TRAI wants to know if the time has come to regulate OTT services
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) asked stakeholders whether it was too early to establish a regulatory framework for over-the-top services (OTT), since internet penetration is still evolving, access speeds are generally low and there is limited coverage of high-speed b
Insync's Ratish Tagde awarded Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award
MUMBAI: Ratish Tagde, founder and MD – Perfect Octave Media Projects Ltd, received prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award in the Most Promising category in a gala ceremony held at Hotel Taj Palace New Delhi on 21st March 2015 midst of who’s who of corporate Industry.
BIG FM to be renamed as 'BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG FM' on 2 April
MUMBAI: Big FM will rename itself to ‘BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG FM’ on 2 April, 2015 as the station joins hands with Nissan to launch one of the car brand’s variants, the Nissan Sunny. However, for this particular day, the station will not broadcast any Nissan radio ads.
Modi keen to start museum of endangered musical instruments in Benares
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen on preserving and promoting the Endangered Musical Instruments of India.
Madhuker Upadhyay producer of 'The Mahatma' took a decade for research
MUMBAI: Madhukar Upadhyay is well known for producing radio features on BBC World Service. Upadhyay, in his debut project with All India Radio, with a series based on Mahatma Gandhi, took almost a decade to complete his research.
Big FM and Radio City claim same market share in Mumbai and Delhi
MUMBAI: In the 11th week of 2015, Big FM and Radio City claimed the same market share and TARP of 18.4 and 1.3 per cent respectively in Mumbai. However, in Bengaluru Radio City led with a market share of 21.7 per cent, while Big FM registered a market share of 21.5 per cent.
ole acquires Mark-Cain Publishing catalogue,including masters from major Canadian Rock bands
MUMBAI: ole, the world's fastest-growing independent rights management company, has acquired Anthem Entertainment Group's Mark-Cain publishing catalog, including the associated master recordings of Taurus Records.
Seventynine moves towards being an In-App Video Platform
MUMBAI: Seventynine - SVG Media Pvt Ltd has announced a move towards positioning itself from being a pure play ad network, to an In-App Ad-serving platform focusing on video.
Coke Studio Partners with Shotformats for Digital Distribution of Music
MUMBAI: Coke Studio Season 4 (India), the most awaited television show this year, has given away digital rights to Shotformats, a digital distribution and VAS company in India . The agreement covers the distribution across multiple digital platforms and formats, via online and offline channels.
R. Kelly sued for cancelling concert
MUMBAI: Singer-songwriter R. Kelly is being sued by a concert promoter who booked him for an upcoming concert.