All India Radio broadcasts 'Galli Galli Sim Sim'

MUMBAI: All India Radio is broadcasting �Galli Galli Sim Sim', the beloved children's television program on Cartoon Network and POGO, across its 11 cities including Alwar (Rajasthan), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Jallandhar (Punjab), Jammu (Jammu...

UMG signs Diane Warren for Intl Publishing deal

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group has entered into a multi-faceted agreement with renowned songwriter and prolific hitmaker Diane Warren. Warren's award-winning real songs catalog will be administered by Universal Music Publishing Group outside of North America (she continues to self-administer her...

Fever 104 FM's breakfast show co-host, DJ Manu conquers his darr!

MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM's Dabangg, DJ Manu is back from his adventurous road trip to Ladakh – the land of panoramic views! In a one of its kind contest on the morning show – Dilli ke Do Dabang, Fever 104 FM gave the opportunity of a lifetime to some lucky listeners to win a bike ride to Ladakh.

Santoor player and Mohinyattam dancer creating new genre

MUMBAI: Kolkata-based Santoor player and a Mohinyattam dancer are trying to create a new genre of music and dance by blending electronic with ethnic music forms. Talented classical dancer Mom Ganguly and Santoor player Kunal Saha have come up with ''Ishtara-The Genesis'' which has the...

Verizon FiOS TV launches SWRV

MUMBAI: Verizon FiOS and Music Choice(R) announced today that SWRV(TM)--the first 24/7 interactive music video network that puts the viewers in control has launched in all FiOS TV markets. The 24/7 linear channel is available to FiOS TV Extreme HD and Ultimate HD customers nationwide on channel...

Fever DJ Manu's trip to Ladakh

Hungama initiates anti-piracy unit 'RDR'

MUMBAI: To curb piracy, Hungama Digital has authorized R.D.Rathod Anti-Piracy Investigation Pvt Ltd (RDR) to sell licenses to the retailers who are involved in side downloading, selling music and related content on mobile phones across Maharashta, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab,...

Fever 104 FM's 'Fever Mission Shiksha' culminates successfully

MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM, the most youth centric radio station of the country as a part of their unremitting initiatives has now successfully concluded Fever Mission Shiksha.... The two week long initiative to support and help underprivileged government school kids with notebooks ended as Raveena...

N Murali re-elected president of Music Academy

MUMBAI: N Murali, senior managing director of �The Hindu', has been re-elected as the president of �The Music Academy', Chennai. Habibulla Badsha, CV Karthik Narayanan, Lakshmi Viswanathan, P Obul Reddy, R Seshasayee and R Srinivasan were elected as vice-presidents, and the secretaries are KV...

Radio One's live-in concert by Kunal Ganjawala - 'A Tribute to RD Burman'

MUMBAI: On the occasion of music legend RD Burman's 72nd birth anniversary, bollywood singer Kunal Ganjawala will perform a live concert for Radio One's musical initiative �One Delhi One Music', on Friday 1 July at Siri Fort, New Delhi. Kunal will go unplugged, to culminate the station's weeklong...

AR Rahman composes for Etios Liva ad campaign

MUMBAI: Music maestro AR Rahman, the brand ambassador for Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) cars Etios and Etios Liva has composed a special tune for Etios Liva ad campaign. The Japanese automobile major Toyota Motor's Indian unit Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) entered India's small-car market by...

UK album downloads to reach 20 mn in 2011: report

MUMBAI: UK digital album sales have reached 10 million in 2011 so far and are expected to reach 20 million for the first time this year if downloads continue at the current rate, according to the Official Charts Company. Digital album sales generated 22% of official UK record sales this year,...

HMV Canada sold for $3.2 million to Hilco UK

MUMBAI: HMV Canada, the country's biggest record store chain has been sold to Hilco UK, a British retail restructuring specialist, for $3.2 million. HMV Canada operates 121 stores and is the only national specialty entertainment retailer in the country. HMV Canada was a major music retailer at one...

Red FM Kolkata pays tribute to RD Burman

MUMBAI: Red FM Kolkata is running special episodes for the week titled Pancham–Paanch Din... to commemorate legendary music composer RD Burman's birth anniversary. Beginning this Monday, noted singer Indrani Sen shared her fond memories about working with Pancham Da and recorded the last Bengali...