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MUMBAI: Saurabh Kanwar, Channel [V] vice president - content and communication, has put in his papers after a stint of over three years with the organisation. Currently serving his notice period, Kanwar 's term at the channel will end in October. Confirming the development with Indiantelevision.com, Kanwar said, "Yes, I have put in my papers at Channel [V]. I will be heading towards the social media and web 2.0 circuit once I have completed my term here at Channel [V] in October."
read morePUNE: The two day National Radio Meet (NRM 09) organised by Pune based Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication explored the revenue models of FM commercial radio stations and potential of community radio on the first day. Initiated last year, the event spearheaded by Symbiosis dean Professor Ujwal Choudhury, was conducted in the Symbi premises over the weekend
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MUMBAI: Among the notable Navratri performers is Aadesh Shrivastava who will be performing this year in Mumbai after agap of 13 years at Garwa Nachle 2009. Shrivastava announced this at a recent press conference. Shrivastava told the press that earlier he used to do Navratri event after every 3 years, but this time he is doing it after 13 years.
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MUMBAI: Big Music has hitched its wagon to the digital revolution sweeping the Indian music industry with the launch of its latest film offering Do Knot Disturb on SD cards. In addition to the OST of Do Knot Disturb, the 2 GB SD card also has 40 bonus full length hit songs from other films, 15 bonus full length blockbuster music videos, six promo videos and 40 wallpaper images of Do Knot Disturb, making the card a true blue �Entertainment loaded' value for money proposition.
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BANGALORE: Starting Friday, Big FM's Bangalore station's music jockeys have pumped up the Navratri quotient, by talking about the ten avatars of music or �Musicna Dashavathara' during office and back drive time - 8 am to 10 am and 6 pm to 8 pm. The ten avatars as identified by the station are: (1) Love (2) Kaanglish (Mixture of Kannada and English) (3) Josh (Passion) (4) Rap (5) Feelings (6) College (7) Comedy (8) Copy Cat songs (9) Weird and (10) Item songs.
read moreMUMBAI: All India Radio Lucknow's broadcast on the hopes and dreams of rag pickers and homeless children has won the International Children Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Regional Award announced by the Unicef. Unicef gives the awards for outstanding commitment to the ICDB by television and radio broadcasters, and encourages young people to get involved in television and radio broadcasting. The 2009 ICDB theme, Unite for Children: Tune in to Kids,... asked children to explore what they care about and what are their values, fears and dreams.
read moreMUMBAI: All the three shortlisted entries in the radio category have bagged bronzes at Spikes Asia. Bates141 Mumbai took home the bronzes for both its Virgin Mobile campaigns - 'Old Man' and 'Terms and Conditions', while DDB Mudra Mumbai's work 'Bush' on the Islamic Research Foundation proved its worth again by cornering a bronze. Of the five radio entries India had sent to the Spikes, three made it to the shortlist and all three managed bronzes. There were no Grands Prix or Gold Spikes awarded in the Radio category.
read moreMUMBAI: Media Plus, that owns www.myband.co.in and Big Live, the multi-brand event organizing arm of Big 92.7 FM, is set to give the people of Hyderabad a rocking evening with eight rock bands performing live on 26 September at �Rock Heights' Madhapur, Hyderabad. Interestingly, the concert will be telecast live on Hi Music (a music channel in Andhra Pradesh). In addition, the rock bands will also be featured on Big FM's Bollywood Band KIRKIRI... hosted by RJ Chetan.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio One, the joint venture between Mid-day Multimedia and BBC Worldwide, has entered into an MoU with Pune's Symbiosis International University to offer an Advance Certificate Course in Radio Management... at the SIMC campus in Pune beginning 5 October 2009. This will be launched on 20 September at the National Radio Meet conducted by Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communications, Pune
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MUMBAI: Earlier this week, actor Emraan Hashmi, in his excitement, ended up revealing the first look of the film 'Tum Mile' on his Twitter account. According to Sony Music's earlier plans, the music launch of the film was to be coincided with the music release on 17 September. Sony Music has now postponed the release to early next week.
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MUMBAI: As the lights go down and the intro tape begins to roll at Mr Big's first concert in India this October, we will be witnessing a small piece of rock music history. India will be the part of Mr. Big's second leg of their reunion tour. Sadly, Mumbai will not be part of the bands touring schedule.
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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: Popular youth entertainment channel, Zing, remains steadfast in its commitment to embodying the spirit of the youth. Following the successful...read more
MUMBAI: Pacha Ibiza and Solomun reveal the highly anticipated Solomun+1 lineup featuring renowned artists such as Âme, Jamie XX, Denis Sulta, HAAi,...read more
MUMBAI: Following the success of its inaugural edition, Goafest 2024 is set to bring back 'Advertising Rocks', an initiative that offers a unique...read more
MUMBAI: Logan Lynn has just released “I Feel Alone When I’m With You”, the latest single off his brand new studio album SOFTCORE out June 7 via Kill...read more
MUMBAI: Garnering immense love for his newly launched debut global radio show, ‘Only Just Begun’, singer-songwriter Armaan Malik has audiences...read more
