MUMBAI: The British Broadcasting Corporation's marketing chief Tim Davie has been elevated to the position of director of audio and music.
Davie, who was earlier director of marketing, communications and audiences, will replace Jenny Abramsky in September, according to a report in the Marketing Week.
It is the first time the BBC has brought someone into a programming role directly from a marketing background. He will oversee the broadcaster's radio networks including its digital radio stations, the report says.
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MUMBAI: With an incremental rise in the ad space crunch across the traditional advertising platforms (print, TV), the only new way to grab more consumer attention is by integrating radio with outdoor advertising, said Radio City 91.1 FM CEO Apurva Purohit.
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MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has partnered production music provider APM Music to launch Discovery Studios Tracks, a company that will make original music cues from the Discovery family of channels, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and Science Channel, available for the first time for licensing into third party productions.
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Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyrics: Mayur Puri
Our Rating: 2.5 / 5
Not the usual, not an extremist either. The music of Singh is Kinng comes packed with anticipations, courtesy its far flung promotions. A major portion of the music is westernised. Music director Pritam Chakravorthy has mainly dug into the English style of music, inclusive of rapping and bit of rock. However appealing the music may be, bits and pieces are a straight cut-copy-paste job from some of P...
MUMBAI: Ofcom the broadcasting watchdog imposes fine on 30 local radio stations owned by GCap for manipulating results of an on air quiz reports Telegraph U.K.
The competition was named secret sound, where the listeners had to identify the sound being broadcast on air by calling or SMSing. The radio station deliberately selected participants who gave wrong answers to prevent the prize to be won soon.
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MUMBAI: XM Satellite Radio and EMI Music Publishing, according to a report, announced today that they have resolved the lawsuit brought by EMI Music Publishing against XM over its Pioneer Inno, a portable satellite radio with advanced recording features. The companies did not disclose terms of the agreement.
The report also stated that EMI Music Publishing has withdrawn as a party to the complaint filed by certain music publishing companies against XM in March 2007.
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MUMBAI: The much awaited music launch of 2008 - the Akshay Kumar starrer Singh is Kinng was released on 26 June at a hotel in suburban Mumbai amid much fanfare.
The evening was ushered in by the film's producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah, director Anees Bazmee, music director Pritam, and the star cast of the film - Katrina
Kaif, Suno Sood, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffery, Om Puri and Sudhanshu Pandey. However, it was red hot Salman Khan which stole the limelight.
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MUMBAI: After a creative break of eight years, Suneeta Rao, who created ripples in the Indipop world with her numbers, 'Pari hoon main', 'Kesariya' and 'Ab ke baras' is back with her album 'Waqt'. The indi-pop album will be launched in a fortnight by Crescendo.
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MUMBAI: Fever FM is marking music legend R D Burman's 69 th birth anniversary on Friday, with a day long celebration of his music.
The greatest hits of the singer-composer-music director will be played on air through the day, interspersed with other hits. The station will also host various contests around RD Burman, featuring both musical compositions and trivia, for the legend's buffs.
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MUMBAI: After receiving tremendous listener response for its 'Vote for Boat,' initiative in the last 2 weeks, Red FM, the station of expression, chose some lucky listeners to test ride the Red FM Boat along with the Red FM crew including RJs Malishka & Mantra. The lucky listeners got the opportunity of a lifetime to interact with their favorite Red FM RJ's Malishka & Mantra and also with a ride on the boat itself! Here is a snap shot of the Test Ride!
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