MUMBAI: Big FM has completed the launch of its 45th station with the start of operations in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The station has hit airwaves from today, 10th July.
The station was launched by Chief Minister of the state, Prem Kumar Dhumal.
The Shimla station is expected to reach out to almost one million people in Himachal Pradesh,... says Big FM regional director north Siddharth Bhardwaj.
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MUMBAI: Chennai based talk radio station Chennai Live, which turned a year old this week, has announced an array of new shows that will hit the airwaves soon.
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MUMBAI: Bassplayer Colin D'Cruz launched a new band called 'Latin Connection' with a regular Wednesday night performance at Cavala in Baga. As the name suggests the band is all about connecting with Goa's Latin roots. The band features Zezinho Fernandes on vocals and guitar, Darrell Rodrigues on keyboards, Colin D'Cruz on fretless bass and Lester Godinho on drums and percussion.
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MUMBAI: Indaba Music (www.indabamusic.com), the leading suite of online tools for musicians, today publicly launched its Session Console 2.0, an innovative digital audio workstation (DAW) that brings high-quality recording to the web for the first time. The application is built on Sun Microsystems' JavaFX platform and is being launched in conjunction with a contest to remix stems from Rivers Cuomo, lead singer of the multiplatinum music group, Weezer, who endorsed the application.
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MUMBAI: Motorola has announced a full touchscreen music phone Motorola ROKR ZN50 for the Korean market.
The handset features a 3.2-inch display that offers 427 x 240 resolution. It incorporates automatic screen rotation, shake to switch tracks and 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. The dimensions of the phone are 54mm x 108.9mm x 14.34mm and weighs just 143 grams. Reportedly, the handset also provides an e-dictionary and supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA.
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MUMBAI: The Xplosiv Family began when two young guys from Oldham (Blitz-i and Big Sam) met by fate and brought their talents together to form one of the brightest and biggest upcoming music organisation (Groups/Bands), which consists of some of the hottest producers and artists in the northwest. The Group consists of Blitz-I (Singer, Rapper, Composer/Producer), Big sam (DJ, Composer/Producer)
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MUMBAI: While the number of music download users in the Asia Pacific will reach 878.9 million by the end of 2013, India is the country that will record the highest growth in the number of users, according to new market research report by IE Market Research Corporation.
IE Market Research Corporation (IEMR), the Canadian-based provider of market intelligence services, announced today the release of its Asia Pacific Digital Music Forecast for online, mobile, and subscription channels, 2009 - 2013.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) has partnered with Gemalto, a digital security provider, to jointly promote Smart Video Card (SVC) as a new music distribution channel.
Smart Video Card is a Gemalto innovation that embeds a DVD-compliant optical disc into the card body of a regular sim card.
As per the partnership, Gemalto will offer UMG content along with its sim card products outside North America, while UMG international will promote SVC towards operators to deliver online content.
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