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MUMBAI: Zee is pulling down the shutters on its radio business after a year's presence in the UK market. Hit by recession and deciding to focus on the group's core television business, a senior company executive said Zee Radio would cease broadcasting from 30 April. "We wanted a 24-hour radio station on air. We thought we would get the licence in a year's time. That didn't happen. Zee Radio would stop transmission from 30 April," Zee Network UK and Europe head Govind Shahi told Indiantelevision.com in a telephonic conversation from London.
read moreMUMBAI: One of the last FM radio players to enter Mumbai, Fever 104's focus for 2009 would be acquiring talent and strengthening its programming. The focus for Fever would be a mix of acquiring talent and promotion. Talent is the need of the hour for Fever and we would be working towards qualitative programming,... asserts Fever station head Delhi and Mumbai, Neeraj Chaturvedi.
read moreMUMBAI: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has launched a unique multiplatform, multilingual initiative, the �India Election Train' to cover news on the go during the run-up to the country's General Elections in May. Working with the Indian Railways, reporters from the BBC's Global News division will travel through India by train, investigating what Indians want from their General Election and the key themes surrounding it from 25 April until 13 May.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM's Chennai station has announced a change in its Sunday FPC. Offering infotainment along with an excellent music mix, Slow motion Sunday is about slow, soft and soothing music along with information and Kollywood updates.
read moreMUMBAI: The Guwahati based Rockarolla Music Society will be formally launched with an international concert in Guwahati on 12 April. The highlight of the show would be performances by harmonica virtuoso Jia-Yi He, and Abiogenesis, the only experimental Indian rock band to be nominated for the Grammy Awards. The show would also feature Strange Frequency, a unique musical concept from Shillong.
read moreMUMBAI: As MTV India strategically decides to move into 2009-10 with a higher dose of non-music and long-format programming, it is time to shed flab. The channel says 25 positions are immediately impacted, while the final shape of a new positioning is being formulated.
read moreMUMBAI: The Indian consulate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a weekly radio show Indian Matters in a bid to expand the brand recall value of the country. The one-hour show will be aired on Radio Spice 105.4 FM every Saturday at 6 pm. Apart from music, contests and news, the new property's programming lineup will also focus on India-UAE relations and trade and tourism in India. It will also address queries related to consulate services.
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Mobile phones are the latest gizmos to latch on to music in a big way. And what better way to test a new model than to get it worked by a gadget savvy, music loving teen? I was all set to review LG's new offering - the KM710, which is an updated version of the LG KM500 and decided it would be better to hand the phone over to my soon-to-be-13 year old son Mishaal to test out. A music lover, a young kid who loves gizmos, who likes to give everything the torture test, and if it passes his strictest inspection, and use and abuse, then surely it must be an A grade product.
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MUMBAI: Radio One Bangalore station radio DJ Anjaan has been shortlisted along with 15 other finalists, selected across the globe for the "Best Job in the World". If selected as caretaker of a tropical Australian island, Anjaan stands a chance to win to a six month contract and earn 150,000 Australian dollars ($108,000).
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GOA: At the inaugural edition of the Media Abby awards, Madison Infinity was awarded the Gold Abby in the Best use of radio category for its �Listen to your heartbeat' campaign for Saffola Lite. At the ongoing Goafest 2009, two silvers were awarded in this category to Maxus - Maxus for its campaign �Listeners are the new programmers' for Tata Sky ; and Maxus Mumbai for its �Vodafone own call conference platform by taking it live on radio' for Vodafone.
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MUMBAI: In a move that aims to support Hong Kong's creative and musical communities, Music Matters - Asia Pacific Music Forum has announced a donation of over HK$ 200,000 worth of admission tickets to artists and bands who are members of Hong Kong based artist site alivenotdead.com.
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MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
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
