|  30 Mar 2009

Academy of Broadcasting launches One-Year Diploma

MUMBAI: India's oldest and largest Radio Jockey training academy has announced a brand new one-year diploma for the benefit of the students wishing to enter the exciting and rewarding world of radio. Besides this they shall be opening it's own branches in Mohali and Panchkula to cater to the demand...

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 |  30 Mar 2009

Odissi musician Dr Kasinath Pujapanda passes away

MUMBAI: Veteran Odissi musician Dr Kasinath Pujapanda passed away at his Puri residence on Sunday following a brief illness. He was 88 and is survived by wife, three sons and two daughters. Dr Kasinath, a wellknown name in Odissi music, also taught the music form to his disciples who are know well-...

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 |  30 Mar 2009

Shubha Mudgal, Vishal-Shekhar to judge Mummy Ka Superstar

MUMBAI: Tellychakkar had earlier reported about the new music based reality show Voice of India Mummy Ka Superstar that is set to make its way on Star Plus. Well, we now uncover the lid completely. According to our sources, VOI Mummy Ka Superstar is slated to launch on 4 April and will air every...

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 |  30 Mar 2009

Apacer launches AU824 MP4 player

Apacer Technology has stepped in the market of MP4 players by launching an ultra-slim MP4 Player - AU824 in India. This sleek music player has a combination of a classic blue body with mirrored stainless steel rear fascia that radiates self-assurance and charm. The AU824 features a 1.8-inch TFT-LCD...

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 |  30 Mar 2009

Jodhaa Akbar sweeps first Mirchi Music awards

MUMBAI: Composer A R Rahman and Ashutosh Gowariker's 2008 period feature film Jodhaa Akbar swept the honours at the first Mirchi Music Awards held in Mumbai on Saturday evening. While Rahman collected three Mirchi ladies, prime among them being the 'song of the year' honour for Jashn-e-bahara,...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

iTunes to hike rates from 7 April

MUMBAI: Apple's iTunes plans to increase the prices of hit singles and selected classic tracks to $1.29. With this price change, the online music store would be abandoning its 99-cent-only strategy. Although Apple has not publicly announced the date, industry sources believe the move would be in...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

EMI joins hands with Playlist.com

MUMBAI: EMI Music and social networking site Project Playlist have reached an agreement to add the music company's recordings to the online catalog of the site. Project Playlist allows users to upload music and create and share playlists and boasts of more than 42 million registered users at...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

Red FM awards laud the awful, in style

MUMBAI: Many chappals were hurled on Friday evening at the fourth edition of the Red FM Bajaate Raho Awards held at the Chitrakoot grounds in Andheri, Mumbai. With celeb look alikes going on stage to receive the Bajaate raho �ghanta', it was a perfectly starry evening with singers and television...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

BSNL, Hungama tie up for on demand entertainment store

MUMBAI: BSNL has tied up with Hungama Digital Media Entertainment to offer On-Demand Entertainment Store for its broadband users. This first-of-its-kind service in India will offer 50,000 songs and 1,000 videos in various languages. BSNL consumers can also get access to over 500 games as they...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

Percept, T-Series resolve differences on Tasveer

MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company and Super Cassettes Industries Ltd (T-Series) have amicably settled their differences. T-Series will withdraw from being a co-producer after receiving the entire payment from Percept. On Thursday, T-Series threatened to take legal action against PPC if it released...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

Anup Jalota to judge Bhajan Samrat

MUMBAI: Reality shows have multiplied by millions but most of them have become monotonous in nature. Whenever a new reality show comes up, the makers boast how different their show is from the rest. However, when the action begins, what the viewers get to see is the same old thing. But this time...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

BBC appoints Jane Berthoud as radio comedy head

MUMBAI: Bafta award winner Jane Berthoud has been appointed as head Radio Comedy at the BBC. She will be the first woman to hold this post. Berthoud replaces Paul Schlesinger, who moved to BBC's TV comedy department in January. She will report to BBC head of comedy Mark Freeland from 4 May,...

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 |  28 Mar 2009

HD Radio launches 1,000 multicast stations

MUMBAI: HD Digital Radio Alliance, a joint initiative of leading radio broadcasters to accelerate the rollout of HD Radio, announced that 1,000 multicast stations are now being broadcast on-air and 100 SKUs are available at retail.

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 |  27 Mar 2009

MySpace India appoints Sandeep Suvarna as sr marketing manager

MUMBAI: MySpace India announced the appointment of Sandeep Suvarna as Senior Marketing Manager for India operations, on Friday. Suvarna comes in place of Tarun Tripathi, who quit as marketing and content director earlier this month. MySpace India country head had said at the time that Tripathi's...

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