MUMBAI: In simple words, we can say ‘Bollywood’ rules the Indian music industry. Most of the Indian audiences enjoy soundtracks churned out by Bollywood Kingdom. After being lip-synced by popular filmstars, the track becomes an absolute super hit, may it be a romantic number or a bouncy, groovy item number. Apart from this every song receives boundless promotion through TV trailers and the country's dozen-odd radio and video channels that play it a 100 times....
MUMBAI: 82% Indian youth being hardcore music fans (As per research conducted by Synovate), music scene in the country is on the path to becoming more open minded towards every genre of music. Exploring the hidden potential, making its maximum utilization and a great deal of innovation are the keys that will propel the Indian industry to pinnacles of success. And this makes the essence of a range of panel discussions that will happen over the two-day event of ‘Nokia Music Connects’....
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL) is readying capital to seize growth opportunities across its business verticals, including Phase III of FM radio expansion.
RBNL is raising Rs 4 billion via preferential issue of shares to the promoter group and other investors, a move that will boost the company’s net worth and shore up its borrowing capabilities to fund its expansion plans....
MUMBAI: Neelesh Misra is that one small town guy who follows all his passions lucratively instead of cribbing about not being able to churn out adequate time out of his nine-to-nine schedule as we all do.
After penning down some great lyrics and coming up with intellectual reading material, the passionate writer has his palette full of Bollywood projects. ...
MUMBAI: Adding another feather to his illustrious career, Punjabi singer-actor-producer Gurdas Maan will be honoured with a doctorate in World Music by UK’s University of Wolverhampton on 7 September.
“I am both ‘touched and thankful’ for this recognition and I will continue entertaining my audience like always,” said the legendary singer. ...
MUMBAI: Though Apple's iPods put music, movies, games, and more in the palm of your hand, the technology giant Apple has seen the lowest quarterly sales of its music player in the previous three months and it has been the lowest sales since 2006, media reports.
The drop in the sales of iPod has created fears for music industry as it aimed the iPod to boost the download industry. The sales figures for the quarter till the end of June suggest that 9 million units of iPod were sold in that period which is the lowest number since 2006....
MUMBAI: A Mumbai based NGO has filed a suit against Arbaaz Khan and Abhinav Kashyap in connection with their forthcoming film 'Dabaang' for using the word 'Hindustani' in an allegedly derogatory manner in an item song.
A session court today has issued notices to both Khan (producer of the film) and Kashyap (director) telling them to file their reply on the suit by September 3....
MUMBAI: Radio Mantra, the radio venture by the Dainik Jagran Group takes a step closer to its listeners by rolling out its Facebook application for further interaction.
“With emergence of Facebook as India's no.1 platform for interaction by millions of people, we couldn't ignore the power of social networking for a longer time,” said Radio Mantra COO Narendra Tripathi. “We are really happy that now we can not only connect and interact but extend the bond we have built with our listeners.”...
MUMBAI: Deceased popstar Michael Jackson is the world's most downloaded artist and "Beat It" is his most downloaded track across 36 countries, according to new data by Nokia Ovi Music Store.
Jackson is most popular in India where he accounts for 26 per cent of the country's entire Ovi downloads, followed by the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Finland as reported. His 1982 single 'Beat It' is the most popular track at the Ovi store, with 'Billie Jean' and 'Thriller' following close....
MUMBAI: Maxus and Lodestar won two awards each for the radio category at the recently concluded Emvies Awards 2010.
In the best Media Innovation, Radio category, Lodestar UM was honoured with the gold award for Tata Docomo - 'Station Docomo.' Maxus won two bronze award in the category for Vodafone - World's First! A brand gets wedding invitation from its consumer and also for Vodafone - The Magic of One.
Lodestar UM also won the RAM award for the Radio Innovation for Tata Docomo - 'Station Docomo.'...
Mumbai, November 7, 2006: Landmark, India`s leading music retail store launched the music album Kama Sutra Moods of Love with the director/ producer Mahesh Bhatt and a Live performance by Abhishek Ray.
Eloquently capturing the Myriad Moods of Love on the Mystical Canvas of Music, This album is crafted to take the listener on a magical journey. The listener travels through the different phases of love and experiences emotions embedded in each Track starting from furtive glances, romantic swells, torrid passion to the pathway to Nirvana. According to an offcial release.
