MUMBAI: Beginning 16 January, aspiring singer-songwriters will be able to showcase original songs and compete for the title of Best Original Song at www.BestOriginalSong.com. Weekly live internet shows will give viewers the chance to listen and vote. The world premier show will be on 16th Jan at 8 pm EST (India time 6.30 am on Jan 17) and all shows will be available to vote for one full week after the shows. Viewers from all over the world will vote for their favorite song/artist....
MUMBAI: Music labels are getting more aggressive to co-opt FM Radio networks to play out non-film music, and Saregama India has been busy with various networks, seeking out the biggest to launch such albums. In end-2010 we saw it tie up with the network with the largest physical presence, BIG FM, to launch its Asha Bhosle-Shujaat Khan album across all HSMs. And today, Hidayat Hussain, the son of the legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan, is out with his second album, Sawariya, and Saregama has tied up...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said Monday that the Central Board for Film Certification had been given the mandate of judging the item songs or other scenes in films.
On a question about a directive of the Allahabad High Court on item songs in films, Soni said the Ministry had conveyed this in its reply to the Court notice.
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NEW DELHI: The Group of Ministers is expected to meet shortly to take a decision on phase III of FM Broadcasting and raising of foreign direct investment in FM radio, even as Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, admitted that the government was not opposed to increasing the FDI from the present 20 per cent
She was speaking to mediapersons soon after receiving the report of the Committee on TRPs headed by FICCI Secretary General Amit Mitra.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi, in association with Shemaroo, launched a Purani Jeans DVD, Maestros of Melody, on Friday in Mumbai. To celebrate the completion of two years by the show, RJ Anmol conducted it live from 9 pm to midnight from Landmark at Phoenix Mills in the company of music lovers and Purani Jeans fans. Through elements like antakashari, song and dance, the evening celebrated the golden era of film music.
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MUMBAI: Vh1 India, which bagged an exclusive multi-year deal to telecast the Grammy Awards, is giving music lovers the opportunity to attend 2011's biggest international music awards event in 2011, the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Through the Vh1 Ticket to Ride Contest, the channel will take one lucky winner along with a friend to the Grammy Awards red carpet in Los Angeles. The contest to help viewers vie for entry began on Saturday, January 8th, from 11 am on air and on the Vh1 Facebook page....
NEW DELHI: The Government has clarified that no project report is required to be given by applicants for community radio stations and expressed the apprehension that some persons posing as consultants are filling such reports.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said that applicants should only fill the form given on the Ministry's website mib.nic.in along with the necessary annexures.
The Ministry has cautioned applicants against taking the help of middlemen or consultants for their applications as all details are given on the website.
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MUMBAI: Nine FM has introduced a weekly chat show Business Tycoon Live on NINE, featuring business leaders from Siliguri and Gangtok, to not only highlight the tremendous actual growth and future growth potential of both cities, but to showcase those captains of local business who have contributed to the local and regional development....
NEW DELHI: The Haryanvi jat famous for his wisecracks and rustic humour, Udham Singh, is back – this time doing what he does best on FM radio station 92.7 BIG FM Delhi. BIG Udham Singh is a Bollywood insider who will share the latest Bollywood news adding his Haryanvi tadka to gossip for his listeners through the day.
The show will be extensively promoted through multiple touch points of Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd marketing arms BIG Street, BIG Live and BIG Digital.
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MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM has begun 2011 with an activity that guarantees to play out 11 songs every hour, failing which, the first listener who calls the station about the shortfall in number of songs in an hour stands to win Rs 11 lakh for every such hour. The Iss Ghante 11 Ganne… Nahin To 11 Lakh Aapke activity that began on January 1 across six main stations of MY FM including Chandigarh, Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Raipur and Nagpur, will end on February 7, 2011....
