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MUMBAI: BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are in similar stage of development, can hold major benefit from the Indian Copyright Act to provide authors and creators the much needed recognition and protection for their rights. During the fourth biennial World Creators Summit, India Universal Music Publishing MD Achille Forler will speak about the Indian Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012 which has received many attention around the globe while his main topic of his speech will be ‘Focus on BRICS – what role can they play in the digital economy?’.
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MUMABI: Renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s last three set of recordings rendered in October 2011, will be released in May by East Meets West Music . This would be the first posthumous release of the recordings of the veteran musician who passed away in December last year. The three recordings are part of seven recordings that the sitar maestro recorded in October 2011. Four of these recordings were released in 2012, which fetched him the prestigious Grammy award for Best World Music Album.
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MUMBAI: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has promoted Mark Cooper as its head of music television with immediate effect, as part of plans to develop a radio and television music hub in central London. In his new role, Cooper will oversee a new combined department producing both classical and popular music. The new department will be responsible for making and producing all in-house output from the Proms to Glastonbury. He currently holds the position of the creative head of music entertainment at BBC.
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MUMBAI: In a major collaboration of sorts, tech giant Apple is expected to sign its first radio licensing agreement with leading music label Universal Music for the 'iRadio' music streaming service. As per reports, the two companies have reached the final stages of negotiations and Warner Music is reported to be close behind for the same. Apple is expected to launch a web radio service similar to Pandora's later this year, provided that executives there can strike an agreement with Sony Music Entertainment along with music publishers.
read moreMUMBAI: The Chairman of KPMG Australia, Peter Nash, today announced the board of KPMG Australia will appoint Gary Wingrove as its new CEO effective 1 July 2013.
read moreMUMBAI: Out now on the iTunes App Store is the global radio app homesickFM. homesickFM brings back the intimate, personalized experience of tuning in and listening to the local radio from favorite cities around the world on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. With an analog, minimalist design and intuitive interface, the app simulates the radio dial from cities around the world. homesickFM offers an intimate, yet global radio experience: users can scrub, scroll, or tap to access and save their favorite radio stations.
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MUMBAI: Twitter has acquired Australian-based music streaming startup We Are Hunted. Both companies confirmed the deal but terms and financial details of the agreement are not disclosed publicly. According to We Are Hunted website, "While we are shutting down wearehunted.com, we will continue to create services that will delight you, as part of the Twitter team.” The music streaming site was launched in Brisbane, Australia in 2009 but recently they relocated to California.
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Radio City’s popular jock RJ Gaurav dons the hat of a storyteller every night on his retro show ‘Kal Bhi Aaj Bhi’. With plenty of anecdotes for each song in his bag, the jock continues to relive the golden era of bollywood even today. As his show completes four memorable years today, the jock turns into a musical storyteller in this week’s musical rendezvous:
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Radio City’s popular jock RJ Gaurav dons the hat of a storyteller every night on his retro show ‘Kal Bhi Aaj Bhi’. With plenty of anecdotes for each song in his bag, the jock continues to relive the golden era of bollywood even today. As his show completes four memorable years today, the jock turns into a musical storyteller in this week’s musical rendezvous:
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MUMBAI; YRF Merchandise and Sound Konnect have launched a collection of 24 musical Bollywood greeting cards, comprising official images, dialogues and music from some of Yash Raj Films’ most beloved and iconic movies like Mohabbatein, Veer Zaara, Salaam Namaste, Bunty Aur Babli, Band Baaja Baaraat, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, with more to come.
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MUMBAI: With an aim to offer courses on music and musical instrument, a new musical institute Vishwashanti Sangeet Kala Academy was inaugurated in Loni Kalbhor which is situated around Pune. The inauguration was done by Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar on the festive occasion of Gudi Padwa on 11 April.
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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
