MUMBAI: Ushering in the New Year on a musical note, the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) is all set to host a wide array of Western and Indian classical music concerts and seminars in January 2013.
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MUMBAI: A Chinese court has ordered tech giant Apple Inc to pay 1.03 million yuan ($165,000) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who alleged that unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple's online store.
The Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court ruled that Apple violated the writers' copyrights by allowing applications containing their work to be distributed through its App Store. Eight Chinese writers who formed the China Written Works Copyright Society ...
MUMBAI: A big spring clean by YouTube has led to billions of views being wiped out from music videos. Recording companies like Sony and Universal Music Group has lost nearly 2 billion views in a single day.
There are allegations that the crackdown by YouTube is on 'fake' video views.
In a statement, YouTube officials announced, "This was not a bug or security breach. This was an enforcement of our view-count policy."
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MUMBAI: After a lackluster year which saw sluggish growth, international musical instrument (MI) manufacturer and brand, Yamaha Music, is set to increase its penetration in the Indian MI market worth Rs 1,000 crores approximately. The company, which entered the market in 2008 will invest Rs 10 crores in setting up new music squares, adding seven new nationwide dealerships to its existing 30 outlets and introducing music curriculum in international schools.
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MUMBAI: Emerging as one of the most popular singers globally, British pop sensation Adele’s album ‘21’ has become UK’s fourth-biggest selling album of all time. The Official Charts Company has announced that she has overtaken Oasis’s '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory'.
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MUMBAI: Music artists across the fraternity have mourned the death of the 23 year old medical student who was savagely raped in Delhi. The victim, who was flown to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital, lost her courageous battle for life early on Saturday.
Noted playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy said the incident was a sad chapter in India’s history and that rape was becoming a growing crime. Educating people to give respect to others especially women and treating them as equal individuals was the need of the hour, she told Radioandmusic.com.
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MUMBAI: Music major Saregama will consolidate its position and investment in the digital space in 2013, a top official has said. The label has 15-20 per cent share in the digital music market, worth approximately Rs 6 billion, and establishing its presence in the nascent but exciting vertical will be a priority for the company which has set goals to become a ‘digital major’ in the next two years.
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MUMBAI: The Mahindra Group has announced the third edition of its popular Mahindra Blues festival with a stellar line-up of artistes from the global blues industry scheduled to perform on 16-17 February 2013 at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.
The fest will include performances by musicians and bands like Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt a Whirl Band featuring Lou Ann Barton, Popa Chubby, Walter Trout & The Radicals, Dana Fuchs Band, Big Bang Blues and S...
MUMBAI: Renowned Indian classical music stalwarts including Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Mukul Shivputra, Pandit Vikku Vinayakram, Selva Ganesh and Taufiq Qureshi will perform at the Swaranjali music fest to be held from 3-5 January 2013 at Nehru Centre, Mumbai.
The three day music fest will witness the legends coming together to pay tribute to the late stalwarts of Hindustani vocalists Pandit Suresh Haldankar, Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki and Pandit C R Vyas....
MUMBAI: After previously winning honours like Best RJ and Best Programme Broadcast, Balaji Patturaj popularly known as RJ Balaji of Big FM Chennai has now been named amongst the top 10 promising personality of Tamil Nadu in 2012.
The honour was bestowed upon him by the Ananda Vikatan Group, which has reinstated his popularity in the listeners of Chennai. Other awardees in the list belong to sports, politics and literature amongst others.
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