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MUMBAI: Vh1 India, which bagged an exclusive multi-year deal to telecast the Grammy Awards, is giving music lovers the opportunity to attend 2011's biggest international music awards event in 2011, the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Through the Vh1 Ticket to Ride Contest, the channel will take one lucky winner along with a friend to the Grammy Awards red carpet in Los Angeles. The contest to help viewers vie for entry began on Saturday, January 8th, from 11 am on air and on the Vh1 Facebook page.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Government has clarified that no project report is required to be given by applicants for community radio stations and expressed the apprehension that some persons posing as consultants are filling such reports. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said that applicants should only fill the form given on the Ministry's website mib.nic.in along with the necessary annexures. The Ministry has cautioned applicants against taking the help of middlemen or consultants for their applications as all details are given on the website.
read more* Weekly chat show with business leaders of Siliguri, Gangtok MUMBAI: Nine FM has introduced a weekly chat show Business Tycoon Live on NINE, featuring business leaders from Siliguri and Gangtok, to not only highlight the tremendous actual growth and future growth potential of both cities, but to showcase those captains of local business who have contributed to the local and regional development.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Haryanvi jat famous for his wisecracks and rustic humour, Udham Singh, is back – this time doing what he does best on FM radio station 92.7 BIG FM Delhi. BIG Udham Singh is a Bollywood insider who will share the latest Bollywood news adding his Haryanvi tadka to gossip for his listeners through the day. The show will be extensively promoted through multiple touch points of Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd marketing arms BIG Street, BIG Live and BIG Digital.
read more* … failing which, listeners in Chandigarh, Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Raipur and Nagpur stand to win Rs 11 lakh.
read moreMUMBAI: The Copyright Act issue has brought two of the Film industry's big unions - the Film Federation of India (FFI) and the Film and TV Producers Guild - at loggerheads on who should officially speak for the industry. In a letter to the Guild, FFI president TP Aggrawal has asked it to desist from speaking or making any commitment on behalf of the film industry. His contention: since the Guild is not a member of the FFI, it would not abide by their decisions.
read moreMUMBAI: Sony on Wednesday announced the new wireless HomeShare audio system that allows users to listen to music from their Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)-certified PC and Sony Blu-ray Disc devices throughout the home over Wi-Fi (802.11b/g). The new HomeShare products include two wireless network speakers (SA-N300 and SA-N400) and two Wi-Fi network iPhone docks The company also introduced a new Wi-Fi universal remote (RMN-U1) that works with the system as well.
read moreMUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories, Inc. has unveiled an entirely new suite of audio technologies as part of the fourth generation of the Dolby® PC Entertainment Experience program at the 2011 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show). Acer will release the first products utilizing these new technologies in its high-end Aspire® Ethos consumer multimedia notebooks, which Dolby unveiled on Wednesday. The Aspire Z Series all-in-one PCs from Acer will also feature new Dolby PC Entertainment Experience technologies.
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* Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Nikhil Advani, Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, Hard Kaur, Soni Razdan on air in various shows across the day
read moreMUMBAI: Warner Music Group Corp. announced today the appointment of veteran music industry entrepreneur, Cameron Strang, as CEO of Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers. The appointment was announced jointly by Warner Music Group's Chairman & CEO, Edgar Bronfman, Jr., and Warner/Chappell's Chairman & CEO, David H. Johnson.
read moreNEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni declined to comment on a directive of the Allahabad High Court on item songs in films, saying she had not received a copy of the notice. On Tuesday, the High Court had listed for hearing on 10 January a public interest litigation demanding an immediate ban on the two Bollywood item songs on the grounds that they were against decency and morality. It had asked the Centre to give its response by that date.
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MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has announced the appointment of Dr Bikrread more
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MUMBAI: The world is a stage! Literally.read more
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MUMBAI: On Sunday, May 19 superstar German trio, Keinemusik, took centre stage at Pacha Ibiza playing a seven hour, open to close set at their sold...read more
MUMBAI: SEVENTEEN’s JEONGHAN and WONWOO are coming together to release their first-ever single album THIS MAN, slated to debut on June 17 at 6 PM...read more
MUMBAI: With excitement building up for the Clef Music awards, Radioandmusic have announced their early bird deadline. Music artists, industry...read more
