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MUMBAI: MTV Roadies, known for its brash element plans to kickstart its new season with an exclusive MTV Roadies concert as the show enters the seventh season. The concert will flag off the final 14 roadies as they head off to Africa.
read moreMUMBAI: Reliance Big Entertainment has entered into a strategic alliance with music company T-Series and Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Hungama Mobile) wherein all three companies will co-own the current and future music catalogue of Big Entertainment and distributed by T-Series on all platforms in all formats.
read moreMUMBAI: Channel [V] is set to launch its new reality show, Idea [V] The Player, from 12 December. To be aired every Saturday at 7 pm, the show will have 10 dangerously motivated players hoarded up in a house. The task is to convince each other of why each one of them should get the prize money as against the other and arrive at a unanimous winner. Created by Rajiv Laxman, who is playing as host, the show will carry a cash prize of Rs 10 million.
read moreMUMBAI: Meow FM said on Thursday it has appointed Vehrnon Ibrahim as its national programming head. The former Radio One VP programming will take up his new assignment on 4 January. Indiantelevision.com had earlier reported that Vehrnon Ibrahim is serving his notice period at Radio One and would be joining Meow FM as programming head.Ibrahim will report to India Today Group CEO Ashish Bagga. "Yes, Ibrahim will join Meow FM and will assume office from 4 January," Ashish Bagga confirmed to Indiantelevision.com.
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MUMBAI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) unveiled the blueprint for attracting investment in the Indian entertainment sector along with providing some regulatory measures for the problems facing the industry in Mumbai on Thursday. Focus 2009, the 3rd Global Submit Entertainment and Media saw the presence of Assocham president Dr.Swati Piramal, Assocham National Committee on Films and Animation chairperson Juhi Chawla along with Strategic legal and tax advocate in Media and financial domain Nishith Desai.
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MUMBAI: Gibson Guitars offered a rare opportunity for guitar enthusiasts as renowned guitarist Randolph Correia demonstrated Gibson's latest the Gibson Dusk Tiger in Mumbai on 9 December 2009. Among the musicians, Karsh Kale and Ankur Tewari tried their hands at this wonder guitar which is believed to be one of most astounding innovation in the history of the guitar.
read moreMUMBAI: Known as one of the most popular music fests for presenting bands across Asia, The South Asian Bands Festival is back this year with a strong line-up. The three day fest begins from 11 December in Delhi at the Purana Qila and will feature 15 popular rock bands from across nine countries in the sub-continent.
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MUMBAI: Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) has entered into a new partnership with the Gyaan Vani radio channels promoted by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). IGNOU is a central open University with about two million students in India and 35 countries abroad.
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MUMBAI: The Indian Music Academy has unveiled 18 finalists from the national level talent hunt that it conducted over a period of three months. The talents revealed at the IMA press conference on Wednesday in Mumbai are an interesting mix that pans from a 11-year-old Sufi singer to a 32-year-old Thumri exponent. The 18 finalists will now compete on 11 and 12 December 2009 in Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: FM radio network My FM parent DB Corp, owner of India's second-most read newspaper, plans to raise as much as 3.85 billion rupees ($82 million) in an initial public offering starting 11 December. The Bhopal headquartered company will sell 18.2 million shares at 185 rupees to 212 rupees apiece. The offer, which ends on Dec. 15, consists of 12.7 million new shares and 5.45 million shares offered by Cliffrose Investment Ltd., an investor.
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MUMBAI: Music major T-Series has entered into a strategic alliance with Reliance Entertainment's Big Music to handle distribution for the latter's catalogue. Industry sources mention that the labels have entered into a minimum guarantee agreement, with T-Series acquiring the content and exploiting it till recovery and later the labels would share profits.
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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
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
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: Pop band Faridkot, consisting of members IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal, recently sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss their latest...read more
