By: Aparna Joshi 05 Feb 10 14:03 IST
Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: 2010 has gotten off to a promising start for the radio industry, with the I &B ministry hinting at an imminent announcement on phase III. While the royalty issue still hangs fire and bad news (Worldspace India shutting shop) did mar the rosy outlook, there's much to look forward to. , ...

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By: Anita Iyer 18 Jan 10 11:47 IST
Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: With physical CD sales under continuing assault, digital music distribution is bringing in a major transformation in the Indian music industry.  he launch of its music portal. On the online front, In.com concentrated on promoting music, and digital giant Hungama announced the launch of two portals- Hungama.com and Artistaloud (both targeted at promoting artistes and downloadable music), while the Bennet, Coleman promoted Indiat...

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By: Chirag Sutar 16 Jan 10 12:11 IST
Average: 4.4 (7 votes)

MUMBAI: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan may have been the unfortunate victim of an indifferent airline's mismanagement of luggage, but he's definitely not alone.

His misadventure, in fact, finds resonance among several in the music fraternity who travel by air for concerts and performances.ing broken or badl...

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By: Anita Iyer 02 Jan 10 14:46 IST
Average: 4.2 (5 votes)

MUMBAI: Melody seems to have been replaced with rage in the music industry with  playback singers tuned out of the ongoing debtate over the proposed copyright amendments. heir grievances over nonpayment of royalty by the licensing bodies. Strangely, the playback singers in the industry have distanced themselves from these gatherings of the composers and lyricists although the amendment includes a share for them too....

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By: Harpreet Khokhar 30 Dec 09 15:06 IST
Average: 4 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: The news of Worldspace Radio shutting down has shocked its subscribers in India, a country that housed 95 per cent of its subscription base. Music lovers are aggrieved at the abrupt termination of the music service from 31 December.

It is the loss of music that the users are upset about most, over the monetary damages they will have to bear.

Says a Worldspace regular, "It was the only thing that kept the music alive to the best of quality and diversity. It really feels strange and profoundly sad to refer to Worldspace in the past tense."...

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By: Chirag Sutar 23 Dec 09 16:45 IST
Average: 3.8 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: The coming year may give a much needed boost to the music fraternity as three different music awards: the Mirchi music awards (that started in 2008), IMA or Indian Music Academy Awards which is patronized by the likes of Pt. Jasraj and Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, and another Indian Music Awards, which is conceptualized by four music driven media professionals - gear up to recognise talent. ...

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By: Anita Iyer 22 Dec 09 13:56 IST
Average: 5 (2 votes)

MUMBAI: Is there light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling private FM radio industry in India in the form of mergers and consolidations?

The solution, that appears to be playing on the minds of several FM players might just reignite the radio industry by bringing the medium on the national advertising map but opinions are mixed about the effects of this trend on the industry. ...

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By: Harpreet Khokhar 16 Dec 09 12:39 IST
Average: 3 (2 votes)

MUMBAI: Time was when you walked into the neighbourhood book and music store and picked up CDs to give away as gifts during the festive season.dozen new speaker devices that can make the perfect X'mas gift. While we decided to round up all the snazziest music gizmos available in the stores (and online) to make your shopping a trifle easier, we at Radioandmusic.com also decided to undertake a snap poll from among 50 urbanites across India to find o...

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By: Chirag Sutar 23 Nov 09 15:37 IST
Average: 5 (1 vote)

MUMBAI: With artistes like Wayne Krantz, Beatle Jazz, and an open air venue like the Priyadarshini Park – Mumbai's jazz music lovers couldn’t have asked for more.

The 100 Pipers Jazz Utsav 2009 however wasn't destined to happen the way it was planned. But just when things were looking up for  one of the best ‘Jazz’ music festivals in India that had to be called off last year, they took a bad turn in the unpredictable city that is Mumbai. ...

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By: Harpreet Khokhar 11 Nov 09 11:53 IST
Average: 4 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: They are the ones that create the music we keep playing on our phones and ipods. It's their tunes that make their way into a million cell phones as ring tones and caller ring back tones.

Ever wonder what the singers, composers and lyricists from the sprawling music industry in India think about that biggest revenue generator on the horizon - the CRBT? Ever wonder if they themselves subscribe to the service, and hey, do they play their own compositions?...

