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Radioandmusic.com's News Archives - 2008
 
(13 Aug )
* Bangalore braces itself for protests on live music ban
* Ghatam maestro plans music hunt in Chennai
* BBC launches second season of Visionaries
* Warner Bros' Stein to speak at Australian music summit
(12 Aug )
* SFM Pune takes 'Thirka Mastine Thirka' stance
(11 Aug )
* Big FM ties up with ICC for seven years
* Misty celebrates Olympic win with day long initiative
* Red FM launches new jingle in line with 'Bajaate Raho'
* Siddharth-Sangeet to debut in Bollywood with 'Fruit N Nut'
* Chowta brings Brett Garsed, Virgil Donati to Mumbai
* Govt not considering permitting news on private FM
* UK varsity confers doctorate on Dr L Subramaniam
(8 Aug )
* Big FM quotes Indica research to claim lead in Hyderabad
* Radio City launches music portal
* Baba Sehgal cuts album, steps into Bollywood
* Warner demands higher royalties from gaming industry
(7 Aug )
* Big FM elevates Pankaj Chandra as VP National Sales
(6 Aug )
* Delhi's Radio City dons new look
* Airtel to bring iPhone3G to India on 22 August
* Big FM launches on air Olympiad across stations
* TIML to announce new brand for Virgin soon
* Sony purchases Bertelsmann stake in Sony BMG
* Sherlyn Chopra's second album, Dard-e-Sherlyn, released
(5 Aug )
* Shaheen Jehani quits Music Today
* Akash Verma joins Big FM as regional head, North II
* Radio City's 'Suroon ka Sartaaj' shortlists five finalists
* Sony BMG teams up with Vodafone for 'Stack It' music sale
* Big FM Bengaluru drives 'Bendethu Bengaluru' campaign
* Survey proclaims Radiohead experiment profitable
* Warner Music stock dips 12 per cent
(4 Aug )
* Friends FM launches second season of 'Gaadi car' contest
(2 Aug )
* Misty to air Radio Netherlands content
* FM stations celebrate Friendship Day
* Blue Frog launches Vivek's first album 'Moving Images'
* Barista launches music initiative for Friendship Day
* EarthSync bags award for Laya Project
* Nokia Growth Partners open offices in India, China
* Universal brings Lost Tunes on DRM free website
(1 Aug )
* Big FM Delhi appoints Manisha Tripathi as station director
* Indiabeat to launch six albums this year
* Big FM fetches Rs 510 mn for Adlabs' Q1
* Composer duo Justin-Uday debut in Bollywood with 'Hijack'
* Rob Stevenson appointed president, Virgin US
(31 July )
* Red FM's Morning No. 1 completes three years
* Will Monty Sharma hit the right note with 'Chamku'?
(30 July )
* Music industry mourns Ishmeet's death
* ENIL Q1 net loss at Rs 79.99 million
(29 July )
* Gwalior's Radio Chaska to play English music
* Madison's Saffola radio campaign triumphs at Emvies
* Radio City hunts musical talent in Pune, Ahmedabad
(28 July )
* Big FM elevates Sonu, shifts Dhanda to Big Broadcasting
* Meow broadens its horizons
(26 July )
* Music India to show Punjabi news for UK viewers
* Rolling Stones leave EMI for Universal
(25 July )
* Satara based MVSS is first NGO to get CR licence
* EU-5 mobile music retail revenue to touch $1.4 bn by '12
* Clear Channel shareholders approve $17.9 bn buyout
(24 July )
* MySpace India to launch new music service
* Onir gets Gaurav Dayal to compose for two films
* Vivek Rajagopalan brings music to the board room
* UK ISPs, music industry plan assault on illegal downloads
* Merger of XM, Sirius close to approval
(23 July )
* All India Radio completes 81 years
* Big Music launches first digital album on Mirchi
* Desi rock band promoter Dogma Tone to launch 2nd album
* Big FM Kolkata re-positions itself with 'Mojar Adda'
* Saregama holds concerts on Rafi songs in UK
* T-Series introduces Movie Carnival to combat piracy
* Big FM Delhi hunts for 'Cool Freshers'
* BSkyB to launch online subscription music service
(22 July )
* T-Series buries feud, allows IMI to collect performance fees
* Percept Media acquires music rights of 'Ramchand Pakistani'
* SFM launches in Pune
* Mirchi Delhi launches 'Fachcha Khush Hua' campaign
(21 July )
