MUMBAI: In an effort to strengthen its roots in the regional non-film genre, music label EMI India has acquired the Charsur label's entire classical Carnatic music catalogue. The 5-year deal has helped EMI add more than 250 albums to its kitty.
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MUMBAI: Renowned playback singer K J Yesudas has been selected for the lifetime achievement award of Symphony TV for the year 2010, reports PTI.
"The award is being given to Yesudas for his outstanding contributions to Indian music world," said Symphony TV MD V Krishnakumar at a press conference.
The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs one lakh, a citation and a memento, would be presented to the 70-year-old singer by Jnanipath winner O N V Kurup at a function on 2 October.
T K A Nair who is the principal secretary to the prime minister, will be the chief guest.
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MUMBAI: Converse, a youth brand has announced �The Original Band' hunt, a search for original music by upcoming bands who are passionate about their music.
The band/ contestants can register by visiting any Planet Sports or Converse store and fill in the registration form. Online registration is also available through www.converse.buzzintown.com.
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MUMBAI: Shridhar Subramaniam, MD, Sony Music Entertainment (SME) India, has been named President, India and the Middle East. He will continue to be based in Mumbai, and will report to Richard Sanders, President International.
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MUMBAI: Another theme song has been launched for the Commonwealth Games, this time for the volunteer programme in an effort to "connect" with the masses, PTI reports.
Titled 'Delhi United In Spirit... In Action', Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi launched the audio CD of the song and conceded that there were "too many" theme songs for the October 3-14 event here.
"Many a times, I have been asked that there would be how many more theme songs. Beside the official CWG song, there was recently a song on (the mascot) Shera," Kalmadi told PTI.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mango and Radio Mirchi are the Indian FM stations that bagged awards at the New York Festivals 2010 in the World's Best Radio Programme.
Mirchi won a silver medal under the category �Best Human Interest Story' for its �Human Trafficking on Hi Delhi'.
While Mango won two medals, one silver an a bronze, The Silver was awarded in �Best Special Event' category for 'Children's' Day special' and Bronze for Best Music/ Personality Show - 'Kozhikode Super ...
MUMBAI: Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and Neil Diamond have landed nominations to be inducted into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the class of 2010.
The stars join fellow first-time nominees John and Donovan, while Donna Summer, Tom Waits, rap acts LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys will be keeping their fingers crossed once more to be recognized as music royalty with the industry's highest honor.
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MUMBAI: According to market intelligence and advisory firm IDC's India Quarterly Mobile Handsets Tracker, Q2 September 2010 release, shipments of mobile handsets in India grew by 6.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (Q2 2010 over Q1 2010) to touch an all time high of 38.63 million units in a single quarter.
In a significant new development, the study found that Dual- and Triple-SIM card slot phones have grown to touch as much as 38.5 per cent of the total India Mobile Handset shipments, fro...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has further expanded the availability of its live radio broadcasts via mobile phones in the United States
BBC extended its agreement with provider of mobile phone radio distribution in North America, AudioNowTM. Hence in addition to BBC Arabic radio, BBC World Service's broadcasts in English, Persian, Somali and Urdu will now be available across the US via any mobile phone without downloads or data services simply by calling a national access number.
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