T-Series raids InCablenet office in Ahmedabad
MUMBAI: Music label company T-Series initiated a raid after they got a tip from a local in Ahmedabad about an album 'Bhakti Sagar' being played on the local cable channel. The complaint stated that the songs were aired in spite of surpassing the 'Kill date'.
BBC World Service inks a deal with Kesmi FM in Ghana
MUMBAI: A new distribution deal was signed between BBC World Service and Kesmi FM which will allow BBC to reach out to larger audiences in Ghana.
RED FM hikes ad rates by 20 per cent
MUMBAI: Red FM has decided to increase the FCT (Fixed Commercial Time) rates by 20 per cent with effect from 1 July 2014. As reported by Radioandmusic.com on 2 April 2014, Red FM South COO, Balakrishnan Surendar had confirmed the hike in ad rates before the festive season.
BMG signs administration agreement with Tafari music
MUMBAI: BMG, Germany-based music rights Management Company has signed an exclusive, worldwide administration agreement with Tafari Music.
Prohibition of news on radio is a ridiculous over-reach: Nisha Narayanan
MUMBAI: Radioandmusic.com is an online industry platform which carries various voices of the experts in the industry. In today's edition, we have RED FM’s COO Nisha Narayanan giving her opinion on news broadcast on private FM radio channels.
Audition Rules clear on age-bar for AIR presenters and radio jockeys
NEW DELHI: All India Radio (AIR) has clarified that the directive asking certain presenters and radio jockeys to quit because they have crossed the age bar for the channels in which they were working, is only implementation of the relevant audition rules.
Online music streaming to be counted in Top 40 charts
MUMBAI: For the first time online music streaming will be counted in the Top 40 charts in the UK as announced by Official Charts Company.
No gold or silver for Indian Radios' at NYF International Radio Program Awards
MUMBAI: Indian Radio networks failed to bring Gold and Silver Radio awards during the recently held New York Festival (NYF) International Radio Program Awards 2014. However, Fever FM, Radio Mango, Radio Mantra, Radio Mirchi and BIG FM (two) were able to grab bronze radio awards this year.
Hungama launches PRO service for its native app
MUMBAI: Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd has taken one step further towards innovation as the company has announced the launch of its PRO service for the flagship Hungama mobile app.
Prospective auctioneers of FM Phase III asked to sign Integrity Pacts
NEW DELHI: With the pace for the auction of Phase III of FM Radio picking up, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has asked all applicants who have sent a Request for Proposal for conducting the auction, to sign the Integrity Pact today.
