From AIR to FM - revolution in the radio industry
Since June 1923 Indian skies are experiencing radio frequencies and they are pretty familiar with them by now. We grew up by listening to the tunes of Aakashwani. Radio has the widest reach and well structured network pan India. Be it Short Wave, Medium Wave or Frequency Modulation it doesn’t matter to the listener as far as he is hearing his favourite music. With time the industry also expanded from 275,000 radio sets at the time of independence to millions. Now in almost every house you may find it.
Pure music, regional key trends of 2011 - Punit Pandey
9X Media head - New Business, Punit Pandey
If a picture is worth a thousand words, music is worth millions and the year 2011 helped the industry to generate multi-millions. Year 2011 can be called the year of growth for the music channels. And it is Bollywood that provided some of the most popular numbers to the music television industry in India, which has 49 channels in the genre and is way ahead of other media markets across the world.
Independent music - from past perfect to future
When I look at what is happening around us in the music space, I get overwhelmed as the space is very exciting and yet extremely challenging.
Prashant Panday: 'Radio will see its best in the next five to ten years'
*Radioandmusic.com features and salutes glorious years of Private FM Radio
Apurva Purohit: 'Radio has seen robust growth as a medium for marketing and advertising industry'
* Radioandmusic.com features and salutes glorious years of Private FM Radio
Radio City 91.1 FM CEO Apurva Purohit is in high spirits as the station has completed 10 years in the radio business. This apart, Radio City has just won out against The IPRS in a royalty case.
Promoted by Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL), Radio City is the first Indian private radiocaster and ranks among the leading networks with its presence across 20 FM stations including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai.
CISAC Robin Gibb: 'Court decisions in Mumbai and Delhi represents serious breach of Indian obligations under the Berne Convention'
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) president and singer-songwriter Robin Gibb expressed his disappointment on Bombay High Courts ruling which are incompatible with international laws and treaties on Intellectual Property and artistic works.
Javed Akhtar: 'The Bombay HC judgment is totally incompatible with International law'
Acclaimed lyricist, poet, writer and member of parliament Javed Akhtar give his views on the Bombay High Court IPRS royalty ruling in favour of Radio City in a conversation with Poonam Ahuja.
Tarun Katial: 'We see radio reaching where no other medium can'
* Radioandmusic.com features and salutes glorious years of Private FM Radio
Internet: Music Fans + Popularity = Revenue Opportunity
By Carlton D'Silva - Creative Director, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt.Ltd.
In this day of social media becoming a hygiene ingredient of most online marketeers, it is only natural that this transitions into an integral part of music marketing. When you meet musicians and ask them what they think about the internet, the first thing that props up in their mind is free music and how they will have to think of ways to stop the piracy. But not many of them will see the medium for the opportunity that it puts forward to them.
Radio Congress 2011: Objectives, Achievements and the Way Forward
A special overview by Uday Chawla, Secretary-General, Association of Radio Operators For India (AROI)
We conceptualized Radio Congress 2011 as a continuation of our Vision 2010 event held in Nov 2009 which got together the various interest groups in Radio together to discuss the future of Private Radio in India – stakeholders -- both Government and private -- Radio professionals, media, advertisers, studio- and infrastructure suppliers, etc.
