MUMBAI: After a gap of four years, Pakistani rock band Strings is back with its new album, Koi Aanay Wala Hai. The album which will be released in India by Sony BMG on 19 May, claims to feature the most expensive Indipop video ever shot.
read moreMUMBAI: RCS India has expanded its radio monitoring services to include two new markets of Nagpur and Kanpur. RCS has recently started its services to include all commercial radio stations of the two cities, taking it to a total of 12 markets and 65 FM stations being monitored by RCS across India. Nagpur is the second media market in Maharashtra to be monitored, after Mumbai. Radio Mirchi, MY FM and SFM are on air and are being monitored in these cities by RCS.
read moreMUMBAI: My FM national programming head Viplove Gupte has moved on from Synergy Media, to join ADAG's Big FM as the National Programming Director. Prior to My FM, which he joined in September 2006, Gupte was the Group Head - Creative of Mirchi Movies, the Times Group subsidiary for film production.Says Gupte, "I was in Delhi for quite some time and wanted to move back to Mumbai. I am pretty excited about my new job and really looking forward to it." He has already joined Big FM and is busy with meetings. Gupte will be reporting to Big FM national programming head Manav Dhanda.
read moreMUMBAI: Marking the next big milestone in the music gadget industry - that's the Zune digital media player, Microsoft's musical reply to Apple's iPod is finally hiting Canada.
read moreMUMBAI: Last.fm plans to control the relaunch of AOL Europe's online radio platform. The service will be initially available in France, Germany and U.K with plans to start the operations in all across Europe in the coming months.
read moreMUMBAI: Music has found a new alley in the online gaming industry. The more sophisticated the videogames get in terms of storyline and presentation, the more important music becomes in setting the tone. The constant efforts for promoting as well as selling music through the gaming medium are entering its next phase. The recent release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the raunchy shooting and driving game, is making waves and is sure to create history on several levels.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City Lucknow has tied up with Inox to organize a month long summer fest called The Radio City Summer Workshop for its young listeners. Giving the children aged 7-12 years an opportunity to move away from the routine of schools and exams and explore their creative juices, the station is hosting an array of ?‹?“Whatte Fun activities, ranging from painting to singing, music to art sessions.
read moreBANGALORE: Radio Indigo will be bringing Israel's singing sensation Liel Kolet and her World Music band to perform live in Bangalore on May 15. The event is being organised jointly by the Israeli Consulate in Mumbai and the Bangalore School of Music, with Radio Indigo.
read moreMUMBAI: Rajeeta Hemwani who was slated to start her own music label ?“ Monks of Music has shelved her plans for the time being and joined Universal Music as Vice President ?“ Content Artiste and Repertoire. Prior to this, she was with Big Music for a short while as Content Head A & R.
read moreMUMBAI: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have struck gold with their forthcoming films. The musical trio who got a 50 per cent royalty share for Johny Gadaar's music, swear by changing the scenario for the creative men in no time.
read moreMUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) has sealed a deal with file-sharing site Qtrax to allow free, legal downloads of the former's music. Qtrax had earlier announced the backing of all the major labels to distribute music free online, generating revenue with advertisements. However, New York-based Warner Music Group Corp denied Qtrax services to use its content. UMG and EMI Group PLC also declined any licensing deals with Qtrax.
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