MUMBAI: After unveiling the first EDM music label, Universal Music Group India has further strengthened its brand with the launch of a new division ‘U-bee’ in its business development department.
The new division is formalized to create brand anthems and corporate jingles for the clients. It is also associated with brands to create proprietary music for media exploitation which can be monetized through music sales.
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MUMBAI: The much awaited ‘Worldspace Radio’ has finally launched in India on mobile. The service will be available on Vodafone.
Vodafone will provide its customers with the best of radio/music programming and sound packaging. The service will avail more than 1, 00,000 songs of all genres across its 10 channels.
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MUMBAI: After the success of Hausla Buland campaign last year with an anthem Har Kadam Haulsa Buland, Haywards 5000 has launched another campaign ‘Hausle ki Goonj’, with a live concert by singer Kailash kher at the Asia Cup in Bangladesh.
The new campaign will be promoted nationwide with the anthem being sung in regional languages by local singers. Written by Javed Akhtar, the anthem will be performed across 65 cities like Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra and Kerala...
Legends cannot be surpassed, but with someone like ‘Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan’ the breed of prominent playback singers have not become extinct. Shafqat, a trained Pakistani classical singer was introduced to Bollywood by ace music director Shankar Mahadevan. He has given Indian cinema some of the best soulful and mellifluous renditions like ‘Mitwa’(Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), ‘Yeh Honsla’ (Dor), ‘Tere Naina’ (My Name Is Khan) and ‘Bin Tere’(I Hate Luv Storys)....
MUMBAI: Big FM Kolkata has launched a new show titled ‘Chirodiner Sur Pamelar Songe’, featuring evergreen music from the 80’s.
Hosted by RJ Pamela on weekdays from 11am-1pm, the show will also include interviews with stalwarts from the music industry, musicians, lyricists, singers and more.
The interactive show will feature Bengali and Hindi numbers ranging from the genres of romance, soft melody and disco. The listeners can also share their thoughts and request their favorite songs.
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MUMBAI: Saif Ali Khan's spy thriller Agent Vinod has been embroiled in a legal hassle. While the song ‘Pungi bajaa de’ is gaining popularity, film’s music director Pritam Chakraborty has been served a legal notice by an Iranian music band for alleged copyright violation.
According to the legal notice issued by law firm Vidhii Partners, the initial portion of the song ‘Pungi bajaa de’ is been lifted without any change from the title song of the album 'Soosan Khanoom' ...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry's total plan and non-plan budget for 2012-13 has risen marginally to Rs 27.37 billion compared to Rs 26.44 billion last year and the revised estimates of Rs 26.05 billion.
The allocation for the Ministry includes an outlay of Rs 935.5 million for projects in the north eastern part of the country including Sikkim.
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