MUMBAI: After launching its WAP site recently, music label Saregama India announced the launch of their new talent hunt for childrens on NDTV Imagine staring from 1 May 2010
The 13-episode TV reality show titled "Sunfeast Dream Cream Junior Star Super Singer" aims to find talent for their album 'RhymeSkool with Katrina Vol. 1' on which Katrina Kaif will play the narrator, and feature in a video with the winners.
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MUMBAI: Guruji.com founder and CEO Anurag Dod was arrested in Bangalore on Thursday along with other company executives- Pankaj Shah and Gaurav Mishra, for alleged 'infringement of copyright by engaging in music piracy'.
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As a part of its latest VAS offering for music lovers Reliance Communications has announced the launch of India's first and only Mobile Jockey portal. The service will provide the callers a platform to share their view emotions with a jock live, on-air.
Initially, Reliance will launch Hindi Mobile Jockey, Telugu Mobile Jockey and Malayalam Mobile Jockey Services. Other language Jockeys will also be available soon. This 24 Hour Live service allows callers to call anytime from anywhere.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi is set to celebrate Maharashtra Day by airing local Marathi music on its station. It has roped in Marathi rock band Moksha to play on its popular show, �Club Mirchi' with RJ Jeeturaaj, on Saturday, 1 May. The band will play original and exclusive Marathi songs.
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MUMBAI: The BBC World Service has expressed its displeasure over 24 out of its 34 FM partner stations in Pakistan have been asked to cease broadcasting BBC Urdu service's news bulletins by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).
The BBC says that its FM partner stations completed all the required paperwork last October and calls on the Pakistan authorities to allow the stations to resume BBC Urdu news bulletins so that audiences in Pakistan can have access to the BBC's news. No reason for the ban has been officially given to the BBC
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As Australian guitarist Frank Gambale gears up for his third visit to India. In a short email interview with radioandmusic.com's Chirag Sutar, Gambale in all his element, writes why he loves coming to India, and what to expect from the madness that is going to unravel on May 4, 2010 as he performs with renowned bassist Stu Hamm and drummer Joel Taylor.
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MUMBAI: The IFPI's just published report 'Recording Industry in Numbers 2010 (RIN)' says that globally, recorded music revenues declined seven per cent in 2009, while some key markets saw a return to growth.
Digital sales grew strongly in many markets, but piracy continued to erode legitimate music sales worldwide.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi has opted to tie up with music label Universal Music to present a CD of Kishore Kumar's evergreen songs.
The compilation CD, titled Purani Jeans Kishore Collection, contains 28 of the greatest songs of the late Kishore Kumar. The double CD set contains Kishore's most famous numbers.
The CD is a result of the popularity of Radio Mirchi's popular retro show, Purani Jeans which has a devout following amongst music lovers across the nation. The show broadcasts b...
MUMBAI: Music Revolution LLC has announced the launch of MusicRevolution.com, an innovative site to work as online marketplace for production, or stock music providing media producers, businesses and other music buyers with great royalty-free production, or stock, music at affordable prices for TV/radio broadcast, film, corporate video, retail and website background music, on-hold music, and other business music applications.
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MUMBAI: Cashing in on the mobile revolution, Saregama India Limited announced the launch of its WAP portal (wap.saregama.com).
This new platform brings Saregama's huge collection of over 50,000 songs to the mobile phone user. From Lata, Rafi, Asha, Kishore to M S Subbulakshmi and vintage Hindi film music, ghazals, devotional songs, to regional music.
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