IPL gets the moolah in for FM radio
MUMBAI: FM radio has inadvertently turned out to be one of the key beneficiaries of the ongoing IPL tournament, in terms of advertising revenues. The moolah is pouring in via SMS driven revenue from on air contests as well as spots. Many regional players, tied up officially with teams from their...
Indie labels take web route to success
MUMBAI: If anybody is being innovative in the current rapidly-evolving music scenario, it's the indie labels. While physical sales have hit a low, the internet is increasingly being used as a medium by the gen-next musicians, producers and managers to spread the word around. The upside - it's...
IIT R's revamped online radio station turns one
MUMBAI: The revamped avatar of IIT Roorkee's online radio station CampusBeats has just completed a year of operations. The Audio Section, Cultural Council, IIT Roorkee launched its beta version of CampusBeats in August 2007 After monitoring the response by students to the online radio channel and...
Multiplex issue strikes discordant note for music
MUMBAI: The music industry is facing the brunt of the impasse between multiplex owners and filmmakers over revenue shares. As Hindi film releases have been stalled post 4 April, music labels have either withdrawn or held back their music launches and are anxiously waiting for the strike to be...
Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar - The kind of music that is being created now is music on the move
Taking up where he left off last week, Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar speaks his mind on the changing dynamics of the Indian music industry in a free wheeling chat with Radioanmusic.com's Chirag Sutar. Read on... In the two decades that you have spent in the music industry, What kind of changes have...
Labels bargain for better customer connect
MUMBAI: The last few weeks have been bonanza time for connoisseurs of music across genres. It's that time of the year when you surfed through the racks, picked your favourite bunch of CDs, and move on without putting too much of a strain on your wallet. With physical sales hitting a low and the...
Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar - Radio is our friend and the composer is our 'annadata'
After being in the industry for almost two decades, Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar has perhaps seen the changing face of music business in India more closely than anybody. Since its inception, Big Music has followed a cautious well calculated strategy - acquiring some top grossing titles like Johnny...
Awards sing the right tune for FM stations
In the Indian FM radio industry where pioneering properties don't take long to get plagiarised and duplication of concepts is almost a given, 'music awards' seem to be the flavour of the season.
IIT Bombay students launch web campus radio
MUMBAI: Students of IIT Bombay have launched their own campus web based radio station.
CR station to start at Nuh, Mewat in Haryana
MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Nuh, Mewat, Haryana. The station will be run by The Seeking Modern Application for Real Transformation (...
