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MUMBAI: Today 24-7 Entertainment, Europe's leader in digital distribution, announced the launch of Filmax's YODECIDO music store in Spain (http://musica.yodecido.com). The music download store, powered by 24-7 Entertainment is one of a myriad of digital entertainment sites all linked to one and other and under the YODECIDO umbrella, making for an ideal, one-stop cultural shopping experience which includes music, film (through a video on demand service), Web TV and film social networking.
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MUMBAI: Rajinder Singh Rai gained his stage moniker from the first fans who called him an Indian MC. He explained that "Indian" isn't a language and from there was known as Panjabi MC after the language he used in the music he played and rapped. In regard to hip-hop music and Indian music, he said "One of my main goals is to fuse the two worlds. I would love to link everybody up, for sure Certainly his "Mundian To Bach Ke" remix with Jay-Z introduced the sound to the most global market it had ever reached. Hit Singles
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MUMBAI: The PCM Group's Radio Misty launched its Sikkim station at Gangtok on 31 January. With this launch, the group now has two FM stations, Siliguri being the first one. Radio Misty Sikkim 95 FM is the first 24X7 FM station of Sikkim, claims the company. Radio Misty Sikkim will play a blend of popular Hindi music, English music along with local songs, pops, fusion, remixes, retro music and international music. The focus will be on promoting local music.
read moreMUMBAI: Sony Pix has bagged the India telecast rights of the BAFTA Awards 2009, to be held on 9 February at the Royal Opera House in London at 5.30 am. The live telecast will be followed by the repeat telecast at 10 pm on the same day Pix has slated the Bafta movie-marathon from 1 - 9 February, in which Bafta award winning movies from the previous years like The Silence of the Lambs, Big Fish, East is East, When Harry Met Sally, Philadelphia, Trauma, Chicago, Close Encounter of the Third Kind and The Queen will be aired.
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MUMBAI: "I think in every child there is the hidden real star," says music director Bappi Lahiri, who is coming out with an album SLUM STARS with children from the Dharavi Slums. In association with DJ Paul Devro who will be remixing the tracks, the album will be receiving a world release with the international label Mad Decent in Los Angeles. This album has been possible, thanks to the effort of dharavi.org, an organization striving for the betterment of the residents of Dharavi.
read moreMUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC's DG Mark Thompson has announced a deeper commitment to arts and music on the BBC, with a range of initiatives aimed at supporting cultural Britain and better serving the public. He pledged that the BBC would: * Create a new Arts Editor role for BBC News, which will help ensure that appropriate focus is given to arts events and stories on a day-to-day basis. * Demonstrate a new energy in working with partners, creating a BBC arts board to improve the gestation process for great content ideas and partnerships.
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MUMBAI: Going a step forward, the Channel [V] Launchpad season III has introduced a new element in their band hunt concept. Seven shortlisted bands entered a ' House of Rock' on Saturday, where they will be put up for the next 10 days for some gruelling sessions and tasks that started from 31 January 2009. The elmination were due to begin on the first day itself, with one band scheduled to get ousted from the house based on a task performance.
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2008 was a year marked by several developments in the radio and music industries, but it was also a year when some noted personalities in these fields, who had left their mark in their respective fields, passed away. Radioandmusic.com pays tribute.
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2008 was a year marked by several developments in the radio and music industries, but it was also a year when some noted personalities in these fields, who had left their mark in their respective fields, passed away. Radioandmusic.com pays tribute.
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MUMBAI: Legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika has been bestowed with the first 'Asom Ratna', one of the highest awards of Assam government. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi presented the award to the "Bard of Brahmaptura" at a simple ceremony on Saturday Asom Ratna comprises Rs 3,00,000, a citation and a plaque.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM recorded a total income of Rs 490 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2008. Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and the leading entertainment conglomerate in the country, announced its results for the quarter ended December 31st 2008, recording revenues of Rs 1630 million for quarter ending December, up by 61 per cent. The proposal to demerge the company's FM radio business with effect from 1 April 2008; was approved at a meeting of the Equity shareholders of Adlabs Films held on 22 January.
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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: Following the recent grand announcement by the makers of the action spectacle ‘Devara: Part 1’ starring Man Of Masses NTR Jr, excitement...read 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
