MUMBAI: Taking forward its association with Sony BMG and Vishesh Films for Raaz – The mystery continues, Mumbai's Radio City 91.1FM, �Whatte Fun Mornings' (7-11AM) with RJ Singh-Chana today featured a LIVE interview with singer Sonu Niigaam and Music Director Raju Singh for their track �Soniyo'. With Radio City having exclusive rights to this track nationally, the FM station broke this song with exclusive radio-play from Dec 19-21, 2008.
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MUMBAI: Project Playlist, Inc., the leading social media network where music fans discover, create, and share playlists today announced an agreement with SONY BMG that will provide its users direct access to SONY BMG's extensive digital music library of audio and video. By adding SONY BMG's rich catalog to its service, Project Playlist will enhance fans' social networking and discovery experience, and ultimately increase the distribution and digital commerce of music content online.
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MUMBAI: The Mumbai High Court has scheduled the final hearing of the case filed by music label Sony BMG against Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision for use of a song from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya in its latest production, Golmaal Returns, in January 2009.
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Meeting with a King, I'd assumed, would have a tiresome prelude. There'd be ministers to please and courtesans to put at ease. There'd be plotting vazirs and doting maharanis. Not quite right with his lordship, SRK. Ok, maybe there were two or three hyper P.R chics, a handful of cautious security guards and two sweet, snoozing dogs who seemed to say �the king can take care of himself.' That of course because the king was expecting moi? I dont dare to assume I'd get into the hallowed wall...
MUMBAI: Pop star George Michael's neighbours have sought the singer's help to combat the growing menace of knife crime in the UK.
They have asked Michael to lend his time to a school song project aimed at combating such crimes.
The singer has received pleas from residents and school officials in Highgate, North London, where he lives, asking him to support a scheme encouraging children to express themselves through music rather than fighting.
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MUMBAI: Delhi boy Ravi Shukla has emerged the winner of this year's television music talent hunt, Amul Star Voice of India, featured on Star Plus.
In the finale held in Mumbai on Sunday, Ravi Shukla was crowned the winner by chief guest Sonu Niigaam and awarded a brand new car along with a cheque for Rs 2.5 million and a contract for his first album in conjunction with T-Series.
While several critics considered runner-up Sikkim girl Saptaparna Chakraborty, a better singer, Shukl...
MUMBAI: Image Line Software, a leading developer of innovative music production software, will present its updated product portfolio at booth 7007 during the forthcoming winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California from January 15 to 18, 2009. Visitors and press are invited to visit the booth and collect a complimentary copy of the Image Line Showcase DVD, complete with detailed product descriptions & trial versions and a free copy of Edison - WAV Editor/recorder.
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MUMBAI: Portable media player maker Cowon has announced the launch of its latest model Cowon S9 in the Indian market.
Initially, Cowon S9 was seen at the IFA in Berlin.
Coming with a stylish 3.3 inch AMOLED display, Cowon S9 comes with music, video, and photo playback plus lots of other exciting features that include 500Mhz Dual Core CPU, T-DMB TV, Bluetooth, FM tuner, voice/radio/line recording, a Flash player, and a text reader.
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MUMBAI: Consumer electronics company Sony is bringing some of the top music and movie titles in entertainment history to consumers in an easy-to-use, portable electronic format.
The company is introducing a new series of its MicroVault Click USB flash drives pre-loaded with a choice of either Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition... – the best-selling album of all time – or the movies The Da Vinci Code and Men in Black.
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NEW DELHI: MTV UK will axe 80 jobs, or around 10 per cent of its workforce, as part of its parent company Viacom's global plan to save $250 million in 2009.
London-based MTV UK and MTV International, part of Viacom's MTV Networks division, have cut between 70 and 80 jobs out of a workforce of around 750 based in Camden and Oxford Street.
MTV UK, which comprises channels like MTV One, VH1 and TMF, told its staff that it would begin a 30-day consultation on the cuts which are expected to affect most of the departments.
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