FACE OFF
The radio industry debates the trend of getting hitherto 'invisible' RJs on to street hoardings The radio jockey is the only unique product of FM stations in the Indian radio space today, where clutter is the dominant feature and lack of differentiated content the recurring theme.
PPL CEO Vipul Pradhan - People are using music increasingly but the value is not coming back to the music industry
The spectre of piracy continues to haunt the music industry, draining its revenues and crippling new initiatives. The Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), the licensing arm of the Indian Music Industry, is striving hard to license the use of music in the public arena. In an interview with...
A & R :INDUSTRY'S UNSUNG CATALYSTS
Bollywood may still hold sway over the Indian music industry, but with non film music finding its feet in the country, the Artists and Repertoire (A&R) team within companies is slowly staking its place in the spotlight.
Music Industry - Rocking to digital tunes
The Indian digital music story can be described in a single word - mobile. With the mobile phone industry making strides far bigger than Internet penetration and speed in the country; the ringtone, the caller ringback tone and the track download have emerged as the killer apps that the telcos and...
Radio City CEO and AROI president Apurva Purohit - Radio is one of the most interactive mediums right now
Be it regulatory, royalty or infrastructure related, the focus of the Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) is avowedly on issues directly correlated to ensuring the success of the nascent radio industry. In a chat with Aparna Joshi, Radio City CEO Apurva Purohit, president of the AROI...
FM Radio - The Differentiation Game
Clutter. With the FM sector being opened up, and a slew of radio channels hitting the FM airwaves with almost similar or me-too content, listeners have been hardpressed to differentiate between the various stations. And with a lot advertising rupees riding the FM gravy train, it is becoming...
Rajeeta Hemwani - Our main aim is to build an interface between artistes and music labels
After testing the waters at varied music labels for 16 long years, Rajeeta Hemwani has started her own innovative venture for aspiring musicians. Named Monks of Music, the company will be headed by Hemwani, who put in herpapers at Big Music as content head, Artiste and Repertoire, a few days ago....
Fever's Delhi station head Neeraj Chaturvedi - We would like to own exclusive music rights of compositions by established composers
104 Fever FM has attempted to create a difference in the radio market in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore with its campaign 'No Bullshit, only music'. In conversation with radioandmusic.com's Anita Iyer, Fever's Delhi station head Neeraj Chaturvedi talks about the company's latest campaign,...
T-Series president - marketing media publishing (TV) Vinod Bhanushali - Indians will buy more music online when rock bands arrive in a big way
T-Series has in its library three of 2007's mega blockbusters - Om Shanti Om, Taare Zameen Par and Jab We Met. The label has also been actively acquiring music from various smaller labels. Vinod Bhanushali, President - Marketing Media Publishing (TV), has been with T-Series for over 15 years now...
Radio industry - A good place to be in
If the music industry doesn't take too kindly to women who try to break into centuries old male bastions, the far younger radio industry in the country presents a diametrically opposite view. The field is peppered with women who have set up their own companies, notched up key posts within...