* Big FM quotes RAM data, claims leadership in Kolkata
* Abhijeet to return to Zee's 'Ek Se Badhkar Ek'
* RJ Prateek quits Fever's Delhi station, joins Network 18
* Radio City offers 'Cash ya Holiday' to listeners
* Beatport, Buma/Stemra sign license deal for authors' rights
* Radio City Bangalore launches 'Haadu Heli Lakshantra Gelli'
* Eros signs two-year MG output deal with Hungama Mobile
* MTV launches online soundtrack guide
(19 July )
* O&M, McCann lead award tally at Mirchi Kaan awards
* McCann, O&M share 'agency of the year' honours at Kaan
* Mirchi Bangalore launches reality show with twist
* ETC Networks Q1 operating profit up at Rs 26 million
* Radio NRI stations made available on Apple iPhone 3G
(18 July )
* Radio Dhoom launches in Ranchi
* Fifth Mirchi Kaan awards to laud originality tonight
* EU amends music licensing regulations
* Commercial radio criticises BBC local video service
(17 July )
* RAM rolls out in Kolkata
* BBC to air shows on Chandigarh based community radio
* Radio City ups glam quotient this week
* Natasha partners LG for VH1 Save The Music Foundation
(16 July )
* My FM targets youth with new campaign, new shows
* Hello FM partners music launch of Tamil film Suttapazham
* Pakistani musicians join hands for anti terror campaign
(15 July )
* IMI secy gen chosen for US' Intl Visitor Leadership Prog
* Sony launches Singstar Room at Mumbai restaurant
* Napster debuts web's first co-branded Disney radio station
* Fever FM and Nepal tourism kickstart 'Balle Balle in Nepal'
* 5th Mirchi Kaan awards to be held on 18 July
* Virgin Radio ropes in Chris Lawson as brand director
(14 July )
* Rahul Vaidya is Star's Superstar
* Radio City Lucknow marks seven years with 'Fan Mela'
* Big FM Mumbai involves collegians with 'Campus 927'
* Radio City Hyderabad crowns its first Fun Jockey
(12 July )
* 3G iPhone launches in 22 countries
(11 July )
* Radio City sound & technology regional head west quits
* Hindi among language services facing cut by VOA
* Music India to launch India's first Bhojpuri music channel
* New music platform, Tribe of Noise, to launch soon
* PC, TV are new platforms for music in US, says survey
* My FM to celebrate world population day
* Disney Music signs Universal Music as licensee in Asia
(10 July )
* Sonoton makes background scores available online
* Guruji.com launches music search engine
* Radio One partners with International Traffic Network
* AIR Shillong celebrates 60 years of existence
* Fever to host Bachna Ae Haseeno's music mahurat
* EA kicks off madden NFL 09 Soundtracks
* UK MPs oppose off-shoring plans for BBC Hindi, Urdu Service
(9 July )
* Sukhwinder, Darbar and Monty to judge VOI-2
* Neeraj Sridhar to launch his album after 2 years gap
* Mirchi Bangalore partners Filmfare South awards
* Radio Indigo gets interactive with blogs
(8 July )
* Muthoot Group launches FM station Chennai Live
* Radio One programme director west Kobad Mobedjina quits
* Big Music, My FM clash on royalty issues
* New company Audioashram to promote electronic music
* Blue Frog takes 'Smoke Signals' to Bangalore
(7 July )
* Radio City turns seven
* Big FM Bangalore launches social awareness drive
* Karen Mok to host MTV Asia Awards 2008
(5 July )
* Shamir Tandon to compose for Loot, Click, Chai Garam
* Big FM readies monsoon line-up
* Mastercard partners Bon Jovi for Roots of Rock contest
(4 July )
* AirCheck compiles most popular songs across FM stations
* Siddhartth Suhas sign on Toss, Hostel, Stoneman
* EarthSync launches Laya Project in stores
* Zee Marathi premieres Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs on 7 July
* TBWA\India bags creative account of Planet M
* Musicians opposed to pan Europe online licensing
(3 July )
* Sushma Singh is new I&B secretary
* Singers collaboarate to launch India's 1st online single track
* Net radio listeners in UK touch 14.5 mn
* US talk radio host Rush Limbaugh signs $400m deal
(2 July )
* Fever brings 'I love Fever 104' to Bangalore, Kolkata
