|  04 Feb 2008

Saregama to hone screenwriting talent through workshop

Mumbai: Saregama India has affirmed its intentions of entering the feature film space by partnering teh British Council for 'The India Screenwriting Workshop' to be held in Goa in March. The workshop aims to develop and improve the quality of script writing in India, by honing the skills of budding script writers in the country. The workshop will be held in Goa from 17 to 23 March, with mentoring from industry experts.

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 |  04 Feb 2008

Sachar alleges wrongful exclusion from 'Sunday' credits

Mumbai: Singer composer Raghav Sachar has alleged that he has been wrongfully left out of the credits on the album cover of Kumar Mangat's Sunday. Sachar, who composed the track Manzar for Sunday, says that while his name has been left out of the singers' list for the song, other singers who didn't lend their voice to it have been included.

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 |  04 Feb 2008

Universal Music, Sony BMG ink digital licensing pact

NEW DELHI: With an eye to streamlining licensing for the use of music and music videos in Southeast Asia and India, Universal Music Publishing Group have entered into an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The agreement also includes digital royalties.

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 |  04 Feb 2008

Podcasts yet to catch fancy of UK radio listeners

Mumbai: In any given week, 8.1 million people in the UK listen to radio via the Internet, either live or through a Listen Again service, and 1.87 million listen to a Podcast.

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 |  02 Feb 2008

BBC Worldwide makes senior appointments in audio and music biz

MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide's audio and music business, under a new five-year strategy developed to drive the exploitation of popular music and capitalise on the corporation's rich archive, has strengthened its team with several senior appointments. Jon Mansfield who was Emap Music MD has been appointed BBC Worldwide's audio and music business head of content development.Mansfield will be joined by Stephen Davies who comes on board as head of digital ventures and Salim Mukaddam, who has been promoted to head commercial affairs.

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 |  02 Feb 2008

BBC's Asian Network launches extensive marketing campaign

MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that Asian Network will launch its biggest marketing campaign next week across television, radio and online. The New Sound Of Asian Britain campaign launches on 4 February 2008 and profiles the network's passion for the best in Asian music and culture.The BBC TV trail creates a new musical soundtrack, composed specially from many shorter musical scenes layered and looped together. It mixes modern influences like drummers and DJs with more traditional Asian sounds and instruments including Bollywood singing.

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 |  02 Feb 2008

Bhaskar Group's My FM launches in Kota

MUMBAI: Bhaskar Group's My FM has launched in Kota, taking its tally to 16 FM stations across the country. My FM is already operational in places that include Jaipur, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ahmedabad and Bhopal.

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 |  01 Feb 2008

Mirchi to launch Sunday business show

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi will launch a new Sunday show, 'Business Guru' on 3 February. Business Guru is an interview based show where a successful entrepreneur will be the guest speaker and listeners will be given a chance to interact with him. The show will feature real life heroes who have proved their mettle and created success stories through their trials and tribulations in the journey from a humble beginning to making it big. The show will be hosted by RJ Prackriti.

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 |  01 Feb 2008

Radio Mirchi calls for Kaan awards entries

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi has called for entries for the fifth edition of the ?‹?“Mirchi Kaan Awards, from the creative fraternity and advertising agencies. The last date for entries is 22 February 2008. All radio spots aired between 1 January 2007 and 31 January 2008 are eligible for entry. The Kaan Awards honour excellence in radio advertising in India.

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 |  31 Jan 2008

Big 92.7 FM launches in Thiruvananthapuram

MUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM has launched its station in Thiruvananthapuram, taking the total number of stations to 44 across India.

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 |  31 Jan 2008

BBC radio now available on Bangladesh's bdnews24.com

MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has teamed up with Bangladesh's news website bdnews24.com so that its users can listen to BBC World Service radio.

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