MUMBAI: 92.7 Big FM has appointed Vishwanath Iyer as cluster head – Karnataka and Kerala. In his new role, Iyer will be responsible for sales/marketing and programming operations for all its Kannada FM stations, including Bangalore/Mysore/Mangalore and Trivandrum.
Prior to this appointment, Iyer was regional head channel-SME & RWNL (South) at Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi Delhi has announced a musical Tambola contest on its evening drive time show Sunset Samosa for the month of October.
To participate, contestants need to SMS the station and get a Tambola ticket consisting of numbers with six songs. The listeners have to tune into the show and tick off the songs from the ticket. As the listeners get a top two, four or a full house on their tickets, they have to SMS their name and ticket number to the station and win prizes.
Hosted by RJ Naved, Sunset Samosa airs every Monday to Friday, from 6-7pm.
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MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan launched the Tamil and Telugu versions of the songs from his much awaited movie Ra.One in Chennai.
The world premier of the Tamil songs was done on the official Ra.One YouTube channel. The �Chammak Challo' and romantic �Dildaara' Tamil teaser generated huge response from the fans.
Shah Rukh Khan is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the music of Ra.One is loved and appreciated by the entire country.
Along with SRK for the launch in Chennai, the popular South Indian actress, Suhasini Maniratnam was also present.
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MUMBAI: Microsoft has launched the latest version of its operating system for smartphones, Windows Phone 7.5 - code-named 'Mango' in India, almost a year after the OS was launched globally.
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MUMBAI: In its second edition, MTV O Music Awards will pay a musical tribute to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, to honour his contributions in the digital music sphere.
The homage will feature an up-and-coming artiste performing an iconic song. So far the announced performers and presenters include Kelly Clarkson, the Band Perry, Demi Lovato, Mac Miller, Midi Mafia and DJ Diamond Kuts. The awards also attempt at breaking into the Guinness records books by hosting the longest d...
MUMBAI: Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of digital radio and connected audio solutions announced today the launch of new software for its widely adopted DAB/DAB+ platforms. This latest release not only brings advanced text and image capability with DL Plus and RadioVIS technology, but also provides a 20% improvement in power consumption.
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MUMBAI: MTV today announced the latest list of global superstar performers who will descend upon Belfast for the "2011 MTV EMA". Coldplay, one of the world's biggest bands, will perform hot off the release of their latest album Mylo Xyloto. Gracing the EMA stage for the first time ever will be British phenom Jessie J, who has racked up #1's in 18 markets worldwide in the past year, while Los Angeles-based duo LMFAO, whose ubiquitous "Party Rock Anthem" has dominated the #1 spot on iTunes charts in 19 countries, will also make their EMA debut.
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MUMBAI: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jon Kirchner of DTS, Inc. DTSI -0.22% , a leader in high-definition audio technology, joins 2011 "Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment" honorees, named by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) in association with Variety and in partnership with Digital Hollywood. The "Digital 25" awards recognize visionaries who make significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling.
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MUMBAI: Preparation for the launch of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) services in Hong Kong has entered the final stage as representatives from Digital Broadcasting Corporation Hong Kong Limited (DBC), Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited (Metro), Phoenix U Radio Limited (Phoenix U), and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) signed an agreement setting out the network sharing arrangements today (October 13) at a ceremony witnessed by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So.
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