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MUMBAI: News Corp is in talks with Vevo.com and may give control of Myspace to the music label-owned video site. News Corp in February had announced that it is exploring the option of a possible sale or spin-off of its distressed social entertainment site. The media conglomerate has roped in boutique investment bank Allen & Co to aid the process. According to some reports, as of February it had already received early interest from nearly 20 parties.
read moreNEW DELHI: Ramesh Sippy Entertainment's Dum Maaro Dum will be the first film to be released with Dolby® Surround 7.1 on 22 April. Produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment and distributed by Fox Star Studios, Dum Maaro Dum is a dramatic thriller set among the beaches, side streets, and raves of Goa. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Duggabati, and Pratiek Babbar and will feature a soundtrack created by Pritam.
read moreNEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the matter to 5 April, its stay on the order of the Copyright Board concerning royalties to be paid to artistes for broadcasting music by radio operators will continue. The division bench of the Court comprising Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph had stayed the order on 18 March and listed the matter for today.
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MUMBAI: Even as the very public expression of good wishes for the Indian cricket team for its Cricket World Cup semi final clash with Pakistan gets shriller by the minute, popular Fever 104 FM RJ Anuraag Pandey is adding to the fervour with a walk on Tuesday evening -- the eve of the mother of all cricket clashes -- to Siddhivinayak Temple, Dadar, to strengthen his network's on-air support of and cheering for the Indian Cricket Team, with a prayer to Lord Ganesh.
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* Ameen Sayani, Jasdev Singh, Khayyam and Jagjit Kaur, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Manna Dey, Rita Ganguly, Vinod Kashyap, B P Srivastava awarded * I&B Minister Ambika Soni, Sachin Pilot, Madhur Bhandarkar, Rajeev Shukla, Shelley Chaudhary, Harkesh Gupta, Sunil Kumar Dahiya, Anurradha Prasad give away awards
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NEW DELHI: The eminent singer with the velvet voice, Jagjit Singh, is to perform for the first time in the national capital region with an orchestra of 30 musicians, aimed at creating a �Ghazal symphony.' The concert with be held on 24th April. Singh said, I will be singing ghazals that have held a timeless appeal but these will be sung with a new treatment of music....
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* Music by Shankar-Eshaan-Loy and Pak Sufi artist Shaheen Zahoor MUMBAI: The music of West is West was launched on Monday evening in Delhi by the film leads, Om Puri BAFTA nominated and Ila Arun. The music was released on Saga Music, the trio Shankar-Eshaan-Loy has composed original pieces including songs Kaala Doria, Mere Sayaan and Numaishaan Mohobbataan for West is West.
read moreMUMBAI: Hello FM is geared up for the India-Pakistan semi final on 30th March in Mohali. Hello FM's Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry listeners will be treated to non-stop ball-by-ball cricket updates for the full 100 overs across eight hours of score updates, statistical trivia, highlights and sidelights, bytes and interviews, analyses and antics, cheer anthems and sonic confetti. Hello FM would conduct special contests where listeners would be invited to predict the outcome of every over for the entire 100 overs. Correct predictions per over will carry a cash prize of Rs.1000.
read moreMUMBAI: Times Music recently announced a digital content distribution deal with Ithos Digital Pte Ltd for the Singapore market. Through this deal, Times Music content will be available across various digital platforms in Singapore including the first DRM-Free online and mobile music store started by Singapore telecom operator Starhub and other telcos like SingTel and M1.The products will also be available via web and mobile to Singapore consumers with multimedia smart phones.
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The first ever entertainment extravaganza from the Marathi entertainment industry, the �BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards' officially unveiled its trophy today at 92.7 BIG FM studios. The uniquely designed trophy of the �BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards' is definitely a symbol of glory to the winners; it stands to communicate the strength, purity, humility and persistence of the winners.
read moreMUMBAI: The [Melbourne International Jazz Festival] must now be classed as Australia's foremost jazz festival.... The Australian Replete with premiere performances by the likes of Sonny Rollins (USA), Sun Ra Arkestra (USA), Faust (Germany), Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (USA), and many more, the most exhilarating and diverse Melbourne Jazz Festival program to date, was officially launched by the Victorian Premier and Minister for the Arts, Ted Baillieu MLA at the Langham, Melbourne, last night, Tuesday 8 March
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MUMBAI: In today's content-driven world, sound is a surprisingly overlooked yet potent branding read more
MUMBAI: BandLab, the world’s largest social music creation platform, today announced a major expread more
MUMBAI: In a candid conversation with Radioandmusic, Akhila Shankar (Head, TuneCore South Asia) read more
MUMBAI: As Apple Music marks its 10th anniversary since launching on June 30, 2015, the US tech read more
MUMBAI: The internet is buzzing with conversations as audiences across platforms point out an unexpected resemblance between debutant Ahaan Pandey’s...read more
MUMBAI: In a historic step toward protecting the creative legacy of India’s folk music community, The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd.read more
MUMBAI: From a small town in Haryana to the spotlight of India’s music scene, Pragati Nagpal is steadily carving out a space of her own — one song at...read more
MUMBAI: As the sacred month of Shravan unfolds, Nirvaan Birla steps into the musical world with a deeply spiritual debut — Shankaraa. The devotional...read more
MUMBAI: The energy was electric, the voices raw and powerful, and the community stronger than ever — Offstage Live which was organised by Dhaval...read more
