Sugar Mediaz founder director Darrpan Mehta - What's required on radio are interesting capsules that could be built around each station's property
We have all wondered about the voices that infuse life into loving animated characters, sell us products in our drawing rooms and talk to us in their friendly voices on FM radio. These are the invisible voice over artists we hear every day; the unknown faces of the broadcasting industry.
Mauj Telecom CEO Manoj Dawane - Our plan is to get into the Middle East and Africa this year
Manoj Dawane, who's seen the business from the operators' side till last year, shifted from Bharti Airtel to become CEO of People Infocom (Mauj) in mid 2007. One of India's leading mobile value added services company, Mauj has been jumping from strength to strength in the M Vas space, even as it...
HT Music and Entertainment business head S Keerthivasan - We are focused and targeted on the metros and big cities
In the ebb and flow of the FM industry, stations are bubbling with new concepts and newer formats to remain differentiated. HT Music and Entertainment's Fever FM treaded an untrodden path by introducing 'less talk, more music'. HT Music and Entertainment business head S Keerthivasan in a tete with...
Radio Creating Value Ad
2007 saw innovations in advertising on radio. Will 2008 see radio reaping the results of the experiments? Seamless integration is the name of the game, and radio stations that experimented with the format in 2007, are ready to take the theme forward in the new year.
Viewers looking for FM feel in visual space?
The viewer's verdict for music channels for the year 2007 is out. The long established players like MTV and Channel [V] are losing on the front of relative shares while new kid on the block 9XM has shown an unprecedented growth from the second month of its launch. Indiantelevision.com's analysis...
My FM national programming head Viplove Gupte - 'Today googling is a terminology which is a part of our lives'
Most cities where My FM is operating are B category cities where Internet penetration is not very high. What prompted My FM to launch its online portal?
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.
