MUMBAI: At a time when Bollywood is waking up to the issues of homosexuality and films on atypical subjects are being welcomed by audiences with open arms, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, India's hottest Radio station entertained its listeners by providing an exclusive sneak peek of Vinay Pathak – Gul Panag's one-of-its-kind romantic comedy �Straight'.
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MUMBAI: Music channel 9XM has launched a mobile site – WAP.9XM.IN.
Apart from the music videos and wallpapers of the latest Bollywood movies such as Delhi 6, Billu Barber, Jai Veeru, etc; the mobile site will also offer the best of 9XM's animated characters, mobile games, special ringtones, themes and loads of interesting features that will entertain a visitor.
The site will features the best of the popular 9XM characters such as Bade Chote, Bheegi Billi and Betel Nuts.
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MUMBAI: UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping managers of community and FM radio stations, public service broadcasting agencies and any other organizations that deal with audio files create prototype archives of digital audio documents.
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NEW DELHI: The Voice of America, which now broadcasts 1,500 hours of radio and television news and feature programmes each week for a foreign audience of 134 million people, is increasingly using the Internet to interact with its audience.
In addition to transmitting news and information, it operates social networking programs on its website and uses blogs and webchats to encourage audience participation.
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MUMBAI: Playback singer and composer Roop Kumar Rathod is debuting into the Marathi music industry with the movie Gulmohar... directed by Gajendra Ahire.
Speaking about the new initiative, Rathod says that he has always wanted to try his hand at something new. He says he considers Gajendra Ahire, the director of Gulmohar... a close friend and believes that he is a wonderful person to work with as he believes in a sensitive, creative and musical approach to life.
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MUMBAI: AECG (Alan Ett Creative Group) and the UK based Cutting Edge Group have formed AE2 Music, a newly established co-venture that will market the music of both companies to the film, television and commercial industries.
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MUMBAI: In a special programme, Atif Aslam Unplugged, the popular Pakistani pop-singer speaks exclusively to the BBC's Deepak Sharma about his singing career, his entry into Bollywood, favourite songs, singers and actors and his fan following The singer also shares with the BBC his childhood memories and his aspirations.
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MUMBAI: GeniusRocket, a leading social network of creative talent, today announced the successful conclusion of a creative request project with South by Southwest (SXSW) festival and conference. SXSW, the leading technology, music, and film convergence conference and festival, selected four promotional videos created by users within the GeniusRocket community.
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