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MUMBAI: Radio business of D.B Corp Ltd 94.3 My FM celebrated its hat trick at the World Brand Congress Global Awards by winning the Brand Leadership Award in the radio category for the year 2011. The global awards received more than 450 entries from over 300 companies in 40 categories. The winners were selected by jury comprising of senior professionals from different fields of marketing, branding, advertising, public relations, brand strategy and corporate communications.
read moreBANGALORE: Radio is the most preferred medium for advertisers in South India, according to the Ficci-Deloitte report 2011. The report states that advertisers in South have greater acceptance of radio as a preferred medium when compared to the rest of the country. The all India gross revenues for the radio industry is estimated at about INR 10-11 billion, of which, about INR 8 billion is generated by the private FM radio industry, and close to 40 percent of this private FM industry's revenue estimated at INR 3.2 billion is gained from the south.
read moreMUMBAI: The Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) have announced a 'settlement in principle' concerning the fees payable by America's radio stations, to publicly perform ASCAP's 8.5 million plus musical works through 2016.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi's RJ Anmol is paying a tribute to the legendary icon of Hindi Cinema Dev Anand on his signature retro show �Purani Jeans' the enitre week. The station will host a Dev Saab special segment every night, from 9.30 to 10.30 pm where RJ Anmol will take the listeners for a nostalgic walk down the memory lane by playing Dev Saab's interviews and the great melodies that defined his movies.
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MUMBAI: Big FM has launched a late night show named after the radio station's brand philosophy �Suno Sunao Life Banao' with RJ Junaid and author Priya Kumar. The show aims to listen to the listener's life issues arising out of work, career, love and its impact on relationships while celebrating winners who overcome such challenges in their lives. The show will play two hours of RD Burman's hits every night.
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MUMBAI: Tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain, ace percussionist Trilok Gurtu, mandolin maestro U Shrinivas and renowned flautist Rakesh Chaurasia will perform at a fusion concert �Restless Peace' on 8th December at Shanmukhananda Auditorium, Mumbai.
read moreNEW DELHI: All India Radio generated 1.64 billion from the total revenues of Rs 6.26 billion earned by Prasar Bharati until September 2011 during the current fiscal year. Rs 4.89 billion came from commercial revenues of Doordarshan and Prasar Bharati sources said that a total of Rs 164.6 million came from other resources. These sources told radioandmusic.com that this showed a steady rise in the revenues over the past four years.
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MUMBAI: The music album of Abbas-Mustan's upcoming Bollywood action thriller �Players' is available for download on Hungama. The audio has been released on T-Series and is composed by Pritam. The background score is given by Sandeep Shirodkar while the lyrics are penned by Ashish Pandit. Singers Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Ritu Pathak, Neeraj Shridhar and Mauli Dave have crooned for the film. Hungama offers various value packs for users to download music, videos, ringtones and mobile wallpapers on PC and mobile handsets.
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MUMBAI: Assamese singer Bandana Sharma has made her bollywood debut with the song �Kya Wajah Thi' in the forthcoming movie �5 Ghante Mien 5 Crore.' The song is a romantic duet rendered along with Javed Ali and is composed by Tony Kakkar. The audio has been released on Worldwide Records. 5 Ghante Mien 5 Crore is directed by Faisal Saif and stars Pakistani actress Meera.
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MUMBAI: The KR Mangalam Group will launch its mobile handset division with the brand name �Chaze' in the Indian market soon. Initially, the company will introduce multiple ranges of mobile phones in India, and then expand its horizons to countries like Russia, UAE, Africa, Srilanka and Nepal. The other ranges of products will follow subsequently like memory cards, tablets, laptops, LCDs, LEDs, etc.
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BANGALORE: South India would be a major place of action for the Phase III of radio licensing and it will also bring in differentiated programming, believe experts who were part of the session 'The New Listener in Phase III Radio Reforms' at the third edition of the Ficci Media and Entertainment Business Conclave (MEBC 2011).
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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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MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
MUMBAI: 2x-Grammy-nominated artist and producer Steve Aoki announces the forthcoming release of his 9th studio album, set to drop June 28. Aoki...read more
MUMBAI: The world’s premier music publication, Billboard Magazine, has released its 2024 International Power Players list, honouring executives who...read more
MUMBAI: Tagore's birth anniversary, a festive occasion in Bengal, is celebrated nationwide with reverence. In Bengal, it's akin to a sacred day,...read more
