MUMBAI: X Factor is the singing reality show that will succeed the globally popular Idol brand on Sony Entertainment Television in India, and top Indian male playback singer Sonu Nigam will judge it, reportedly along with two other celebrities, while Aditya Narayan will anchor the show and conduct auditions for the show in Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Delhi, Lucknow, Indore and Mumbai, attended by live audiences in each city.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) recently completed its deals with HBO, DreamWorks, and James Newton Howard. Under the terms of the DreamWorks agreement, UMPG obtains exclusive administration rights for the studio's future musical works for the world. Where as, UMPG's world-wide administration deal with HBO includes titles / cues / promos for Arliss, Big Love, Bored to Death, Carnivale, Deadwood, Flight of the Conchords, Entourage, Get Smart, Sex and the City, True Blood and more.
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MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel and Nuance Communications announced the launch of an innovative voice service titled One Number, One Voice on Monday. One Number, One Voice will allow Airtel mobile customers across India to access major voice-based services offered by the company like Hello Tunes, Airtel Radio, News, Sports, Jokes by dialing a single number – 54321. Customers need to dial the number and speak to access the desired content, thus making search and discovery of content much simpler and easier.
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MUMBAI: Yet another Cricket World Cup song, this time, sung by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Samir, composed by Uday Shankar, orchestrated by Yaman Chhaya and conceived of and produced by Nishan Kollu, Balle Mataram, is out. Balle Mataram had its digital launch on Monday, and lyricist Sameer is upbeat about it....
MUMBAI: NINE FM's three-year-old show, Klub Nine, celebrated its 150th episode on 19 February. Produced by Pranav alias DJ Probz and airing every Saturday at 8 pm, the radio club show is a retrospective compilation of electro-Bollywood house.
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MUMBAI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved of Reliance Broadcast Network Limited’s (RBNL), proposal to sell up to 20% stake to bring in foreign investment. The Company had sought government permission for the “induction of foreign investment by foreign institutional investors (FII), non-resident Indians (NRI) by way of fresh allotment of shares by private placement or otherwise and/or investments through stock exchanges by way of portfolio investments, up to the limit of 20% of the total paid up capital of the company."...
