MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, today announced the launch of Six-String™ on the App Store. Six-String™ is a new iPhone and iPod touch music app that delivers a dynamic guitar experience and includes chart-topping hits culled from real studio masters.
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MUMBAI: Bright Telecom has launched its range of handsets in India under the name G-phone. The company has launched G-588 that can be used in two totally different modes like GSM + GSM or GSM + CDMA.
The handset has a 2.2" screen and also comes with QWERTY keypad along with applications like Nimbuzz, the one single social networking application which would help users to stay connected with their friends through Facebook, Twitter, Skype and a host of other messenger services like, G-Tal...
MUMBAI: With the falling ARPUs, the biggest question for those in the value chain remains of finding alternative revenue models that give the eco system a boost.
The Day 2 of Ficci Frames 2010 saw representatives of players like Comviva, Nokia, Intel, Hungama, Dolby and Tata Teleservices discuss the possible ways of boosting the VAS segment.
Experts from the industry believe that $ 1.6 billion worth VAS business largely remains unexplored.
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MUMBAI: Reliance Media World Limited's radio venture Big FM has introduced structural changes in its brand name. The station which was earlier called �Big 92.7 FM' has been renamed as �92.7 Big FM'.
The alteration has been made to emphasize on the frequency '92.7 FM'. Comments Big FM Senior Vice President – Marketing Anand Chakravarthy, We had introduced the new brand name in February this year and the modification is done mainly for better recall from the listeners point of view. We want to create a brand with strong recall for our frequency....
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MUMBAI: Vijay Prakash has been contributing to the Bollywood music scene for close to a decade now and is slowly but steadily making his presence felt.
Hailing from a musicians' family in Mysore, the singer was exposed to Carnatic classical music from an early age. "I was exposed to Carnatic music for the initial 20 years of my life. But then there was an urge to explore myself in different genres. I wanted to move out and test my skills on a wider spectrum." The singer came to Mumbai ...
MUMBAI: The ongoing boom in the mobile industry that's providing an impetus to the growth of media and entertainment industries fuelled the talk at the morning session on day at the Ficci Frames convention in Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: After months of speculation, it appears Liberty Media has no plans to bail out bankrupt satellite radio operator Worldspace.
Liberty Satellite Radio has terminated transaction negotiations between the two companies, says a Reuters report.
Liberty Satellite Radio, a unit of media mogul John Malone's Liberty Media Corp (LINTA.O), was widely expected to seek a strategic alliance between WorldSpace and Sirius XM Satellite Radio (SIRI.O), the New York-based company in which it owns a significant stake.
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MUMBAI: LG has made two more addition to its Cookie range of handsets with LG Cookie Plus (LG GS500) and Cookie Fresh (LG GS290).
The duo is launched by LG with a tag "cartoon-styled" user interface which it calls as called LiveSquare. The handsets offer 18 colorful themes which the customers can use as per their personal preferences. Both the phones support social networking applications including Twitter and Facebook and come installed with Weather application supporting maximum of 4...
MUMBAI: Big FM, the radio arm of Reliance Media World, has launched a new vertical for classified ads.
Big Impact will introduce the first-time radio advertisers to a �virtual' radio classified section, allowing them to communicate concise advertising messages to their target audience, through a cost-effective format.
Differentiated from the regular advertising, these ads will be crisp 10 seconders with clear message given out on a bed of music and will be aired between 12 noon – 6 pm.
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MUMBAI: RDB rocked the stage last week with a special performance at the UK Asian Music Awards. The annual award ceremony took place on March 11th at the Royal Festival Hall in London The event was a star studded affair with appearances from Jay Sean, Malkit Singh and Sugababes.
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