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MUMBAI: B.A.G Films and Media FM venture Dhamaal 24 has launched at Ahmednagar, Jalgaon and Jabalpur, taking the total tally of its nationwide stations to nine.
read moreMUMBAI: Bhaskar Group's My FM has launched in Jabalpur, taking the total number to 17 FM across India. My FM is already operational in places that include Jaipur, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ahmedabad. Bhopal, Indore and Gwalior, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer.My FM business head Harrish M.Bhatia, said, "With the four stations in the state, My FM has the biggest and strongest network in MP. Which along with the strong listeners' connect that the stations have been able to establish, will add value to the overall media set up in the state".
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MUMBAI: In February 2008, Menwhopause was awarded the Jack Daniel's Legendary Mash Best Rock Band Award for 2007-2008. There's more good news for the band following the honour in that they will feature at the legendary mash festival at Lynchburg, Tennessee in April.As a lead-up to the mash festival at Lynchburg; Menwhopause have also confirmed their American tour. Menwhopause's tour actually started with an official showcase last March at South by South West [SXSW] in Austin, Texas. They were the first Indian rock band till date to give a performance there.
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MUMBAI: 9XM claims to have achieved a more than two-fold audience share lead over Viacom's global youth music brand MTV, and an audience share in excess of seven times that of News Corporation's STAR TV music platform Channel [V], both of which have been active in the sub-continent for over ten years (see chart below).The INX Media floated music channel, which last month reached out to an additional six million subscribers across India with a distribution deal on government-owned Direct-To-Home platform DD Direct Plus, says it has established an unprecedented leadership position in only three
read moreMUMBAI: The Justice Department of the US has approved the $19.5 billion sale of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications by two private equity firms. The Justice Department said it would not oppose the acquisition of San Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel by Bain Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners, as long as Clear Channel divested radio stations in four U.S. cities.
read moreMUMBAI: A team of international researchers have developed a groundbreaking audio software that could help music lovers searching for music on the Internet.
read moreMUMBAI: Indian airline Jet Airways supported the launch of Lord of the Rings music album on 11 February 2008 at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, UK.
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MUMBAI: The music of Ajay Devgan's U, Me Aur Hum, released by Eros Music, was launched on the eve of Valentine's Day at a bash held at The Club in suburban Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC Radio and the 4 Digital Group have confirmed their commitment to develop digital radio in the UK. The two parties said they intended to look at ways of encouraging more rapid consumer take-up of digital radio and developing the available technology to secure a successful future for DAB.Signalling their joint commitment to continue to develop DAB as a key platform for the future of digital radio, BBC Audio and Music director Jenny Abramsky and 4 Digital Group chairman Nathalie Schwarz issued a joint statement:
read moreMUMBAI: Praveen Malhotra, vice president for sales and operations head for North, at BIG 92.7 FM has been elevated to the position of national sales head for the Integrated Sales Unit which will be responsible for ad sales for not just Big 92.7 FM but also NTR Sales, sales of Big Street and of Big Digital.
read moreMUMBAI: Rapper Timbaland has created history of sorts by signing on with Verizon for a mobile album. This album would be directly and exclusively accessible to all the Verizon wireless V CAST (a network created by Verizon wireless to deliver audio, video, and entertainment content) users.The album would be created in the fully equipped Verizon mobile recording studio bus. This bus would stop at various cities across the US which would give the music lover a glimpse of the artist and the recording sessions inside the bus.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
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: This is the first time that Shruti have created a multilingual track which includes the lyrics in three different languages Shruti Haasan who...read more
MUMBAI: Pop star Dhvani Bhanushali is all set to headline this year’s prestigious Mysore Dussehra, sharing the spotlight with musical legends like A....read more
MUMBAI: Armaan Malik, hailed as the Prince of Pop, is aiming to bridge the gap between two different music sensibilities once again with his latest...read more