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By: Shabana Ali 02 Aug 08 16:00 IST
Average: 4.7 (3 votes)

Maharashtra's cultural capital, which hosted only Radio Mirchi for six years, has four FM players now. Each wants to reign over the Pune airwaves.

The competition in the FM radio space just got hotter in Pune, the university town turned second IT hub of the county that also stakes claim to being the cultural capital of Maharashtra....

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By: Anita Iyer 12 Dec 08 13:26 IST
Average: 1.8 (4 votes)

Pakistan’s alleged involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks has given rise to conflicting opinion’s about Pakistani artistes who have been associated with our music industry. With some sections taking a stand to ban Pakistani artists, there are others who maintain – music has no boundaries....

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By: Sneha Hazarika 14 Jan 09 16:15 IST
Average: 4.6 (7 votes)

Bollywood movies are incomplete without song and dance routines.

The world might mock our crazy costumes, unrelated song sequences and location changes and wonder why almost all our movies look like musicals but our show has happily gone on. mith. With virtually every film boasting a menagerie of song and dance, every artiste has had ...

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By: Anita Iyer 16 Mar 09 17:30 IST
Average: 4 (1 vote)

It's been barely some months since community radio took off in earnest in the country - 36 campus-stations and three NGO-led CR stations - are currently on air.

The medium, however, appears to have touched a chord with the communities they serve. Community Radio Stations like the MVSS led station at Satara, Bundelkhand Radio at Orchha and the Deccan Development Society DDS community radio station at Pastapur, Andhra Pradesh, have become the voice in rural areas enabling local citizens to raise their opinions on issues pertaining to the community. ...

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By: Anita Iyer 03 Nov 09 17:26 IST
Average: 4.7 (6 votes)

MUMBAI: Phase III of FM radio expansion in the country is around the corner, with 700 additional frequencies to be rolled out in 92 cities by the I&B ministry. Concentrated mainly in the districts and very small towns, the radio industry is however skeptical about the commercial viability of these new stations.  ...

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By: Harpreet Khokhar 11 Nov 09 11:53 IST
Average: 4 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: They are the ones that create the music we keep playing on our phones and ipods. It's their tunes that make their way into a million cell phones as ring tones and caller ring back tones.

Ever wonder what the singers, composers and lyricists from the sprawling music industry in India think about that biggest revenue generator on the horizon - the CRBT? Ever wonder if they themselves subscribe to the service, and hey, do they play their own compositions?...

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By: Harpreet Khokhar 30 Dec 09 15:06 IST
Average: 4 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: The news of Worldspace Radio shutting down has shocked its subscribers in India, a country that housed 95 per cent of its subscription base. Music lovers are aggrieved at the abrupt termination of the music service from 31 December.

It is the loss of music that the users are upset about most, over the monetary damages they will have to bear.

Says a Worldspace regular, "It was the only thing that kept the music alive to the best of quality and diversity. It really feels strange and profoundly sad to refer to Worldspace in the past tense."...

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By: Chirag Sutar 16 Jan 10 12:11 IST
Average: 4.4 (7 votes)

MUMBAI: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan may have been the unfortunate victim of an indifferent airline's mismanagement of luggage, but he's definitely not alone.

His misadventure, in fact, finds resonance among several in the music fraternity who travel by air for concerts and performances.ing broken or badl...

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By: Anita Iyer 18 Jan 10 11:47 IST
Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

MUMBAI: With physical CD sales under continuing assault, digital music distribution is bringing in a major transformation in the Indian music industry.  he launch of its music portal. On the online front, In.com concentrated on promoting music, and digital giant Hungama announced the launch of two portals- Hungama.com and Artistaloud (both targeted at promoting artistes and downloadable music), while the Bennet, Coleman promoted Indiat...

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By: RnM Team 29 May 08 19:00 IST
Average: 3.2 (6 votes)

The country's first private FM station launched in the garden city almost six years ago. Several other players followed, and in the radio space, Bangalore has turned out to be one city that never let complacency get the better of it.

The trend continues, with many stations having executed an about turn in their programming in the last few months in Bangalore, in terms of format, content and jock talk.

Radio Mirchi, Big FM, Radio One, Indigo, Fever, Sun (Suryan), AIR's Rainbow are the other players in the Bangalore airspace....

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