MUMBAI: Having scored with a number of chartbusters with movies like �Chak De', �Fashion' and �Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' in the past couple of years, apart from creating background scores for several movies, composer duo Salim-Sulaiman are ready with three new projects in their kitty to be released by the year end.
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MUMBAI: As legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar completes 80 years on 28 September 2009, her fans will have something musical to look forward to.
On the occasion, music label Saregama is paying tribute to the legend by releasing the compilation album '80 Glorious Years of Lata Mangeshkar: Safalta Ki Shikhar Par Kal Bhi ... Aaj Bhi.' The album is an elaborate 8 CD pack priced at Rs 1599 and includes chartbuster songs through her career from 40's to 2000.
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MUMBAI: Big FM is tweaking its prime time programming in Mumbai and Delhi. Exploiting the Bollywood fervour among listeners yet again, the radio station has introduced a quiz show Big Bollywood Ka Waaris, which gives listeners an opportunity to test their knowledge on the subject.
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MUMBAI: The music publisher of rapper Eminem, Eight Mile Style LLC, has sued Apple for selling his music illegally. The publishing company wants a larger share of the money from sale of the singer's music which Apple was not authorized to sell, as claimed.
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MUMBAI: The battle on air is spilling over into cyberspace. Close on the heels of Big FM announcing a major overhaul of its website to lure in listener and advertiser alike, Synergy Media's My FM has disclosed that it has spruced up its website and introduced several innovations to change the look and feel of its online presence.
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MUMBAI: Myband is leaving no stones unturned to promote their forthcoming gig. The popular independent music portal after joining hands with Big Live is out on the road.
Myband has organised a canter with Drum Kit, Guitars and RJ from Big FM which is trawling all youth spots across Hyderabad. College youths are being encouraged to come and perform on the canter and win free tickets to the show.
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MUMBAI: Wireless carrier Vodafone announced on Monday that its users would get access to DRM-free music from all four major labels through its music catalogue. According to the company, the new offer is available through a partnership with Warner Music and makes Vodafone the first carrier in the world to come with such an offer to its subscribers.
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PUNE: �Radio stations in regional areas must go the regional way and follow the local flavour', was the mantra at the second day of the National Radio Meet at the Symbiosis institute of Media and Communication, Pune, held over the weekend.
Addressing the issue were regional commercial FM stations from all corners of India- Club FM general manager George Sebastian, Radio Dhoom CEO Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Radio Choklate CEO Monica Nayyar and All India Radio RJ Mamta Dixit.
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PUNE: The post lunch session at the National Radio Meet on day two discussed existing brand strategies and rebranding options available to radio stations today. The panelists for the session included the top honchos of radio stations- Radio One MD Vineet Singh Hukmani, Big FM COO Tarun Katial and Radio Mirchi national programming director Tapas Sen
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MUMBAI: Saurabh Kanwar, Channel [V] vice president - content and communication, has put in his papers after a stint of over three years with the organisation.
Currently serving his notice period, Kanwar 's term at the channel will end in October.
Confirming the development with Indiantelevision.com, Kanwar said, "Yes, I have put in my papers at Channel [V]. I will be heading towards the social media and web 2.0 circuit once I have completed my term here at Channel [V] in October."
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