MUMBAI: BBC has tied up with mobile phone radio distribution in North America, AudioNow to provide BBC Hindi radio and audio news content available for its listeners US.
As part of this new service, Hindi-speakers in the US can access BBC Hindi audio in two formats By calling 712.432.6586, they can listen to the BBC Hindi one-hour radio news programme which brings news, analysis and interviews on a range of issues, from current affairs to showbiz and sport Plus, two-minute audio news bulletins in Hindi, updated twice a day, can be accessed by calling 712.432.6585.
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MUMBAI: Red FM gives its listeners an opportunity to attend the IIFA Awards in Toronto; by an on-going contest on its morning show across Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Ahmedabad.
Listeners can enter the contest by tuning in to the station and answer by sms Red <space> IIFA <space> "Answer" and send it to 58585. The lucky winner from each city will be announced on Monday 6th June.
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MUMBAI: The Delhi High Court sought a response from Vodafone Essar Mobile Services Ltd on a lawsuit by the producer of `Seeta Aur Geeta` seeking to restrain the telecom service provider from using songs of the 1972 Bollywood blockbuster as ring tones and caller tunes.
Sippy Films, maker of the film starring Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar and Hema Malini, approached the court contending that it has the copyright over the songs and Vodafone is using them illegally without paying royalty, states PTI.
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MUMBAI: Oscar winner AR Rahman will be performing a live concert 'Journey to India with AR Rahman,' at Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA, on 10th July 2011.
AR Rahman along with Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra band will be performing on his best film scores, Indian traditional music, "If I Rise" from 127 Hours and more.
The event will be hosted by Tom Schnabel various, other artist performing at the concert are Karsh Kale, Rhythm of Rajasthan, Sher Foundation and Dancers fro...
MUMBAI: HTC has launched an upgraded version of its Wildfire, �HTC Wildfire S' Smartphone in India.
The Smartphone has been textured with a 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, offering 320x 480 pixels, accelerometer sensors, and a touch sensitive shortcut panel. Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread based phone is powered by a 600 Mhz processor and a 512 MB RAM.
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MUMBAI: Grammy winner Lady Gaga and her team has launched a formal marketing strategy to expand her audience base in India. The paparazzi queen will be teaming up with the founder of Desi Hits to spread her brand in the Bollywood markets.
Desi Hits, a New York-based media company that produces and distributes entertainment, will remix Lady Gaga's song for the South Asian market, as reported in Wall Street Journal newspaper.
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By Carlton D'Silva - Creative Director, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt.Ltd.
In this day of social media becoming a hygiene ingredient of most online marketeers, it is only natural that this transitions into an integral part of music marketing. When you meet musicians and ask them what they think about the internet, the first thing that props up in their mind is free music and how they will have to think of ways to stop the piracy. But not many of them will see...
MUMBAI: Tollywood's new star Manotej visited Radio Mirchi Studios, Hyderabad's hottest radio station as a part of the promotional activity for his latest film �Bubloo'. G Ravi Charan Reddy is making his debut as a director with the film Bubloo. Manotej plays the lead and the movie is produced by Guduru Jhansi Rani under the banner SPJ Creations.
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MUMBAI: Avon Products, Inc. announced the 100 contenders from 41 countries who will advance to the second round of Avon Voices – the company's first-ever global online singing talent search Aisha Ali makes India proud as she goes to Round Two. The contenders have been chosen from a combination of an online public vote and an Avon Voices judging panel Starting today through June 20, the public can view Aisha Ali's performance and vote for her at www.AvonVoices.com.
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