MUMBAI: Record label Universal Music Group has collaborated with digital music platform ArtistAloud.com to promote and popularize independent music.
The collaboration is on project to project basis and earlier, both the companies have been associated with multiple projects like launch of Reth and Bandish bands, tribute to the King of pop, Michael Jackson's �This is it' performed by Sonu Nigam, and recent release of single by Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls) with DJ Lloyd featuring Raja Hasan.
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MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released a live concert film 'Let's spend the night together' documenting The Rolling Stones' 1981 North American Tour, on DVDs.
'Let's spend the night together' features the on and off stage life of the legendary rockers - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Jack Nitzsche, along with 25 greatest classic rock hit songs from The Rolling Stones' catalog, including �Under My Thumb,' �You Can't Always Get What You Want,...
MUMBAI: Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd has grabbed �India's Best Companies to Work for 2011' award in the media and entertainment category, according to a survey by Great Place to Work Institute, India in collaboration with The Economic Times.
The other two winners in the media and entertainment category are New Delhi Television Ltd and Network18 Media Investments Ltd.
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BANGALORE: Big FM Bangalore has re-launched its evening show–�No Tension' hosted by RJ �Rockstar' Rohit. Sandalwood comedian Komal launched the new format of the show.
The show airs between 5-9pm and has been split into four one hour segments, the first hour would be a light comedy lifestyle show; the second segment a �Mental Show' similar to Mumbai Big FM's �Mad Show'; the third segment- a Pranks show and the last one a �Mind Bender' show.
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MUMBAI: Music legend Bhupen Hazarika has been admitted to Kokilaben hospital in suburban Andheri here after he complained of breathing problems.
The 85-year-old was hospitalised yesterday after he suffered breathing problems. He was treated immediately and is stable and doing fine, hospital sources told PTI today.
The maestro has been kept in the ICU and is under observation but is out of danger, the sources said.
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MUMBAI: In a deal valued at $35 million, media conglomerate News Corporation has sold MySpace to online advertising network Specific Media.
News Corp had acquired MySpace in 2005 for $580 million when the site had 20 million users. The subscriber base subsequently grew to more than 76 million in October 2008. But the emergence of stronger rivals like Facebook forced the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company to find a buyer.
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MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. (RBNL), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, aims to grow its revenue at an annual rate of 30 per cent over the next five years.
RBNL had posted a revenue of Rs 2.51 billion in FY'11, up 36 per cent from the year-ago period. This performance reflected strong growth in business operations under the aegis of Big FM.
Big FM has recorded revenue of Rs 1.75 billion, a growth of 15 per cent over previous fiscal. It remained EBITDA positive at Rs 280 million, a growth of 732 per cent.
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MUMBAI: MTV India has announced �What's-on-India' as its exclusive preview partner for Coke Studio@MTV.
As part of this deal, �What's-On-India' channel will feature host of promotions for Coke Studio@MTV including sneak previews, singer profiles and making-of-Coke Studio. The channel will also trigger promotion in online, mobile and trade space.
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MUMBAI: All India Radio is broadcasting �Galli Galli Sim Sim', the beloved children's television program on Cartoon Network and POGO, across its 11 cities including Alwar (Rajasthan), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Jallandhar (Punjab), Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) and Udaipur (Rajasthan).
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group has entered into a multi-faceted agreement with renowned songwriter and prolific hitmaker Diane Warren.
Warren's award-winning real songs catalog will be administered by Universal Music Publishing Group outside of North America (she continues to self-administer her copyrights in the US), and she will serve as a global A&R consultant for UMG's recorded music artists around the world.
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