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MUMBAI: Placing greater emphasis on growing brand loyalty, integrated marketing campaigns and the returns on investment, Indian marketers are highly optimistic about the expected outlook of their brands in 2013, with 85 per cent confident that their band will perform better than 2012, according to the Ipsos Asia Pacific Marketers Outlook 2013 report.
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MUMBAI: Popular rapper Jay Z has unveiled a sample of the soundtrack of the upcoming film ‘The Great Gatsby’ online by Interscope/Geffen/A&M. The movie has been scored and co- produced by the singer himself. The soundtrack features 12 tracks performed by artists like Beyoncé, Fergie, Q Tip, GoonRock, Coco O of Quadron, Gotye, Nero and Sia amongst others. As per reports, Beyonce covers Amy Winehouse’s track ‘Back to Black’ in the film.
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MUMBAI: Due to key supporting partners backing out of the event at very short notice, the ‘goMad Festival’ has been postponed until a new date is announced. As per festival organisers, the new date is expected to be announced shortly on their website and social networking page.
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NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said the government is exploring the possibilities of having a dedicated 24 hour FM news channel and wanted the public broadcaster to leverage the unique opportunity provided by the telecom revolution that made access to All India Radio easy. Addressing a function to present the Akashvani Annual Awards in New Delhi last evening, he said the required clearances have been taken for the auction of private FM channels.
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MUMBAI: Communicating developmental plans and schemes of the government to people in the grassroots level, is the major task of community radio (CR) stations. But even as they work towards attaining their goals, most stations face challenges of sustainability in terms of finance and content. These challenges are no different for CR’s of Assam that are located in the south of the eastern Himalayas.
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MUMBAI: Veteran playback singer Kumar Sanu is confident that musicians and artists will soon be able to reap the rewards thanks to the Copyright Bill (Amendment) passed in 2012. Payback for artists should materialise by 2014, when the music industry absorbs and adjusts to the game-changing decree passed by the Parliament, the singer said.
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MUMBAI: For the first time in the history of American Idol, the show spanning 12 seasons, the top five contestants are all going to be girls. The biggest singing reality show, American Idol Season 12, currently airing in India on Big CBS Love, in concurrence with the US, created history as the last man standing Lazaro Arabos bid adieu to the competition due to failure to create an impact among fans with his singing skills.
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MUMBAI: Year after year, music composer Pritam has been facing various allegations of plagiarism for his musical work in different films. The latest allegation is on his hit track ‘Badtameez Dil' from the film ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. According to reports, ‘Badtameez Dil’ is copy of a popular Bengali number titled ‘Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbona’.
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MUMBAI: Being known for building extensive and innovative marketing campaigns for all the films in its kitty, it goes without a doubt that leading music label T-Series would plan something new for the release of its next and most awaited film Aashiqui 2. Being a sequel of the popular film, the label is going back in time to create a buzz amongst the audiences.
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MUMBAI: World Creativity and Innovation Week being held from 15-21 April, is a global celebration of the natural ability to create. Music is all about creativity, creative space and utilizing our abilities to make world a more beautiful space to live. Guitarmonk is celebrating world creativity and innovation week by introducing ‘Best Creative Idea’ contest for all its students and members, where it has invited all its students to submit three random ideas on any subject and the top 10 ideas will receive a guaranteed gift as award from Guitarmonk.
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MUMBAI: Toxic singer Britney Spears will be rendering a track titled ‘Ooh La La’ for the much anticipated family comedy The Smurfs 2 under Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. The single will be out on Kemosabe/RCA Records, was written by Lukasz Gottwald (Dr Luke), Joshua Coleman (Ammo), Henry Walter (Cirkut), Bonnie McKee, Jacob Kasher Hindlin (J Kash), Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall and produced by Dr Luke, Ammo and Cirkut for Prescription Songs.
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MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: Swastik announces the expansion of its digital leadership team with the appointment of Jiread more
MUMBAI: Juju Baby Music – operating under the banner of Artium Originals - is excited to announce the release of its newest EP, ‘Folk Outta The Box...read more
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based rap sensation MC Altaf, a trailblazing figure in India’s burgeoning hip-hop scene, today released his highly anticipated debut...read more
