Babble Fish Productions director Samira Kanwar - Any kind of alternative music is over shadowed by Bollywood in India

While rock as a genre is not widely popular in the country, its followers swear by it. Tapping the underground Indian rock music scene in all its grungy glory Babble Fish has brought the second season of The P-Man Show created specifically for the digital medium. The show gives a peek in the Independent music scene in all its grungy glory. Talking further about the slow yet increasing popularity of rock music and the viability of the online medium, Babble Fish Productions director Samira Kanwar in conversation with Radioandmusic.com's Harpreet Khokhar.

9XM programming head Amar Tidke - Channels with appointment viewing will face a problem in the longer run

He has dabbled in radio and in the online space, managing the creative departments at Mobile2win, Radio City as well as Fever FM.

He was recently appointed as the head of programming for INX Media's 9XM. Amar Tidke, who has settled in comfortably in his new role in the music channel,  talks about his new stint in the television space, in conversation with Radioandmusic.com's Harpreet Khokhar 

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AWAL founder Denzyl Feigelson - This is the right time for a new model in the industry

UK based AWAL (Artists Without A Label) founder Denzyl Feigelson was recently in India at Ficci Frames 2010 to speak on 'Music Industry and Remedies For its Revival'. A musician, and a music therapist, Feigelson has been credited with having closely worked on iTunes when it started in 2007.

An innovator on the digital music space, his brainchild AWAL, has proved to be a significant platform for independent artistes across the globe who prefer to release their material digitally instead of going to a label.

OnMobile president and COO Sanjay Uppal - With music streaming gaining ground, digital music consumption might undergo shifts

Having made its debut on the Indian Stock Exchanges (BSE and NSE) in February 2008, Bangalore based VAS provider OnMobile is aggressively viewing the radio space. The company is currently in talks with network operators to roll out its mobile radio service M-Radio Gold. OnMobile also entered into strategic alliance with commercial radio operator Big FM recently to launch Big Mobile Radio.

Radio Mango GM Amit Mathew - Kerala has always had a very strong radio presence

The 35 year old Amit Mathew loves to maintain a low profile. Even as he has spent the last few years bringing up Radio Mango from scratch (Amit hails from the family that runs the Malayala Manorama group of publications which floated Mango), he prefers to let the station do the talk for him. Kochi, Trichur, Calicut and Kannur have had a taste of Mango - the station was the first of the private players to hit the airwaves in Kerala) - and phase III beckons. But Mathew, general manager of the network, would rather let time have its way.

Agi Music CEO Agilan Lechaman - Ilaiyaraaja holds copyrights since 1980s, but labels assume producers are the owners

Music legend Ilaiyaraaja was in the news recently for warning defaulters with legal action for using his music without acquiring the requisite licenses. The maestro has entered into a deal with Malaysian music label Agi Music for his works created before 2000 - the deal is applicable to all areas and platforms, including broadcasting, radio broadcasting, synchronization usages, mechanical usages, mobile contents and Internet downloads.

Percept D'Mark COO Manuj Agarwal - We expect 40,000 people over three days at Sunburn this time

In a short span of three years, Sunburn has become synonymous with electronic dance music festival - the only one of its kind in India.

Radio Misty CEO Nishant Mittal - We dare to experiment with our content and music

Radio Misty has been one of the few radio stations that has managed to traverse the less trodden regions in the country's North-East. With stations in West Bengal's Siliguri and Sikkim capital Gangtok, the station caters to listeners in neighboring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh as well 

Radio Misty's CEO Nishant Mittal in conversation with Harpreet Khokhar of Radioandmusic.com, outlines his plans for the station for the months ahead.

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TAM Media Research VP Pradeep Hejmadi - If the industry doesn't believe in RAM, why have they made content and programming changes?

Launched in October 2007, Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) is dealing with resentment from the Indian FM radio industry for alleged inconsistency in its listenership data.

Amid accusations by radio broadcasters, TAM Media Research vice president Pradeep Hejmadi, in conversation with Radioandmusic.com's Anita Iyer, expresses his anguish over the discord with the radio industry, speaks about challenges of launching a radio measurement system and discusses possible resolutions to the festering issue.

Myopusradio founder Gina Braganza - It was a challenge to start an internet radio station in India

India's first multiple channel internet radio station for international music, myopusradio.com will complete a year this month. Launched with a single channel in October 2008, myopusradio expanded with eight more channels in February 2009 and is experiencing growth in listenership