MUMBAI: To celebrate 82nd birthday of the nightingale of India, Saregama has released music legend Lata Mangeshkar's marathi album �Samagra'.
�Samagra', a 17 CD pack is a collection of 345 marathi songs, in the divine voice of Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar. It consists of 232 film songs, 113 non film songs and 26 songs composed by Lata Mangeshkar/Anandghan. The pack also includes 42 rare songs for the first time in a CD format.
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MUMBAI: To celebrate the festive mood of Navratri, Red FM has launched an unconventional album of original compositions �Red Rass 2'.
After the successful launch of Red Raas previous year, the second edition of the album penned by Tushar Shukla and Rais Maniyaar has been crafted on the lines of evolving identity of garba. The tunes composed by regional talents reflect the traditional and contemporary Gujarati music.
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MUMBAI: 92.7 Big FM has introduced an innovative campaign �Diwali Ke Item Bomb' across its thirty markets.
'Diwali Ke Item Bomb', a game show where listeners will be asked questions, and if answered correctly will get them a chance to spin a roulette wheel and win prizes. The campaign will run for six weeks through on-air and on-ground activities.
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MUMBAI: Two time academy winner AR Rahman is the Indian brand ambassador for multi-year campaign �Hear the truth' of JBL initiated by Harman International.
The campaign features top international musicians who want their fans to listen to music as it was intended to be heard. AR Rahman has joined the legendary assortment of musical icons revered across the world including Grammy award-winner rock band �Maroon 5,' rock band �Styx,' 80's rock legend �Night Ranger' ...
MUMBAI: After signing licensing agreements with leading android makers like Acer Inc and HTC Corp, Microsoft has signed another deal with google's largest manufacturing partner, Samsung Electronics Corp.
According to deal, Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to cross-license each other's patent portfolios, with Microsoft getting royalties on the sales of Samsung's android based mobile phones and tablets.
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MUMBAI: Radio sector's total reach has gone down to 161.45 million in the Q2 survey of the IRS for the year 2011.
As per the Q2 data, radio sector's total reach has fallen by three per cent CAGR. This is however, less than a negative growth of 8.3 per cent which the sector had witnessed in the Q1 survey.
Radio sector is finally looking up with the definitive buzz of phase III.
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BANGALORE: Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), the apex licencing arm of the Indian Music Industry (IMI) has launched a national campaign �Halla Bol' to create awareness about the music licensing laws in the country.
The campaign is aimed at various entertainment establishments in the Indian metros that play music commercially. Its an attempt to raise awareness in the entertainment and hospitality business community about the music licencing laws in the country and the need for procuring PPL licences for commercial use of music.
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MUMBAI: McCann Worldgroup has won the agency of the year award, while Cadbury India was honoured with client of the year title at the 8th Mirchi Kaan Awards.
The metal for best use of radio as a medium was won by Mindshare for �Ajab Prem ki on-air kahani' for Idea Cellular. Also, Lingo India bagged the production house of the year title.
The voice of the year award was given to Naman Jain for radio caption moment of weakness – father son created by Leo Burnett.
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MUMBAI: Y-Films has launched the music of its forthcoming release 'Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge' with an online live music concert by composer Raghu Dixit.
Comprising of eight songs the music album marks the bollywood debut of Raghu Dixit. The songs penned by Anvita Dutt have been crooned by Shefali Alvares, Joi Baruah, Aditi Singh Sharma, Ash King, Vishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan and Shilpa Rao.
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MUMBAI: RJ Sanam has made a comeback in the industry with US online radio show �Aahista-Aahista'. The weekly show will be launched on 3 October at 11pm - CST time and 9.30am - IST on 'Radio Karishma'.
The content of the show will cater topics like love, real life situations and Shero Shayri from renowned shayars like Nida Fazli, Basheer Badra sahab, Munnawwar Rana and many more. Aahista-Aahista will also feature an interactive segment.
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