MUMBAI: Radio One has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Manipal University, to provide students with academic training, infrastructure, networking links, and to facilitate joint programs and teaching collaborations.
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MUMBAI: Lavina Tauro has been promoted as senior vice-president, voice products for the UTV Interactive vertical, the digital arm of the UTV Group.
Under her leadership, the company has launched audio cinema, and executed products in the devotional and music space, both vital components of the UTV Interactive division.
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MUMBAI: Hungama has tied up with Finnish mobile application developer, Huuked Labs to integrate its digital store content by launching an Indian specific app 'Huuked.' This is a mobile file-sharing software application for Symbian Series 60 and Java enabled handsets.
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MUMBAI: The French regulators have banned the usage of the words 'Facebook' and 'Twitter' on radio and television programs.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's colleagues have agreed to uphold a 1992 decree, which stipulates that commercial enterprises should not be promoted on news programs, states a report.
The law allows broadcasting anchors to use the brand names, only if a news story is specifically about either of the two companies.
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NEW DELHI: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today issued notice to the Central Government and the Central Board of Film Certification on a public interest litigation seeking stay on public exhibition of Salman Khan starrer movie 'Ready' which has already been released.
A vacation division bench of Justices Devi Prasad Singh and SC Chaurasia of the Court asked the respondents to file a reply on the issue by 12 June.
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MUMBAI: To support the United Nations Environmental Programme's World Environment Day celebrations, Wizcraft International Entertainment has created a song along with Shubha Mudgal, Debojyoti Mishra and Sam Panchamukhi for the upcoming, World Environment Day. Together, the three artists have infused their true feeling about the environment in the song. Earlier this week, IIFA and UNEP have struck a partnership in a bid to protect the environment by saving forests.
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MUMBAI: Music in Goa is known for its Latin American roots and one Goan musician Colin D'Cruz got the opportunity to perform Latin-jazz with a couple of masters from Brazil and America. Thanks to the Internet.
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MUMBAI: Bangalore based Kaleem Pasha, the young multifaceted and multi-talented singer, sarod player, actor, poet and Co-writer will release a book titled Flashback... on late actor Bob Christo (bodyguard of actor-filmmaker Sanjay Khan) on June 14th at Crossword, Juhu Mumbai. Bob Christo during his last days was closely associated with Kaleem Pasha, who became a fan of his. Very few may be aware that Bob Christo was a Shaayar... too. The book will highlight never known facts of the late versatile actor known for his bad-man roles.
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MUMBAI: BAG Films radio business housed under Dhamaal24, has posted operating profit for the first time in both, full fiscal and quarter ended 31 March 2011.
For the full fiscal, income from Dhamaal24 has jumped to Rs 107.47 million, as against an income of Rs 40.66 million in the previous fiscal. Segment profit stood at Rs 49.24 million, as against a loss of Rs 17.42 million in FY'10.
Meanwhile, during the fourth-quarter of the fiscal, Dhamaal24 has posted segment profit of Rs 12.92 million over a revenue of Rs 25.14 million.
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MUMBAI: VideoSurf, which offers video discovery, has announced a new mobile application that is now available on millions of smartphones from US telecom major Verizon Wireless
VideoSurf's app lets customers discover, search and identify video available on any device – including TV episodes, movies, music videos and video clips – by doing a visual and audio search using a smartphone, or by typing a query directly into the app.
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