BMG acquires London based music publisher Minder Music
MUMBAI: BMG has acquired London based music publishing company Minder Music, giving BMG access to owner and founder, John Fogarty’s entire catalogue.
Walt Disney Records and Verve Records team up to release compilation album
MUMBAI: Disney Music Group’s Walt Disney Records has teamed up with Universal Music Group’s Verve Records to work on a compilation album titled ‘We Love Disney’. ‘We Love Disney’ is produced by multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning producer and Verve Music Group Chairman David Foster.
Saavn raises $100 mn; to move into video
MUMBAI: Recently, music streaming service Spotify announced plans to take the video route alongside its music streaming service. Following that path is yet another streaming service-Saavn.
Nationwide talent hunt show launched on All India Radio
NEW DELHI: All India Radio (AIR) is launching ‘Ad Swar’, which is a nationwide talent hunt show for tribal music.
LiveXLive picks Verizon Digital Media Services to deliver its live music streaming network
MUMBAI: Verizon Digital Media Services now powers Loton Corp.'s new subsidiary LiveXLive, the world's first premium, dedicated live music-streaming network.
Guitarmonk opens up business opportunities for investors in fifty Indian cities
NEW DELHI: The well known Guitarmonk aims to rope in one promoter per city from fifty major cities of the country for its ambitious Guitarmonk Club. Describing it as ‘an opportunity with futuristic vision’, Guitarmonk displayed its investment model at the Franchise business expo.
Law Ministry gives Maran-promoted Red FM network green nod; clearance awaited
MUMBAI: Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called in a joint meeting with three different ministries- Information and Broadcasting, Home Affairs and Law, to address the issues related to partial Phase III auction, which is at a standstill.
Music programmer turns artist manager, signs electronic indie act Fuzzy Logic
MUMBAI: After programming music for various venues across the city, music producer Nishant Gadhok has started his own artist management/booking agency called ‘Gently Altered Music and Entertainment (GAME)’.
Radio One gives Chennai its first Bollywood station
MUMBAI: Radio One in Chennai has revamped its content, turning itself into a complete Bollywood station from 6 July, 2015. The radio station, which was previously a Tamil request station, has now changed its tagline to “100% Bollywood, 100% Chennai”.
South Africa Government wants to promote local manufacture of digital radio sets
NEW DELHI: Emphasising the importance of community media, South African Communications minister Faith Muthambi has said “Brazil and India, our trading partners from BRICS, have been looking at DRM favourably for their community broadcasting sectors.”
