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MUMBAI: Musician Munawar Faruqui recently announced his latest masterpiece, ‘Dhandho’ marking his first release post-Bigg Boss 17 win.
read moreMUMBAI: Soon we may get to listen to the music that our heart needs. Researchers in the US have designed a new ‘Musical Heart’ that enables smartphones to select music to get your heart pumping during workout. The biofeedback-based system developed by a University of Virginia graduate researcher helps smartphones select music that will help get their owners' heart pumping during exercise and slow it down when they want to cool down or relax.
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MUMBAI: Following the success of her debut International single ‘In My City’ Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has become the first Indian celebrity to appear on American reality show- ‘X Factor’. The actor, who travels regularly to Los Angles to promote her single and new video, that has sold 1,00,000 copies, was sent a special invite to appear on the show, report said. Her single featuring Will.I.am was released on 13 September and a full fledged album is expected to follow early next year.
read moreMUMBAI: Aiming to offer innovative content and keep up with the private broadcasters in the rat race, All India Radio has today launched revamped versions of FM Rainbow and Gold, across the four metros. Treading on a similar path, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is also set to form expert panel to advise on viewership preferences, programmes and for archive retrieval.
read moreNEW DELHI: Unlike the enthusiasm seen during the auctions of 3G a couple of years earlier, the auction of telecom spectrum for 2G had a poor start getting no bidders who were pan India. The concentration appeared to be on select areas such as Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (East), and there were no bidders for the key telecom circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan and Karnataka at the end of the fourth round of auction which started at 0900 hrs.
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MUMBAI: After launching channels for spiritual content and the gay and lesbian community in the country, Radiowalla.in is all set to expand further with a host of channels in the next quarter.
read moreMUMBAI: Digital music maybe at the cusp of explosion with new start-ups and online streaming services, but major chunk of Indian music industry revenues are still dependent on Value Added Services (VAS) like Ring Back Tone service (RBT). With Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) imposing regulations, the percentage of VAS revenues acquired through RBT is gradually slipping. These were the major discussions at the ‘Reviving VAS Revenues’ session moderated by Indian Television Dot Com Group, Radioandmusic.com founder-CEO Anil Wanvari at Nokia Music Connects 4.
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MUMBAI: Country pop star Taylor Swift and Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber scooped up three awards each at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt. Swift was awarded Best Female Act, Best Live Act and Best Look while Justin Bieber won Best Male Act, Best Pop Act and Best World Stage. Twenty-two-year-old Swift not only won, she also wowed the crowd with her live performance including the show stopper 'We Are Never Getting Back Together.'
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At the recently concluded Radioandmusic.com’s Nokia Music Connects (NMC) 4, Pakistan born playback singer Adnan Sami shared his introduction to digitalization of the music industry, his education on the new medium and how he got to work with it.
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MUMBAI: The International Film Festival of India along with the Indian cinema fraternity will be celebrating the industry’s centenary year through its 43rd edition in a lineup of awe-inspiring celebrations. Bringing in luminary celebrities of the likes of Akshay Kumar, Saroj Khan, Kailash Kher, Nitin Desai and others; the 43rd edition of the marquee film festival will also bring together a galaxy of regional cinema stalwarts and thespians to celebrate the grandiose of Indian cinema in its hundredth year of existence.
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MUMBAI: It was spectacular to see over 5000 fans rejoice to a blockbuster trance performance by UK dance superstars Above & Beyond and fellow Anjunabeats artists Mat Zo, Norin & Rad, Andrew Bayer and Jody Wisternoff at Jayamahal Palace, Bengaluru for the legendary radio show Trance Around The World 450/ Group Therapy 001. Also spotted at the venue were India’s biggest names from DJ industry including Nikhil Chinapa, DJ Pearl and Rohit Barker.
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MUMBAI: Zia Us Salam’s book 'Housefull' was released recently in presence of many eminent personalities of bollywood. To name a few, famous lyricist Gulzar, actress Tisca Chopra, renowned director Mahesh Bhatt and documentary filmmaker Umesh Aggarwal were present on the occasion. Zia Us Salam is a renowned journalist/critic and feature editor of The Hindu. This talented writer and editor has written more than 1000 articles. In this world where everything changes with a blink of an eye, Zia Salam has provided his services to “The Hindu” for 11 long years.
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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