MUMBAI: The Copyright Board will commence hearings on the ongoing tussle over music royalties between the radio and music industries from 28 July. The copyright Board had earlier this year asked both the fraternities to file evidences supporting their stand on the royalty issue. Board, say sources. ...
MUMBAI: Music Matters, Asia’s leading conference for the business of music, will hold the Music Matters Advertising Forum in association with Media Magazine on 8 December 2009.
The forum will showcase successful marketing campaigns and case studies, new creative and business opportunities, and some of Asia’s hottest new talent. It will be a chance to forge new relationships between the entertainment industry, advertisers and their agencies. The event will take place on 8 December in Singapore, one day prior to Media’s Agency of the Year Awards....
PUNE: At the seminar on intellectual property rights at music expo Baajaa Gaajaa in Pune over the weekend, classical vocalist Shubha Mudgal suggested a separate regulatory body for independent artistes,"Why can't we have an independent body like the PPL and IPRS only meant for independent artistes?" Mudgal questioned.
With respect to the present law, Professor TN Daruwala answered, "You can't have a collective society - IPRS is that soceity." ...
MUMBAI: Urmila Dhangar, the singer from Badlapur who impressed judges and audiences alike with her voice, walked away with top honours at Zee Marathi's
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa season seven that culminated in Mumbai on Sunday evening. Dhangar whose husky voice and rendition of lavanis and other folk songs made her extremely popular among the contestants during the current season, was crowned the winner after an exhaustive finale, by renowned veteran folk singer Vitthal Umap. The other two finalists - Abhilasha Chellam and Rahul Saxena - were adjudged runners up....
Mumbai: Swapnil Bandodkar of 'Radha hi Bavri' fame launched his new album Tichya Dolyatla Gaav under the Sagarika music label. Renowned singer and Bandodkar's Guru Suresh Wadkar was also present at the launch.
The album Tichya Dolyatla Gaav is composed by seven different composers which also includes Ashok Patki, one of the most renowned composers of the marathi music. Speaking on this occasion, Sagarika Bam, the founder of Sagarika music said "With this album launch, Sagarika Music Label has completed 10 years in the music industry". ...
MUMBAI: Tamil Nadu based Hello FM 106.4 FM has appointed Balasubramaniam as Assistant VP and head, weekend programming and brand integration across all networks.V Balaji has been named cluster head for RoT (Rest of Tamil Nadu). The two executives have already taken up their assignments at Hello FM from 10 November....
MUMBAI: Tamil Nadu based Hello FM 106.4 FM has appointed Balasubramaniam as Assistant VP and head, weekend programming and brand integration across all networks.V Balaji has been named cluster head for RoT (Rest of Tamil Nadu). The two executives have already taken up their assignments at Hello FM from 10 November....
MUMBAI: HT Media, which runs FM station Fever 104, has approved a proposal for the demerger of its radio business from its subsidiary HT Music and Entertainment Company Ltd (HTME).
In a notice to the Bombay Stock Exchange, the company on Friday said that the Board of Directors of the company has approved the demerger of radio business of HT Music and Entertainment Company (HTME), a subsidiary company and vesting thereof into HTML....
MUMBAI: In a shocking incident, Bangalore based Opus bar and restaurant owner Gina Braganza died in the wee hours of Saturday after an accidental fall from her fourth floor apartment terrace.ed it as Opus in the Creek; she also acquired Soul in Pune and named it Opus Pune. She had dreamt of starting 100 branches of Opus in the country, in the next one year. Recently, she had organised ‘Opus Osho’...
MUMBAI: On December 31, 2009, the WorldSpace satellite radio broadcast service will be terminated for all customers serviced from India, according to an announcement posted on the company website.
This action is an outgrowth of the financial difficulties facing WorldSpace India’s parent company, WorldSpace, Inc., which has been under bankruptcy protection since October 2008, the announcement says.
WorldSpace is present in over 130 countries globally, and has already been in the process of closing down its operations in most other countries....
MUMBAI: Anuj Sharma, the forgotten third finalist of Indian Idol's second season is ready to cut his debut solo Hindi album.
