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* Radio & Us: Panel Discussion at AROI's second annual Radio Congress (2011) * Radio must also help trigger social upliftment and change: Anurradha Prasad NEW DELHI: At its second annual Radio Congress (2011) AROI partnered with UNICEF as its social development partner, advocating to over 300 members of the Radio fraternity -- including CEOs and Programming Heads, government representatives and mediapersons – the need to include children's voices in regular programming.
read moreMUMBAI: Anurag Dixit, India's only musician to be featured on the Image Line's Power Producer list and one of the most promising talents on the Indian pop music scenario will launch his debut Music Album – �Sounds Gr8!!' into the markets on April 4, 2011.
read moreMUMBAI: US consumers will spend more on online music than CDs for the first time in 2012, according to the latest study from Strategy Analytics' Digital Media Strategies service. The report, Global Recorded Music Market Forecast..., issued in Boston on Tuesday, found that total recorded music sales in the US declined by 7% to $6.2bn in 2010, driven largely by a 16% plunge in CD revenues, to $3.8bn. In 2012 consumer spending on CDs will fall further to $2.7bn, more than $1bn lower than the 2010 level.
read moreMUMBAI: Cloud entertainment provider mSpot, Inc., today increased its free storage offering to 5GB on its popular cloud music service for iPhone, Android, PCs/Macs® and Internet TV. The service enables users to quickly upload their music to the mSpot Cloud and then immediately start listening from both desktop browsers, Android and iPhones for free. It is currently available at www.mspot.com for PC and Mac, in the Apple® App Store and Android Marketplace.
read moreMUMBAI: 92.7 BIG FM, the radio initiative of Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) is all set to make the action packed, nerve-wracking semi-final match between India and Pakistan more exciting for its listeners.
read more* 2.6 lakh registered listeners, of whom 8500 have participated on-air so far. * At stake – tickets to the Cricket World Cup final in Mumbai
read moreMumbai: Disney Channel's original television series, Ishaan, launched its new music album, Ishaan – Sapno Ko Awaz De, on Tuesday, 29th March 2011. The album consists of nine tracks featured on Ishaan – Sapno Ko Awaz De, and a bonus track from the king of Disco, Bappi Lahiri. Ishaan is the first locally produced musical for tweens on Indian television and it's for the first time in India that a television show's music album featuring original tracks is launched.
read moreMUMBAI: News Corp is in talks with Vevo.com and may give control of Myspace to the music label-owned video site. News Corp in February had announced that it is exploring the option of a possible sale or spin-off of its distressed social entertainment site. The media conglomerate has roped in boutique investment bank Allen & Co to aid the process. According to some reports, as of February it had already received early interest from nearly 20 parties.
read moreNEW DELHI: Ramesh Sippy Entertainment's Dum Maaro Dum will be the first film to be released with Dolby® Surround 7.1 on 22 April. Produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment and distributed by Fox Star Studios, Dum Maaro Dum is a dramatic thriller set among the beaches, side streets, and raves of Goa. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Duggabati, and Pratiek Babbar and will feature a soundtrack created by Pritam.
read moreNEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the matter to 5 April, its stay on the order of the Copyright Board concerning royalties to be paid to artistes for broadcasting music by radio operators will continue. The division bench of the Court comprising Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph had stayed the order on 18 March and listed the matter for today.
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MUMBAI: Even as the very public expression of good wishes for the Indian cricket team for its Cricket World Cup semi final clash with Pakistan gets shriller by the minute, popular Fever 104 FM RJ Anuraag Pandey is adding to the fervour with a walk on Tuesday evening -- the eve of the mother of all cricket clashes -- to Siddhivinayak Temple, Dadar, to strengthen his network's on-air support of and cheering for the Indian Cricket Team, with a prayer to Lord Ganesh.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
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