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MUMBAI: The much talked about Research In Motion (RIM) cloud-based social music service for BlackBerry is finally available. The BBM music service has been launched in Australia, United States and Canada. BBM Music service pre loaded with 50-song allows blackberry users to build an evolving, community-based music library. The service offers playlist of leading music companies – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI. User can also share tracks amongst their BBM Music friends and vice versa.
read moreMUMBAI: * EMI Music Publishing Collects Publisher of the Year; Paloma Faith and Plan B Honored With Special Awards; Special Tribute to Legendary Songwriter Hal David in Celebration of His 90th Birthday
read moreMUMBAI: Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording and OurStage.com, along with new sponsors Orange Amplifier, Gibson Guitars, and Blue Microphones, have come together to launch with Intel Corporation another exciting competition for emerging artists. The "Intel Superstars 2011 Competition" invites musicians and producers to submit original music in six genre-based competitions: Rock, Pop, Country, Singer-Songwriter, Urban, and Latin.
read moreMUMBAI: This week Shilpa Rao brings her melodious voice to Micromax MTV Unplugged to charm the audiences. The young Khuda Jaane singer and disciple of Ghulam Mustafa Khan has steadily graduated from stage shows to jingles to tinsel town with chartbusters like Saiyaan from the movie Salaam-e-Ishq and Woh Ajnabee from The Train. It was the romantic number from the �Bachna Ae Haseeno' that made Shilpa an overnight singing sensation.
read moreMUMBAI: Hausfeld LLP filed a nationwide class action lawsuit today in San Francisco federal court on behalf of Universal Music Group (UMG) recording artists. The lawsuit contends that UMG routinely miscalculates the royalties owed to artists for digital downloads, such as MP3s and ringtones, by treating them as sales... of physical records rather than licenses.... Carlton Ridenhour, who performs under the name Chuck D... and is one of the founding members of the rap group Public Enemy,... is the named plaintiff in the action.
read moreMUMBAI: India and China emerged as the most upbeat about the next year among the Asian countries surveyed as part of a 25-nation poll for BBC World Service assessing global consumer confidence. In Pakistan, pessimists outnumbered the optimists.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has recommended that there should be a uniform VAT rate applicable across the country to mobile handsets, at a uniform rate of four per cent in the upcoming goods and services tax (GST) regime.
read moreMUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL), the Reliance ADAG's multi-media entertainment company with businesses across radio, television, intellectual properties, out of home and television production, has appointed Madhukar Pandey as business head for its Central India Cluster covering UP, MP, Bihar and Jharkhand. This cluster would include RBNL's variety entertainment channel Big Magic and Big FM's network of 11 stations in the cluster. Pandey will report to RBNL EVP marketing and Big Magic Anand Chakravarthy.
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MUMBAI: Indian classical musician Rahul Sharma, who has done more than 50 albums till date, has launched his first santoor – rock album �The Rebel' under Time Music. The Rebel comprises of six tracks including Rising, Spiritual revolution, Gurudeva, and many more. The rock album is also composed by Rahul Sharma.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mantra has announced �Neha Saleem' as the winner of RJ Giri season 2, the RJ-hunt that commenced on October 5 in Varanasi. The contest saw over 2000 participants entries, out of which eight smartest and the wittiest candidates were shortlisted.
read moreMUMBAI: With the escalating popularity of smartphone apps, Vodafone India has unveiled its first mobile app store �VStore.' The �VStore' features more than 10,000 free and paid apps for mobile operating systems such as Java, Android, BlackBerry and Symbian. The apps from all the popular genres such as games, entertainment and social networking can be accessed via GPRS-enabled handsets. VStore also includes wide range of content from providers like Hungama, India Games and Nazara, Spice.
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MUMBAI: BIG FM, India's leading radio network, successfully concludes the third season of read more
MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network announced the fourtread more
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MUMBAI: Audio series platform Pocket FM announces its triumphant success at the esteemed India read more
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MUMBAI: East Coast Punk Rock Band Calling Hours (Feat members of Farside and Don't Sleep) announced some EU tour dates with melodic hardcore band Be...read more
MUMBAI: Immerse yourself in the pulsating rhythms of Cristoph as he sets the night ablaze at The High Ultra Lounge located on the 31st Floor of The...read more
MUMBAI: In the harmonious collaboration "Rise of the Tornado," Singer Siddhart Basrur and the distinguished wordsmith Gilbert Chettiar converge their...read more
MUMBAI: Keeping in mind the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and The Advertising Club (TAC) have...read more
MUMBAI: DLF Club5 is thrilled to announce the staging of "Anything But Love," a captivating English play that promises an unforgettable evening of...read more
