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MUMBAI: After T-Series created history with the online music launch of their biggest offering, �3 idiots' last year, Sony Music released the music of My name is Khan on iTunes worldwide on 4 Jan 2010. The music was released keeping in mind the global appeal of the music of films from producer Karan Johar's stable This online launch was three days prior to the release of music in stores today.
read moreMUMBAI: 300 employees of Worldspace India have, in a letter to prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh sent on Tuesday, urged for immediate government intervention to ensure that the the radio service continues in India; and that the exit of the radio service be allowed only after following the due process applicable to any other media or telecom service in India.
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MUMBAI: Google has finally unveiled the Nexus One - its much hyped smartphone on Tuesday, in collaboration with HTC. The new smartphone which is loaded with rich features is tipped to take the handset industry by storm. The phone is currently available in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, apart from the US. Indian consumers may have to wait longer to be able to buy Nexus One.
read moreMUMBAI: Shailee Sanghvi has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Percept Talent Management (PTM). Shailee, who was the associate vice-president of PTM till now, has been with the Percept Group since January 2003. As AVP in PTM, she handled the Sales and Marketing portfolio of Corporates, as well as the Celebrity Management and Relationship Management portfolios.
read moreMUMBAI: It is one of the only music channels that has stayed away from the charm of reality shows. With its burgeoning TRPs, 9XM is on the top of the number game currently and making no attempt to be modest about it. Talking about the growth of the channel in the year gone by, INX media music entertainment head Vikas Varma says, "2009 has been a wonderful year for us and we are looking forward to the this year. We are the only music channel who have earned profits as shown by the record books. We have retained our top position in the market."
read moreMUMBAI: The 57th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival is back starting from 7 January 2010. However, this year it's not just about music as the fetival will features photography exhibitions, a film festival and special listening session. Last year, the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal had posponed the 57th edition due to the H1N1 scare.
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MUMBAI: India's aspiring music students can rejoice. The process of auditioning for the prestigious Berklee College of Music will be a lot more cheaper as the Boston based music college would be coming to India in February 2010 to conduct their first auditions in Mumbai and Delhi. A Delhi based music school, Performers Collective has partnered with Berklee and would be hosting them in India. Says Performers Collective founder Jack Thomas, "Berklee has started to see India as the next big destination for student intake.
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MUMBAI: Sony has added another Walkman to its range - the A845, touted as the slimmest Walkman ever. Measuring in at 7.2mm thick and weighing 62 grams, it features a 2.8-inch OLED screen, 16GB storage and up to 29 hours of audio playback or 9 hours of video. The player features Clear Stereo... functionality to reduce audio leakage between left and right channels and a feature for automatically recovering audio detail typically lost when CD quality music is compressed into MP3.
read moreMUMBAI: It was hailed as the 'Woodstock of India' and was to have livened up the beginning of 2010 in the national capital, but the Eastwind Music Festival has just announced that the January 2010 festival has been cancelled. The festival that was scheduled for the last week of January 2010, was expecting participation from close to 60 national and international bands over a period of three days.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM has begun the new year with a brand new jingle, that furthers the station's positioning of �Suno Sunao Life Banao'. Big FM brand ambassador Sonu Niigaam has rendered vocals for the new sound composed by Ranjit Barot. The jingle began airing on 1 January 2010.
read moreMUMBAI: Nearly two weeks after Worldspace Inc pulled the rug from under its India operations team, the Worldspace India office has put forth an official statement. The statement, that has been issued 'to clarify doubts relating to the credibility of the operations of Worldspace India and its employees' says that Liberty Media conducted a detailed Due Diligence of the India operations in September and October 2009, engaging reputed Indian firms.
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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: 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: Ahead of the unveiling of the multi-city Paagal World Tour, rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter Badshah continues to break records with...read more
