Mumbai: Sony Ericsson announced deals with 10 major record labels at the recently concluded Midem conference in Cannes, France, adding over five million new tracks to its catalogue.The company also launched PlayNow Uncut, (formerly M-Buzz) a music promotional space for new, unsigned and developing artists. PlayNow Uncut showcases selected, previously unreleased tracks, videos, artwork, interviews, tour dates and other artist information on Sony Ericsson mobile phones and the web at www.playnow-uncut.com.
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Mumbai: Saregama India has affirmed its intentions of entering the feature film space by partnering teh British Council for 'The India Screenwriting Workshop' to be held in Goa in March.
The workshop aims to develop and improve the quality of script writing in India, by honing the skills of budding script writers in the country. The workshop will be held in Goa from 17 to 23 March, with mentoring from industry experts.
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Mumbai: Singer composer Raghav Sachar has alleged that he has been wrongfully left out of the credits on the album cover of Kumar Mangat's Sunday.
Sachar, who composed the track Manzar for Sunday, says that while his name has been left out of the singers' list for the song, other singers who didn't lend their voice to it have been included.
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Mumbai: In any given week, 8.1 million people in the UK listen to radio via the Internet, either live or through a Listen Again service, and 1.87 million listen to a Podcast.
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NEW DELHI: With an eye to streamlining licensing for the use of music and music videos in Southeast Asia and India, Universal Music Publishing Group have entered into an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The agreement also includes digital royalties.
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