MUMBAI: Nokia Music Connects 2010 saw the presence of the who who's of the music industry giving insights on various issues that have been languishing the music industry and its allied sectors.
Spread over two days, the event saw around 55 speakers and over 750 national and international delegates came together to support the industry
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MUMBAI: It's been a landmark year for the music industry as with digital sales overtaking physical in 2009. Though the industry is on a growth trajectory, some impediments in the ecosystem are keeping it exploiting its true potential. With the imminent onset of 3G and wireless broadband and the concomitant meteoric rise in financial costs, does the industry see new business models emerging to keep the music business viable?
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MUMBAI: The contemporary �sound' of Indian music stems from a complex amalgamation of Indian Classical, Regional, Bollywood, Indian Pop albums and rock
The first half of Nokia Music Connects Day Two had the regulatory heads, music label honchos, advertising gurus, corporate heads as well as top notch creative professionals from the music industry discussing on issues like piracy, copyright and the role of media.
After a break and a short session on live music, the next se...
MUMBAI: In a fresh ruling by a federal court which sided rap artiste Eminem and his production company in a dispute with Universal Music Group over digital music royalties, as per reports
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MUMBAI: The search engine giant, Google Inc, is in talks with music labels to start a music-download store and a digital song locker, which allows mobile phone users to listen to songs wherever they go, media reports
Google's plan is considered as move to battle against its rival Apple's iTunes 10 with social networking feature Ping.
Apple started the sales of digital music in 2003 through the launch of iTunes and still it continues the monopoly in music industry. Apple dominates more than 70 percent of all US digital music sales.
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