MUMBAI: Planet M Retail has announced the launch of �The Connoisseur's Club', which offers its customers access to a plethora of Indian and International �Evergreen Must Have' films that have inspired people for years to come. Planet M's club offers its customers a creatively satisfying experience with a collection of cult movies where the real art of movie making is exemplified. Be it Action-Thrillers, Drama, Comedy, Romance, New Age Cinema or a popular television series Planet M has it all.
read moreMUMBAI: Composer A R Rahman has introduced a course that will give Michael Jackson's music lovers an opportunity to study his music at Rahman's Tamilnadu based music school KM Music Conservatory. It was reported that during Rahman's stay in Hollywood during the Oscars, he had met Michael Jackson and both were keen to work on an album. However, few months from there on, Michael Jackson passed away.
read moreMUMBAI: The city of Liverpool, UK which is already a Unesco World Heritage City, is bidding to become England's first Unesco City of Music. If successful it will become one of only four other cities with the title Bologna in Italy, Seville in Spain and Glasgow in Scotland. The city – birthplace of The Beatles and official World Capital of Pop boasting a record 56 No1 songs – is confident it can convince the world body to grant the prestigious title.
read moreBANGALORE: The Goethe-Institut (Max Mueller Bhavan India) announced that its Golden Jubilee celebrations will kick off with a jazz concert by Thaerichen's Tentet from Berlin on 20 November 2009 at 6.30 pm at the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan. The Goethe-Institut completes 50 years in India. The event will be supported by Furtados Music and the Bangalore School of Music.
read moreMUMBAI: Star One UK has launched its own locally produced celebrity chat show called 'Hot Seat' featuring popular British Asian musicians. The show is a first for the channel which until now has been heavy on sourcing content from India. The programme will see London's popular DJ and RJ Mr Kay from Asian radio station Buzz Asia host the show with UK's finest musicians, singers and producers as the guests.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Misty has completed two years of its operation in North Bengal on 14 November. The station which operates in the city of Siliguri and Gangtok has BBC and Radio Netherlands worldwide as partners.
read moreMUMBAI: Only Much Louder is organising one of the first indie music conference called 'Unconvention' on 21 and 22 November in Mumbai. This two day conference aims to bring together like minded individuals from the indie scene and discuss issues relating to the future of independent music.
read moreMUMBAI: The music of T-Series 'Paa' which stars father-son Amitabh-Abhishek Bachchan has been officially launched today on 14 November. Media reports had mentined earlier that the event for the official music launch of the film touted to be held today has been cancelled due to unavailability of IIalayaraja, the music director of the film who is busy with his projects down south.
read moreMUMBAI: Created to foster a closer collaboration between the music, entertainment and advertising industries, the first Music Matters Advertising Forum in association with Media (www.musicmatters.asia/advertising) features an exceptionally high-level programme comprising an international lineup of advertisers, agencies and leading entertainment brands including: � Jeff Lemon, Sponsorship Manager (Asia Pacific), Smirnoff (Australia) � Adam Gerard, Tiger Brand Champion, Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd. (Singapore)
read moreNEW DELHI: Despite the shortcomings of the proposal to allow only agency generated news on air, FM broadcasters in the country are willing to take up the gauntlet as 'a toehold in a crack in the door'.
read moreNEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting secretary Raghu Menon took radio broadcasters through the proposals of Phase III policy subject to final approval, at the first official conference of the Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) in New Delhi on Thursday. For enabling the commercial viability of the radio operations in border areas of North east and Jammu and Kashmir, the ministry is proposing to provide incentives for the new players in Phase III as well as to the existing players.
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