MUMBAI: The dream of a lifetime came true for lucky Mirchi listeners on Wednesday as they got to meet the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, in a culmination to the �Coolest Bbuddha' contest, organized by Radio Mirchi.
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MUMBAI: In a deal valued at $35 million, media conglomerate News Corporation has sold MySpace to online advertising network Specific Media.
News Corp had acquired MySpace in 2005 for $580 million when the site had 20 million users. The subscriber base subsequently grew to more than 76 million in October 2008. But the emergence of stronger rivals like Facebook forced the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company to find a buyer.
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MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. (RBNL), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, aims to grow its revenue at an annual rate of 30 per cent over the next five years.
RBNL had posted a revenue of Rs 2.51 billion in FY'11, up 36 per cent from the year-ago period. This performance reflected strong growth in business operations under the aegis of Big FM.
Big FM has recorded revenue of Rs 1.75 billion, a growth of 15 per cent over previous fiscal. It remained EBITDA positive at Rs 280 million, a growth of 732 per cent.
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MUMBAI: MTV India has announced �What's-on-India' as its exclusive preview partner for Coke Studio@MTV.
As part of this deal, �What's-On-India' channel will feature host of promotions for Coke Studio@MTV including sneak previews, singer profiles and making-of-Coke Studio. The channel will also trigger promotion in online, mobile and trade space.
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MUMBAI: All India Radio is broadcasting �Galli Galli Sim Sim', the beloved children's television program on Cartoon Network and POGO, across its 11 cities including Alwar (Rajasthan), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Jallandhar (Punjab), Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) and Udaipur (Rajasthan).
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group has entered into a multi-faceted agreement with renowned songwriter and prolific hitmaker Diane Warren.
Warren's award-winning real songs catalog will be administered by Universal Music Publishing Group outside of North America (she continues to self-administer her copyrights in the US), and she will serve as a global A&R consultant for UMG's recorded music artists around the world.
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MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM's Dabangg, DJ Manu is back from his adventurous road trip to Ladakh – the land of panoramic views! In a one of its kind contest on the morning show – Dilli ke Do Dabang, Fever 104 FM gave the opportunity of a lifetime to some lucky listeners to win a bike ride to Ladakh.
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MUMBAI: Kolkata-based Santoor player and a Mohinyattam dancer are trying to create a new genre of music and dance by blending electronic with ethnic music forms.
Talented classical dancer Mom Ganguly and Santoor player Kunal Saha have come up with ''Ishtara-The Genesis'' which has the characteristics of Mohinyattam, Kathak and Mayurbhanj Chhau creating a unique blend of music and dance that is contemporary yet traditional.
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MUMBAI: Verizon FiOS and Music Choice(R) announced today that SWRV(TM)--the first 24/7 interactive music video network that puts the viewers in control has launched in all FiOS TV markets. The 24/7 linear channel is available to FiOS TV Extreme HD and Ultimate HD customers nationwide on channel 1799.
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MUMBAI: To curb piracy, Hungama Digital has authorized R.D.Rathod Anti-Piracy Investigation Pvt Ltd (RDR) to sell licenses to the retailers who are involved in side downloading, selling music and related content on mobile phones across Maharashta, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh.
The company has registered more than 2500 retail partners in six months for the distribution of Hungama content including full length audio songs, MP3 ring tones, wall paper, animations and themes on mobile.
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