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MUMBAI: 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.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Misty has appointed the chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) North Bengal Chapter G S Hora as ombudsman for the network. Operational in Siliguri and Gangtok, Radio Misty has made this appointment for its radio business to cater to the specific needs and requirements of advertisers as well as listeners using the medium.
read moreMUMBAI: In this year's annual theatre festival of National School of Drama, it is the music element of Indian theatre that will be one of the main highlights. The festival will begin with a series on 'music in theatre' directed by Bansi Kaul at the Kamani Auditorium, Delhi The festival that runs from 6 to 22 January will see participation from 13 countries like China, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Germany, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Israel and France, UK and Italy.
read moreMUMBAI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) on Sunday urged the government to hike FDI ceilings in FM radio from existing 20 per cent to 49 per cent. Stressing the need to streamline Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regimes in Media and Entertainment (M&E) sector, the Chamber also proposed that FDI limit in Cable Networks should also go up to 74 per cent from the existing limit of 49 per cent and in uplinking a News and Current Affairs TV Channel it be raised to 49 per cent from current level of 26 per cent.
read moreMUMBAI: Digital and mobile entertainment company Hungama has furthered its tentacles into the digital monetisation space with exclusive tie ups with artistes. Veteran singer Roop Kumar Rathod has signed a year long deal with Hungama.com, providing the website with three exclusive tracks last October. Says Rathod, I have assigned three exclusive tracks to Hungama.com and according to the contract, profits from online music sales will be shared equally between the artiste and website....
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MUMBAI: India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, Red FM, proudly welcomed the neread more
MUMBAI: MY FM, known for its commitment to bring the best in music and entertainment to the listeread more
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: The Universal Music Group in India recently announced big growth moves including upping of its regional leadership during the visit of Adam...read more
MUMBAI: The multi-talented indie singer-songwriter, Kamakshi Khanna who has established herself as a versatile artist with her soulful voice and...read more
MUMBAI: The Dollyrots—Kelly Ogden (bass and vocals), Luis Cabezas (guitar and vocals), and Simon Hancock (drums)—have released the official video for...read more
MUMBAI: Winterfolk Music Festival is proud to announce its inaugural Spring Edition event taking place on June 8th, 2024 at Toronto's historic...read more
MUMBAI: Two independent artists stir up emotions and strike a chord with their intense and heartfelt joint song “Heavy”. The song garnered over 100k...read more
