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NEW DELHI: India's first internet radio platform www.Radiowalla.in will broadcast all the speeches live from Jantar Mantar as a service to the global Indian audience who are interested in the Anna Hazare led agitation against corruption in India. Radiowalla.in, a platform that streams indigenously created linear radio stations across music and talk genres, is now embarking on a full fledged news/talk radio station launch. This live broadcast is one such initiative towards the launch of "Newswalla - Be curious".
read moreMUMBAI: Two of the world’s biggest handset markets, India and China account for 35 per cent of the world’s 4.1 billion active mobile users, according to the Ericsson Traffic and Market Data Report. The report stated that the global mobile penetration has significantly increased to 85 per cent with the estimated 180 million net additions in Q4 (last quarter) of 2011 and mobile subscriptions now total to around six billion. The study mentions that the actual number of subscribers is about 4.1 billion, as many users have numerous subscriptions.
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NEW DELHI: The Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival is back after two years with the introduction of a musical section focusing on the relation between music and cinema.
read moreMUMBAI: As Olympics fever is slowly gripping the nation, international music channel 9XO has unveiled a property titled ‘Song-O-Lympics’ celebrating the splendour of the London Olympics. The unique programming initiative will be aired for around three weeks and culminate in tune with the closing ceremony of the games. The property will be aired throughout the day and feature music videos of renowned artistes like Rihanna, Justin Beiber, Jennifer Lopez and Nicki Minaj amongst others from pop, dance and hip-hop genres.
read moreMUMBAI: Tencent, the largest internet company in Asia Pacific and the third largest in the world, has announced the launch of its most popular global mobile product in India, WeChat - a free mobile voice and text messaging application. Globally, WeChat already has over 100 million registered users making it one of the most popular mobile chat applications in the world.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Sectoral Innovation Council of the Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B) has stated that content innovation is required in radio which is possible only if the Government comes up with a separate licensing model for niche channels. The Council has recommended that the ministry can come up with a formal arrangement by which Community Radio Stations (CRS) can provide community-based programme content to All India Radio, while AIR can provide capacity building and training to CRS workers in content creation, management and operation of stations.
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MUMBAI: Big FM has appointed Rohan Chandran as the station head for its operations in Bangalore. In his new role, Chandran will be responsible for the overall running of the station in the city along with revenue generation. He will report to Big FM regional head North and South Ashwin Padmanabhan.
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MUMBAI: Boasting an impressive lineup of international performances in 2011, India continues to witness concerts by heavy weight rock-pop artistes this year. After Sean Paul, Korn, David Guetta, Katy Perry and more, the stage will once again open to iconic American hard rock band Guns N Roses. Starting December, the band will perform a three-city maiden tour across Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The tour will commence with a concert in Bangalore at Palace Ground whereas other venues are yet to be disclosed.
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MUMBAI: ArtistAloud, the digital platform for independent music, is all set to launch yet another property titled ‘RockStock’ in partnership with Hard Rock Café on 8 August 2012.
read moreMUMBAI: Intel Corporation and MTV Iggy, MTV's global music brand, today unveiled "The Music Experiment," an all-new series of free live shows held at secret locations in select cities nationwide and powered by fan activity on social media. Through "The Music Experiment," each fan tweet using #musicexperiment will incrementally zoom a satellite map and reveal locations where fans can obtain ticket, venue and theme information for the live shows. The experience begins at musicexperiment.com, where fans can access the map and interact with exclusive artist content.
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MUMBAI: Today, after hearing from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India about the plight of a young elephant who has been beaten and is kept in chains, former Beatle Paul McCartney broke from rehearsals for his performance at the London Olympics to send an urgent letter to Maharashtra Forest Minister Dr Patangrao Shripatrao Kadam. The music legend, who first came to India in 1966, called on the minister to use his power immediately to rescue the little elephant, named Sunder, from Jyotiba Temple in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra and move him to a forested sanctuary.
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MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has announced the appointment of Dr Bikrread more
MUMBAI: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced today that it has filed a legal aread more
MUMBAI: The world is a stage! Literally.read more
MUMBAI: Anara Publishing continues to make waves in the Indian music scene, building on their iniread more
MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Singer, songwriter and composer Samarth Swarup is all set to release his highly anticipated EP, "Sama." In an exclusive interview with...read more
MUMBAI: Following the recent grand announcement by the makers of the action spectacle ‘Devara: Part 1’ starring Man Of Masses NTR Jr, excitement...read more
