Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar -We have serious plans to enter into regional languages - Tamil, Telugu, Bengali & Punjabi
Kulmeet Makkar took over as the chief executive officer of Big Music and Home Entertainment, the new division floated by Reliance Entertainment in 2007. Makkar is responsible for content acquisition and business of not only Indian languages but also the global content in music and home...
Big FM vice president programming Manav Dhanda - We will not force fit a celebrity into the mould of an RJ
Manav Dhanda, vice president - programming for Big 92.7 FM, has been in media for over ten years. At Miditech, he piloted shows like 'Fame Gurukul' and 'Deal Ya No Deal', and at Radio Mirchi, was instrumental in the station's rapid advancement as programming head. As a freelancer, Manav has also...
Soundbuzz GM India operations Mandar Thakur - The mechanisms for discovery of different kinds of music in India are amazing
Soundbuzz continues to be the country's only player straddling both the mobile and internet mediums, and general manager India operations, Mandar Thakur is bullish about the company's prospects. Thakur says any competition in the online digital music space would be welcome because it would only...
Music albums advtg on TV on upswing
Television`s popularity as a means of promoting music albums continues to grow.
Radio City's National Head of Marketing Rana Barua - One of our largest initiatives has been changing our music strategy
Radio City's National Head of Marketing, Rana Barua leads the national marketing team, based out of Mumbai. Barua looks after all national marketing initiatives. The focus of his assignment is to further build on the innovative never-done-before aspects of marketing which will further build the...
Olds Still Gold in Music Industry
The Om shanti Oms and the Saawariyas might be the rage of the moment, but if statistics are to be believed, Bollywood`s golden oldies continue to rule the roost.
TAM Media Research vice president Pradeep Hejmadi - What matters is giving the market data that is sensitive enough to show change'
TAM India, progenitor of the Radio Audience Measurement study that has just been rolled out, kept a studied silence while the broadcasters interpreted the results they day they were announced on 31 October. TAM Media Research vice president Pradeep Hejmadi spoke to radioandmusic.com's Aparna Joshi...
International Music Feed president Andy Schuon - We are targeting 12 to 24 year olds - the Google /Ipod generation
Andy Schuon, former top programming executive for MTV and VH1, is now president of Vivendi/Universal's new TV network IMF: The International Music Feed, the only music TV channel owned by a record label - Universal Music Group. In an email interview, Schuon outlines his plans for the new channel....
Shemaroo entertainment director Hiren Gada - Unremix' albums are old songs packaged a new for Gen Next
Hiren Gada, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment is a management graduate with 13 years of experience in media. He handles several areas like Strategy, Marketing, Finance, Overseas Markets, Operations and Acquisitions for Shemaroo and has been instrumental in putting in place several new initiatives...
BIG Digital director Archana Vohra - We plan to launch three to four more portals this year
Archana Vohra took charge as director, Big Digital in September 2007. In less than two months of inception, BIG 92.7 FM's digital and online music foray has ventured into podcasting, plans to get into mobile VAS in a big way and launch a slew of portals in the coming months. Vohra oversees the...