Says the singer, “Universal Music is launching my solo Hindi debut album, ‘Khwaab’ in December and I would be making my comeback in the Hindi music scene.”
The music for ‘Khwaab’ has been composed on an assortment basis by Gaurav Dayal of (Dil le gayi kudi Gujarat ki fame) and Saibal Basu, who had earlier composed for the 2003 film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II....
MUMBAI: After years of churning out popular VJs on television, MTV is back with its VJ hunt contest.
Calling everyone who is above 18 years of age, Idea MTV VJ Hunt is set to kickstart in Mumbai from 5 December and will round up the contenders from Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata and Bangalore on 8, 11, 14, 18, and 21 December respectively.
Started in 1999, the contest is back on air after seven years. MTV VJ Hunt has discovered talents including Nikhil Chinappa, Malaika Arora, Cyrus Sahukar, Sophie Chaudhary, Shenaz Treasurewala, Rannvijay apart from host of others....
MUMBAI: Music major T-Series has entered into a strategic alliance with Reliance Entertainment’s Big Music to handle distribution for the latter's catalogue.
Industry sources mention that the labels have entered into a minimum guarantee agreement, with T-Series acquiring the content and exploiting it till recovery and later the labels would share profits....
MUMBAI: Star Plus has renewed its vows with Gajjendra Singh, with a new music 'reality show' that brings musicians Himesh Reshammiya, Mika Singh, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan and Shankar Mahadevan on one platform.ons from among the country's multitudes. Christened Music Ka Maha Muqabla, the show takes the place of Star Plus' Voice of India, which ran for two seasons on the channel till last yea...
MUMBAI: Urmila Dhangar, the singer from Badlapur who impressed judges and audiences alike with her voice, walked away with top honours at Zee Marathi's
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa season seven that culminated in Mumbai on Sunday evening. Dhangar whose husky voice and rendition of lavanis and other folk songs made her extremely popular among the contestants during the current season, was crowned the winner after an exhaustive finale, by renowned veteran folk singer Vitthal Umap. The other two finalists - Abhilasha Chellam and Rahul Saxena - were adjudged runners up....
MUMBAI: Radio City's mystery RJ Love Guru will make his Bollywood debut with a tailor made role in Studio 18's Dil Kabaddi that releases on Friday.hul Bose, Irfan Khan, Konkona Sen, Soha Ali Khan and Rahul Khanna, in the film. He helps the two modern day urban couples - Samit (Irfan) and Mita (Soha), Rishi (Rahul Bose) and Simi (Konkona) handle complex, sensitive matters of the heart to solve the never ending quests which their hearts put them...
MUMBAI: Radio Indigo national sales director Nabhojit Kuila has resigned and would be quitting the organisation by the end of October.
The FM station, a venture of Jupiter Media, has been without an operations head since Jayyant Bokhare resigned in March this year. dio Indigo and would be filling the post in by...
MUMBAI: When it comes to music, 2010 has started on a good note for sure.
A R Rahman's track from Couples' Retreat 'Na Na..' has already been nominated for this year's Academy Awards. For those who may have forgotten, Slumdog Millionaire's now famous track 'Jai Ho' is also nominated at this year's Grammy Awards.
Rahman's friend and Oscar winner Resul Pookutty is escatic about Rahman's nominations, but more than anything else, the Kerala born sound techinician is confident that this year too, Rahman will reign. ...
MUMBAI: The Haflong station of All India Radio took a major leap on 1 February 2010 with its first ever live outdoor broadcast - a running commentary of the Busu Dima fest, the biggest local festival of the region.
The ground event is being celebrated in the main public field at Haflong, known as Lal Field. Haflong, which literally means the 'White Ants Hillock', is the headquarters of the North Cachar Hills district in Assam. It also serves as a hill resort to many tourists....
Gadda da Vida is the lounge bar at the recently opened Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach. Designed to carry a feel of the psychedelia of the 1960’s, Gadda da Vida takes its name from Details...
MUMBAI: On December 31, 2009, the WorldSpace satellite radio broadcast service will be terminated for all customers serviced from India, according to an announcement posted on the company website.
