Gaana.com wins Gold at Goa Fest
MUMBAI: Gaana.com, India's largest music streaming service by Times Internet, bagged a gold award at the Abby Awards 2015 in the category of Branded Content & Entertainment for Gaana.com's advertising campaign Bajna Chahiye Gaana at a star-studded awards show in Goa.
President lauds contribution of Northeastern Indian region to art and culture
NEW DELHI: A cultural festival ‘Songs and Dances of the North East’ was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee over the weekend.
All metros now receive Vividh Bharati on FM mode in addition to medium wave
NEW DELHI: With the Vividh Bharati channel of All India Radio being formally placed on FM mode tomorrow, the channel has been put on FM in all metros.While it was on FM only in Kolkata earlier, it was put on this mode in Chennai on 21 February and in Mumbai on 17 March.
ISRA miffed with BCCI for denying royalties to singers
MUMBAI: Not long ago the Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd (IPRS) sent a legal notice to the India Premier League (IPL) and the BCCI for allegedly failing to get a licence for the use of music during the opening ceremony, which was held in Kolkata.
FLY Music Festival to expand with separate concerts and annual festival, says Sunburn Global CEO Karan Singh
MUMBAI: In the coming year, Percept Media's live property FLY Music Festival will see expansion. The festival, well known for showcasing international singing star Ed Sheeran, will soon have multi-city properties, confirmed Sunburn Global CEO Karan Singh.
9XO to air special programming to celebrate third anniversary, will soon have app
MUMBAI: India based International music channel 9XO is celebrating its third anniversary with a lot of music and a whole new property, says channel head Luke Kenny. Without revealing much, he hinted that it will be almost a month-long celebration.
Javed Jafferi to host a show on Big FM
MUMBAI: Cricket in India is a religion and there is a definite loyalty factor amongst fans who are glued to the game either at home or on the go, cheering for their favourite team.
BBC Asian Network announces new music showcase at Maida Vale
MUMBAI: In his show on Friday 10 April, BBC Asian Network presenter Yasser announced that the station will be showcasing the best current and emerging British-Asian artists at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios in front of an intimate audience.
SoundCloud announces partnership with American tech company ZEFR
MUMBAI: ZEFR, the American technology company has officially partnered with SoundCloud, the music streaming service, to help the company and its music partners better understand the sharing of content on the platform.
Prasar Bharati looking for ways to exploit music in its archives by making it digital
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has instructed the news wings of both All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) to cover all important events simultaneously and then share the inputs.
