MUMBAI: The ongoing producer-multiplex tussle has already had the plexes enforcing new programming strategies to garner revenues through alternate streams. And now the tug-of-war has also compelled a few radio stations to change their marketing activities. Until the commencement of the strike,...
read moreBANGALORE: Kolkata born Padmabhushan Manna Dey, who turns 90 on 1 May, will perform in Bangalore on 10 May. Through the Memories come alive concert, Dey, who performed in the city in May 2008, will once again take his fans on a musical journey spanning over six decades along with Archana Udupa....
read moreMUMBAI: Rediffusion Y&R's advertVandana, for the American India Foundation, is the only Indian entry shortlisted in the Radio category (single entries) for the Clio Awards 2009.Released in September 2008, the ad has been scripted by Mohamed Rizwan. Anisha Sarin and Ashutosh Karkhanis have been...
read moreMUMBAI: Essar Group's The MobileStore (TMS) has launched handsets under the brand name �Ray'. The company says it has worked with equipment manufacturers on the design and features of the handsets. Four models will be rolled out in the first phase. RAY M20 is the cheapest at Rs 2,399 and comes...
read moreMUMBAI: 'Sukritham', a documentary broadcast by Thiruvananthapuram All India Radio (AIR), has bagged the award for the best family welfare programme at the national level. In a press release on Monday, AIR's Thiruvananthapuram Station Director said 'Sukritham' narrated the fight of a father and a...
read moreMUMBAI: Oscar winning sound engineer has for the first time taken up a Malayalam feature film as his next assignment. Mammootty's historical film Pazhassi Raja, directed by director Hariharan,scripted by literary giant M.T. Vasudevan Nair, will mark the Malayalam debut of Pookutty as a sound mixer...
read moreMUMBAI: SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, today announced that four new 1,000-song, genre-specific slotRadioâ„? cards are available for sale at slotRadio.org. The new slotRadio cards (starting at $39.99 MSRP, U.S.) give consumers...
read moreMUMBAI: Neeraj Chaturvedi has been elevated as head, national marketing and promotions at Fever FM. This is in addition to his current responsibility as station head, Delhi. He replaces Gowri Satyamoorthy Kapre who has moved to Hindustan, HT Media's Hindi daily as part of the internal transfer. She...
read moreMUMBAI: Music Today latest album titled Jhoola – A World Music Yatra... by distinguished musician and composer Amit Heri is all set to rock the country as it releases this week. The artiste previously conquered the hearts of millions of music lovers through his music for the movie Morning Raaga...
read moreMUMBAI: With the elections just around the corner, BIG 92.7 FM, Chennai's only station that plays music which reflects the mood of Chennai has come up with a unique on-air and on-ground campaign titled �Vote Podalana' to create awareness on the importance of voting. In continuation to the same a...
read moreMUMBAI: Asian Television Awards also honored Resul with a diamond studded Arabic Sword carved out of 24 carat gold. Resul pookutty our proud "Oscar" winner was recently invited to be the Chief Guest at the prestigious Asian Television Awards that was held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 24th...
read moreMUMBAI: In a first of its kind joint venture, BBC will join forces with commercial radio operators like GMG, Global Radio and Bauer Media as well as RadioCentre to form a new Radio Council to promote digital radio.
read moreMUMBAI: "Koi Roke Chahe Daanye Se, Koi Roke Chahe Banye se, hum kaun hain, kya hain duniya ko dikha denge" -- the Congress' poll message in the form of songs echoes novel methods of electioneering -- if you can't say it straight, sing a song. Without doubt, the Congress seeks to convey that it is...
read moreNEW DELHI: Saregama India has recorded a music album for the IPL's Deccan Chargers team (owned by Deccan Chronicle) which is now in South Africa for the IPL. The anthem recorded for the team shows the Deccan Chargers stand for aggression, power and dynamism. Sung by Shaan, composed by Shamir Tandon...
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