MUMBAI: Ormax Media has announced the launch of its music countdown chart Heartbeats in Kolkata.
The countdown chart is based on a combination of recall and likeability, and the report will be declared every fortnight. The syndicated tracking tool will cater to music channels and radio stations in West Bengal. Songs in both Bangla and Hindi will be researched amongst 15-38 year old audiences of music channels and FM stations. The original version of Heartbeats was launched in 2010 across Mumbai and Delhi.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music India will release Indian rock band Indus Creed’s long due studio album ‘Evolve’, their first release after 1995.
‘Evolve’ recorded in Mumbai was mixed in Austin, Texas by Grammy-nominated mixing engineer Tim Palmer and was mastered in New York City by veteran mastering engineer Andy VanDette.
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MUMBAI: Popularly known as the face of Radio One, RAPA award winner Hrishikesh Kannan aka Hrishi K is back on the international radio station after a hiatus of more than a year.
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MUMBAI: After the success of collaborative album ‘The One’ in 2010, John McLaughlin and his band ‘The 4th Dimension’ is back with their new album 'Fal 2012'.
The band has also organized a month long promotional tour commencing from 25 October 2012 across Europe.
‘Fal 2012' features John McLaughlin (guitar), Gary Husband (keys & drums), Etienne MBappé (bass) and Ranjit Barot (drums). The album is in its nascent stage and will be released by the end of the year...
MUMBAI: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has put forth a proposal to allot age-certification on the explicit music-videos and images produced by mainstream artistes such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Madonna and more.
The proposal of cinema-style certification has been presented in order to protect children from sexually suggestive music videos. According to the proposal, websites hosting explicit videos would be forced to introduce age-verification systems.
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MUMBAI: Google’s mobile operating system Android has dominated China smartphone market growing its share by about 35 percent in 2011, according to technology research firm Analysys International.
The study revealed that android garnered 68.4 percent of the market share, a steep rise from 33.6 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2011.
The cementing of Android’s dominance in China came at the expense of Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia whose Symbian OS saw its market share dip to 18.7 percent last year.
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MUMBAI: The 23rd Annual Billboard Latin Music Conference Presented by State Farm® will gather hundreds of industry leaders and influencers, featuring panel discussions with today's top artists and executives. Held April 23 to 26, at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami, Florida, the conference kicks off with a showcase honoring "El Caballo Mayor" Johnny Ventura on his 55 years of musical career. Information about registration can be found at www.BillboardLatinConference.com .
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MUMBAI: Music & Arts, the largest band and orchestra instrument retailer and lesson provider in the country, brings on board Dr. Milt Allen as a music education consultant. A well-known music educator, conductor, speaker and author, Allen will work to reinforce the company's music advocacy initiatives. Together, Allen and Music & Arts will spearhead local and national efforts to keep music a vital element of school curriculums, helping students achieve greater success both in and out of the classroom.
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MUMBAI: TuneIn, a free service that lets people listen to music, sports, comedy and talk from around the world, and TED, the nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," today announced the availability of curated TEDTalks collections to the more than 30 million monthly active TuneIn listeners anywhere, anytime. This agreement brings riveting talks from the world's most remarkable minds in technology, entertainment and design to the growing TuneIn service.
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