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MUMBAI: Recently Toronto witnessed Adnan Sami’s live performance after almost eight years and it turned out to be an exhilarating one at Roy Thomson Hall. This was a performance that was not supposed to be missed and this one was really special for Sami also because his mother was watching him live in concert after eight years.
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MUMBAI: Addressing an interactive discussion on the future of the print and electronic media, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawahar Sircar stated that All India Radio still tops the listeners’ charts with 299 channels as compared to other radio players. The discussion, titled 'Will the Print & Electronic Media Survive?' was organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), to discuss the state of the media and the entertainment industry that is expected to grow 11.8 percent in 2013 driven by digitization and the growth of new media.
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MUMBAI: Famous singer Tochi Raina impressed the audience with his melodious and soulful singing from his film ‘Hum To Chale London’ on 12 April at Café Ivy in Khar. The entire star cast of the film and technical team was present at the occasion. This was his first hip hop song and he enjoyed working with Akshay Bafila, says Tochi Raina.
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MUMBAI: Gangnam style rapper Psy is again making headlines as his new single ‘Gentleman’ has received over 52 million views within two days. With this single, the YouTube sensation has proved that he is there to stay. The dance video to ‘Gentleman’, the South Korean singer’s long-awaited follow up to ‘Gangnam Style’, was posted on YouTube at 9 pm (1200 GMT) on Saturday. The video has received mixed reactions but Psy carries the phrase well 'Love me or hate me, but you can't ignore me’ as the number of views on YouTube have spoken it all.
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MUMBAI: Aiming to strictly improve the quality of content, the I&B Ministry is now considering various steps to set up a 24 hour news channel on All India Radio (AIR), based on the lines of DD News. The announcement was made by Information & Broadcasting Secretary Uday Kumar Varma while addressing a meeting in Amritsar with Punjab based heads of various media units of I&B. He mentioned that the government is exploring various aspects and the technicalities involved in launching such a channel on AIR.
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MUMBAI: Have you ever experienced the thrill of playing live cricket on Twitter? Hitting boundaries, playing the right shots and scoring runs through just tweeting… Pepsi IPL Tweet20, an exciting and engaging application on Twitter offers this experience and much more to cricket fans.
read moreNEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is to proactively pursue the work of a Task Force set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry to examine the issue of mushrooming of media schools all over the country The I&B Ministry gave this assurance to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology in an action-taken report presented during the current session of Parliament.
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MUMBAI: Even as Duncun Rufus is working to complete their second album ‘The Folds Galore’, they have their debut album ‘Carte Blanche’ hitting the shelves. Duncun Rufus’s Carte Blanche was launched digitally in 2011 in Scandinavian countries but now it is released physically in India by Times Music.
read moreMUMBAI: Aiming to highlight and address the social and civic problems faced by the citizens of Delhi, Radio City has initiated a campaign titled ‘City ka Auto’. As part of the initiative, RJ Simran from the breakfast show ‘Dhinchak Mornings’ will tour the city focusing and highlighting some of Delhi’s important problems.
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NEW DELHI: Even as the government has decided to give self-regulation of television channels a chance, the Delhi High Court asked the Union Government to constitute a Statutory Regulatory Body to control the Electronic Media. The Bench led by Justice Pradeep Nandarajog rejected the idea of self-regulation of the broadcasters. The directive came on a public interest litigation against 'Emotional Atyachar' telecast on UTV Bindass in 2010.
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MUMBAI: Renowned playback singer Shaan is all set to experiment and test his dancing skills. The versatile singer will soon wear his dancing shoes for the sixth edition of reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. Confirming the news with Radioandmusic.com Shaan said, “I am a part of the dance reality show. One month is still there before a choreographer is assigned and the practice session starts but I am waiting for it eagerly.”
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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