This action is an outgrowth of the financial difficulties facing WorldSpace India’s parent company, WorldSpace, Inc., which has been under bankruptcy protection since October 2008, the announcement says.
WorldSpace is present in over 130 countries globally, and has already been in the process of closing down its operations in most other countries....
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MUMBAI: Anuj Sharma, the forgotten third finalist of Indian Idol's second season is ready to cut his debut solo Hindi album.
Says the singer, “Universal Music is launching my solo Hindi debut album, ‘Khwaab’ in December and I would be making my comeback in the Hindi music scene.”
The music for ‘Khwaab’ has been composed on an assortment basis by Gaurav Dayal of (Dil le gayi kudi Gujarat ki fame) and Saibal Basu, who had earlier composed for the 2003 film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II....
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MUMBAI: After years of churning out popular VJs on television, MTV is back with its VJ hunt contest.
Calling everyone who is above 18 years of age, Idea MTV VJ Hunt is set to kickstart in Mumbai from 5 December and will round up the contenders from Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata and Bangalore on 8, 11, 14, 18, and 21 December respectively.
Started in 1999, the contest is back on air after seven years. MTV VJ Hunt has discovered talents including Nikhil Chinappa, Malaika Arora, Cyrus Sahukar, Sophie Chaudhary, Shenaz Treasurewala, Rannvijay apart from host of others....
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MUMBAI: Music major T-Series has entered into a strategic alliance with Reliance Entertainment’s Big Music to handle distribution for the latter's catalogue.
Industry sources mention that the labels have entered into a minimum guarantee agreement, with T-Series acquiring the content and exploiting it till recovery and later the labels would share profits....
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MUMBAI: Star Plus has renewed its vows with Gajjendra Singh, with a new music 'reality show' that brings musicians Himesh Reshammiya, Mika Singh, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan and Shankar Mahadevan on one platform.ons from among the country's multitudes. Christened Music Ka Maha Muqabla, the show takes the place of Star Plus' Voice of India, which ran for two seasons on the channel till last yea...
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MUMBAI: Urmila Dhangar, the singer from Badlapur who impressed judges and audiences alike with her voice, walked away with top honours at Zee Marathi's
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa season seven that culminated in Mumbai on Sunday evening. Dhangar whose husky voice and rendition of lavanis and other folk songs made her extremely popular among the contestants during the current season, was crowned the winner after an exhaustive finale, by renowned veteran folk singer Vitthal Umap. The other two finalists - Abhilasha Chellam and Rahul Saxena - were adjudged runners up....
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MUMBAI: Radio City's mystery RJ Love Guru will make his Bollywood debut with a tailor made role in Studio 18's Dil Kabaddi that releases on Friday.hul Bose, Irfan Khan, Konkona Sen, Soha Ali Khan and Rahul Khanna, in the film. He helps the two modern day urban couples - Samit (Irfan) and Mita (Soha), Rishi (Rahul Bose) and Simi (Konkona) handle complex, sensitive matters of the heart to solve the never ending quests which their hearts put them...
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MUMBAI: Radio Indigo national sales director Nabhojit Kuila has resigned and would be quitting the organisation by the end of October.
The FM station, a venture of Jupiter Media, has been without an operations head since Jayyant Bokhare resigned in March this year. dio Indigo and would be filling the post in by...
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MUMBAI: When it comes to music, 2010 has started on a good note for sure.
A R Rahman's track from Couples' Retreat 'Na Na..' has already been nominated for this year's Academy Awards. For those who may have forgotten, Slumdog Millionaire's now famous track 'Jai Ho' is also nominated at this year's Grammy Awards.
Rahman's friend and Oscar winner Resul Pookutty is escatic about Rahman's nominations, but more than anything else, the Kerala born sound techinician is confident that this year too, Rahman will reign. ...
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MUMBAI: The Haflong station of All India Radio took a major leap on 1 February 2010 with its first ever live outdoor broadcast - a running commentary of the Busu Dima fest, the biggest local festival of the region.
The ground event is being celebrated in the main public field at Haflong, known as Lal Field. Haflong, which literally means the 'White Ants Hillock', is the headquarters of the North Cachar Hills district in Assam. It also serves as a hill resort to many tourists....
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