NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the matter to 5 April, its stay on the order of the Copyright Board concerning royalties to be paid to artistes for broadcasting music by radio operators will continue.
The division bench of the Court comprising Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph had stayed the order on 18 March and listed the matter for today.
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MUMBAI: Even as the very public expression of good wishes for the Indian cricket team for its Cricket World Cup semi final clash with Pakistan gets shriller by the minute, popular Fever 104 FM RJ Anuraag Pandey is adding to the fervour with a walk on Tuesday evening -- the eve of the mother of all cricket clashes -- to Siddhivinayak Temple, Dadar, to strengthen his network's on-air support of and cheering for the Indian Cricket Team, with a prayer to Lord Ganesh.
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NEW DELHI: The Radio Awards 2011, from the Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) honoured eight illustrious achievers with Lifetime Achievement Awards at a glittering ceremony at the exquisite Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon on Monday evening. Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, along with Minister of State Sachin Pilot, along with other dignitaries, presented the awards to Radio Legend Ameen Sayani, Santoor Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, illustrious playback singer M...
NEW DELHI: The eminent singer with the velvet voice, Jagjit Singh, is to perform for the first time in the national capital region with an orchestra of 30 musicians, aimed at creating a �Ghazal symphony.' The concert with be held on 24th April.
Singh said, I will be singing ghazals that have held a timeless appeal but these will be sung with a new treatment of music....
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MUMBAI: The music of West is West was launched on Monday evening in Delhi by the film leads, Om Puri BAFTA nominated and Ila Arun. The music was released on Saga Music, the trio Shankar-Eshaan-Loy has composed original pieces including songs Kaala Doria, Mere Sayaan and Numaishaan Mohobbataan for West is West....
MUMBAI: Hello FM is geared up for the India-Pakistan semi final on 30th March in Mohali. Hello FM's Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry listeners will be treated to non-stop ball-by-ball cricket updates for the full 100 overs across eight hours of score updates, statistical trivia, highlights and sidelights, bytes and interviews, analyses and antics, cheer anthems and sonic confetti.
Hello FM would conduct special contests where listeners would be invited to predict the outcome of every over for the entire 100 overs. Correct predictions per over will carry a cash prize of Rs.1000.
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MUMBAI: Times Music recently announced a digital content distribution deal with Ithos Digital Pte Ltd for the Singapore market.
Through this deal, Times Music content will be available across various digital platforms in Singapore including the first DRM-Free online and mobile music store started by Singapore telecom operator Starhub and other telcos like SingTel and M1.The products will also be available via web and mobile to Singapore consumers with multimedia smart phones.
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The first ever entertainment extravaganza from the Marathi entertainment industry, the �BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards' officially unveiled its trophy today at 92.7 BIG FM studios. The uniquely designed trophy of the �BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards' is definitely a symbol of glory to the winners; it stands to communicate the strength, purity, humility and persistence of the winners.
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MUMBAI: The [Melbourne International Jazz Festival] must now be classed as Australia's foremost jazz festival.... The Australian Replete with premiere performances by the likes of Sonny Rollins (USA), Sun Ra Arkestra (USA), Faust (Germany), Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (USA), and many more, the most exhilarating and diverse Melbourne Jazz Festival program to date, was officially launched by the Victorian Premier and Minister for the Arts, Ted Baillieu MLA at the Langham, Melbourne, last night, Tuesday 8 March
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MUMBAI: SmartSound Software, Inc., the leader in fully-customizable royalty-free music and soundtrack creation technology, today announced Quicktracks—an innovative new Cloud-based music customization service. The industry's first Web service to provide music track customization online, Quicktracks will give SmartSound users complete creative control over the company's extensive Royalty Free Music Library directly from the web site. SmartSound will launch Quicktracks at NAB 2011, April 11th-14th, Booth SL7410.
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