* Radio City selects 5 finalists for Hyderabad's Navvula Don
(1 July )
* 08's first half hits the wrong note
* Zee TV’s Sa Re... ropes in Hero Honda as title sponsor
* Nokia joins hands with Warner for music services
(30 June )
* T-Series to launch Abhijeet's fifth album
* Vodafone, MySpace team up for Web 2.0 music platform
(28 June )
* Ex-Viva girl Neha Bhasin conceives solo album
* Integrate radio with 'outdoor ad' to grab more eyeballs
* Big FM Hyderabad partners 'Astha Chamma'
* Vijay TV to kick off Super Singer's 3rd edition on 7 July
* Tim Davie promoted to BBC director, audio and music
* EMI ropes in Elio Leoni Sceti as chief executive
* Digital Outlook launches social Ntk app for MTV's Rock Band
* Discovery partners APM to launch Discovery Studios Tracks
(27 June )
* Crescendo to launch Suneeta Rao's new album
* Singh is Kinng music launched
* Fever marks R D Burman's birth anniversary
* XM Satellite and EMI Music Publishing settle lawsuit
* GCap radio stations penalized by Ofcom
(26 June )
* K Sanjay Prabhu elevated as Radio Indigo MD
* S Rajesh Kumar takes over as Hello FM marketing head
* Zee Muzic to roll out two shows by June end
* Eros holds 24% in B4U, plans India listing
* BBC’s Romanian service to shut down
(25 June )
* Friends FM positions brand on music, releases CDs
* Misty launches ‘I am sweet’ campaign
* Vh1 brings 'Ministry of Sound' on tour to India
* Universal is Disney Music's new licensee for Asia
* Mango, Radio One go retro to mark world cup win
* Fever FM lines up special shows for Star Cricket Asia Cup
(24 June )
* MediaCorp, Big FM to launch station in Singapore jointly
* T-Series launches Sukhbir's ' Tere naal nachana'
* Radio City's kickstarts Bus No 91.1
* UK radio services to go digital by 2020
* Amazon.com launches in the UK
(23 June )
* Radio Misty to launch in Gangtok by August
* Big FM announces winners of Big Singaara contest
* Kanpur's Big FM turns one
(21 June )
* SMG shareholders consent to Times' Virgin Radio buyout
* Radio stations celebrate 'World music Day'
(20 June )
* FM stations set to help citizens during monsoon
* RCS launches Aircheck radio monitoring in Pune
* Times Music signs on US based G-Deep
* Universal signs on Bangla rock star Hassan
* Music sales lowest in 20 years, says IFPI
* Microsoft extends its download service till 2011
* Apple's iTunes hits five billion mark
(19 June )
* Big Music acquires rights for Rajnikanth's Kuselan
(18 June )
* Big Music revs up artist mgt, plans new arm for composers
* Times Music launches Akbar Sami's Jalwa 2008
* Worldwide group brings American Idol DVDs to India
* Motorola launches music service Motomusic in India
* Hyderabad Radio City searches for Fun J
* Shemaroo salutes divas; launches ‘Bollywood Star Series’
* Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III' sells a million copies
* WorldSpace with STMicroelectronics to provide chips for EU & ME
(17 June )
* Tips signs new artists, plans new venture
* Dhamaal 24 completes a year
* Music industry to converge at London Calling 2008
* MTV lodges police complaint against ransackers
* Rituparno Ghosh's Khela is Saregama's first '08 release
* UK youngsters ready to pay for music, says study
* Impala opposes Sony-Bertelsmann deal
(16 June )
* Saregama signs on underground artistes for 3 year contract
* [V] bags the ‘Best Music Channel’ honour at Indian Technical Telly Awards
* Big Music to launch Shibani Kashyap's new album
* US federal court okays re-selling of CD promos
(14 June )
* T-Series bags music rights to 16 UTV films
* Saregama India posts quarterly net profit of Rs 31.8 mn
(13 June )
* Big Music expands library, acquires new titles
(12 June )
* IPL franchises under PPL, IPRS scanner
* Clapstem, Hans Raj Hans to float music academy
* Love Story 2050 partners with Big FM
* BBC unlocks its music vault to EMI
* Bebo, Universal Music partner for online drama
(11 June )
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