NEW DELHI: Companies wanting to provide satellite radio service in India and setting up network and infrastructure will be eligible to get permission subject to certain conditions.
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MUMBAI: Chennai will see a host of musicians paying their tribute to Michael Jackson on 29 August, the late pop legend's birth anniversary
Singer turned actor Shruti Hassan will be one amongst several other young singers who will perform live for the concert.
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MUMBAI: 195 All India Radio Sub-Stations will be set up in the country during the 11th Five Year Plan 50 new sub-stations will be set up in 18 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
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MUMBAI: Maybe major international touring acts do not have India in their touring schedule, but tribute acts seem to be giving the music hungry audience a taste of some real acts.
In March, Mumbai got to see all-female American tribute band Lez Zeppelin and now, the city gears up for Eric Clapton's tribute band 'After Midnight' scehduled to preform on 17 July 2009. The concert titled 'Classic Clapton' will be hosted at Bandra's St. Andrews Auditorium
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MUMBAI: After having collaborated with international artistes like INXS and David Bowie, singer Sona Mohapatra is all set to launch her second album �Raat Din'.
The album which is likely to be launched by Sony Music, includes 'songs of the night, going into songs of the day'. Ram Sampath has composed for the album, while Munna Dhiman has penned the tracks. The first video single "Diljale" will be released in August,... reveals Sona.
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MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced the appointment of Amit Baruah, a leading Indian print journalist, as the Head of BBC Hindi. Amit will be based in New Delhi and will be responsible for BBC Hindi service's multimedia output He also will be BBC World Service's lead Editor for India.
Amit Baruah, who has been working as the Foreign Editor Hindustan Times, brings to the BBC 23 years' experience in international reporting A foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, Amit has re...
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), the sales and marketing division of Universal Music Group, has entered into a strategic alliance with TuneCore, a leading digital music distribution company. The announcement was recently made by UMGD President and CEO Jim Urie and TuneCore Founder & CEO Jeff Price.
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NEW DELHI: Although the Government has no specific policy on religious organisations having reasonable access to air time on private TV channels, private FM radio and TV channels are free to determine their programming as long as it is in compliance of the relevant programme and advertisement codes.
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MUMBAI: Nokia plans to launch its music service �Comes With Music' in India by the end of this year. The service aims to give consumers unlimited music downloads from the soon to be formally launched Nokia Music Store for a year.
Nokia's Music Store, on the verge of an official launch in the country, will enable consumers to browse, download and sync music either to their computer or directly on to the mobile device. The India store will offer over a million tracks from both international labels and local partnerships, says Nokia India marketing director Vineet Taneja.
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MUMBAI: Big FM's Bangalore station has launched Indian radio's first ever paranormal show. Titled Yecherikay (Caution!), – touching upon the supernatural, occult, ghosts and much more, the show airs each day between 11 pm and 1 am. Another of the Station's latest offering includes a new show called �HaLay Recordu' (Old Record) that will air from Monday to Friday at 9 pm. This show presents retro music that belongs to the 70s when the golden oldies ruled.
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