MUMBAI: Warner Music is demanding higher royalties from video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Star, wanting to avoid mistakes made at the launch of MTV and the iPod, reports the Financial Times.
"Warner would not license its music to video games if royalty rates remained far below what their true value is. The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small," said Warner's chief executive Edgar Bronfman.
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MUMBAI: Big FM has quoted the latest Indica Research Consumer Insights findings to claim leadership in Hyderabad among FM stations.
The station enjoys leadership of Listenership, Time spent Listening and Top of Mind Brand Recall across age groups amongst both males and females, says the station.
The Indica data demonstrates the success of the New 'BINDAAS' attitude positioning of Big 92.7 FM Hyderabad, says the station that has revamped its content on-air.
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MUMBAI: Baba Sehgal is set to launch his new album by October this year. The singer has coined the title as either 'Gadi ko dhakka mar' or 'Mainu kee'.
The album will have multiple elements like rap, bhangra incorporated with a lot of messages. Instead of looking out for a label for launching his album, the rap singer is in talks with corporate bodies to launch his album.
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MUMBAI: Radio City has extended its avowed association with music with the launch of a music portal, www.planetradiocity.com.
Touted as India's first ever 'mega music portal' with features that target professionals and music enthusiasts alike, planetradiocity.com offers music related news, feeds, articles for musically inclined people and music professionals. As a music networking platform, it aims to get musi...
