search on the words 'music expo' will show results like, WOMEX, SXSW and now even Baajaa Gaajaa.
Although it would be too early to say Baajaa Gaaja in same breath as that of the other music industry trade fairs that dot the industry calendar worldwide, the Pune event organised by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan last week did seem to have the potential to become an influential platform which Indian musicians will hopefully look forward to attend in the future.
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MUMBAI: Harrish M Bhatia, COO, 94.3 MY FM was presented the Radio Personality of the Year Award... at the recently held 3rd Indy's Awards function held in Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The Indy's Awards recognize outstanding performances in the field of communication. Mr. Bhatia was also chairing a session at the Global Youth Marketing Forum.
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MUMBAI: The Community Radio Forum is thinking of forming a consortium to approach ad agencies to collectively negotiate for ad rates for CRS operational in the country.
The third annual meet of the Community Radio Forum, a representative body for community radio broadcasters, was held at the offices of Radio Bundelkhand, an intiative of Development Alternatives at Orchha, Jhansi on 14 February.
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Spice Mobiles has launched its latest inexpensive mobile phone in India, dubbed the Spice S-590.
The elegant phone includes features like a digital camera with video recording capability, 1.8-inch screen delivering 128Ă—1160 resolution, MP3 player, FM radio with recorder, torch, Mobile tracker, call blacklist, SMS scheduler, expandable memory upto 2 GB and the 3D user interface with 13 options to choose.
The Spice S-590 phone also comes with a unique VAS voice prompt applicat...
MUMBAI: Legendary jazz pianist and multiple Grammy winner Herbie Hancock will record an album with sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar and gramophone winning tabla player Zakir Hussain later this month.
"I am excited about this latest project. The record is a global collaborative project about peace and what can be achieved in a combined way by different cultures," Hancock, who is in India as part of a US cultural delegation to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the visit of Martin Luther...
MUMBAI: Omnifone, the world's leading independent unlimited music service provider, today announces MusicStation Next Generation, a revolutionary service which gives broadband users legitimate unlimited access to the world's music on their Mac, PC and set-top box. In partnership with internet service providers (ISPs) and cable companies, the service heralds a new era in home entertainment, delivering unlimited access to both music and music videos direct to a broadband user's living room.
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MUMBAI: Radio Misty Sikkim 95 fm,the first 24x7 Fm station of Sikkim has started a unique poetry contest for listeners .Listeners can send their poems in any language to Radio Misty Sikkim at Chingapa house, development Area, Gangtok. Winners will get an opportunity to be at studios of Radio Misty and air their poems live. Beside this winners will get Mobile Phones and other goodies as prizes.
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MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, India's No.1 FM Station, which plays music that pampers the mood of the listeners as its endeavor to cater to listener delight today had the crew of movie TN 07 L 4777 at BIG 92.7 FM studios to flag off a special promotional campaign and to host live Kalakkal Kaalai... on-air show with RJ BIG Dheena
Actor Pasupathy and director of the movie Lakshmikanthan were present at BIG 92.7 FM office to flag off a special bus to promote the movie and then went on-air live wit...
MUMBAI: Resul Pookutty has become the first Indian to be honoured with a Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award.
Pookutty won the Award for Best Production Mixer for Slumdog Millionaire at the award ceremony held at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on 14 February. Pookutty incidentally bagged the Bafta award for Slumdog Millionaire just a few days ago, and also has an Oscar nomination for the same film.
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