NEW DELHI: The projected annual growth of the television and FM radio industries has gone up to 22 and 24 per cent respectively as a result of the liberal policy framework over the past few years which had increased competition and helped introduce new technologies and services.
Stating this, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma said today that the number of private TV channels uplinking from India had increased to 376 from 131 at the end of 2004, including 200 news and current affairs channels.
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MUMBAI: Abraxas emerged the winner at the Campus Rock Idols finals held in Hyderabad over the weekend. Along with bagging a cash prize of Rs 75,000, the band has also won the chance to open for Rock n India, the international rock music festival to be held in Bangalore on 14 and 15 February 2009.
The band will be performing along side international rock icon �Iron Maiden'.
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Indian film Sound Mixer and Sound Designer Resul Pookutty has won the British Academy Of Film & Television Arts, 2008 (BAFTA) award on Sunday evening and might well go on to win the Academy award for Sound Mixing of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionnaire later this month.
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PUNE: Independent artistes and labels from across the country gathered to discuss the issue of intellectual property rights on the second day of Baajaa Gaajaa, the Music Expo on 7 January at Pune.
Musicologist Dr Ashok Ranade, founder member of OML (Only much Louder) and Counter Culture records Vijay Nair, and organisers Shubha Mudgal, Dr Aneesh Pradhan and members of folk rock band Swarathma were present at the seminar.
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MUMBAI: Mangalore based college St Aloysius will shortly launch its community radio, �Sarang' - celebrating colours of life.
The college representatives signed their GOPA (Grant of Permission Agreement) last week in Delhi with the Information and Broadcasting ministry. The GOPA agreement allows the institute to purchase a transmitter and the college has submitted relevant documents to obtain the WOL (Wireless Operating License).
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MUMBAI: Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain kept the Indian flag flying with his collaborative album 'Global Drum Project' winning in the Contemporary World Music Album category.
The 51st Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday evening. Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band 'Grateful Dead', Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album.
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MUMBAI: Dish Network has launched FM channel Radio City on its platform in the US.
According to a company spokesperson, Radio City has commenced providing non-music content for the Dish Network's DTH platform in the United States. This is part of the brand's alternate revenue stream as part of which Radio City has previously also syndicated non-music content to international radio broadcasters across US, North America and the APAC region.
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MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 FM, the first fm station of North Bengal partnered with the largest flower festival of North East. Thousands of people including students and foreign tourists visited this Flower Show in Siliguri for four days.
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MUMBAI: Renowned to be the leader in the private FM space genre, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, India's hottest Radio station has yet again strengthened its numero uno position in the latest RAM scorecard. As per the recently declared results for the week 04 of 2009, Radio Mirchi has successfully garnered 84% of the total market share as it has gone past the 54 lakh mark in terms of overall reach (Cumes).
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PUNE: At the seminar on intellectual property rights at music expo Baajaa Gaajaa in Pune over the weekend, classical vocalist Shubha Mudgal suggested a separate regulatory body for independent artistes,"Why can't we have an independent body like the PPL and IPRS only meant for independent artistes?" Mudgal questioned.
With respect to the present law, Professor TN Daruwala answered, "You can't have a collective society - IPRS is that soceity."
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