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MUMBAI: In a new deal, Vodafone and MySpace have teamed up to create an online global interactive platform allowing music fans in Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK to experience music in the social networking space Apparently, music fans can enter a competition demonstrating their reporting skills and win the opportunity to present from a music event in an MTV show episode online and on mobile.
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MUMBAI: Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya is back with a new album to his credit. To be launched by T-Series in a month, this will be Abhijeet's fifth album, two of which, Aashiqui and Tere Bina, have been chart toppers. Tere Bina, his last album, was released in 2002. The as yet unnamed fifth album marks his comeback to the non film genre. There are likely to be six to eight tracks in the new album, not including the number of remixes which the label will soon take a call on.
read moreBANGALORE: Vijay TV will start airing the third edition of Airtel Super Singer 2008 on 7 July at 9 pm. Airtel continues to be the title sponsor for the new edition of Super Singer. The third edition has three episodes every week, from Monday to Wednesday. The show aims to provide a platform for those above 16 years to showcase their singing talent.
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MUMBAI: Astha Chamma, Telegu film, digitally launched its music at Big FM Hyderabad today. This is the first ever digital audio launch of a movie in Tollywood, says the release. The first song of the album was played on air exclusively for the listeners of Big FM.
read moreMUMBAI: Digital Outlook has built a social network application 'My Rock Band' on Facebook in the UK and France. The application promotes the launch of the new Rock Band game from MTV Games, available exclusively on Xbox 360. The application will launch next week, while it went live on Facebook on 13 June. It is being supported via social ads created by AKQA on Facebook in the UK and also on the official Xbox Facebook pages in UK and France.
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MUMBAI: Pop singer Neha Bhasin is ready to launch her multi-genre album in the coming few months. It is a commercial album, says Bhasin. "I don't think an artist should limit herself by singing in a particular genre. So, I believe in a multi-genre which has a better commercial value."
read moreMUMBAI: The British Broadcasting Corporation's marketing chief Tim Davie has been elevated to the position of director of audio and music. Davie, who was earlier director of marketing, communications and audiences, will replace Jenny Abramsky in September, according to a report in the Marketing Week. It is the first time the BBC has brought someone into a programming role directly from a marketing background. He will oversee the broadcaster's radio networks including its digital radio stations, the report says.
read moreMUMBAI: With an incremental rise in the ad space crunch across the traditional advertising platforms (print, TV), the only new way to grab more consumer attention is by integrating radio with outdoor advertising, said Radio City 91.1 FM CEO Apurva Purohit.
read moreMUMBAI: Discovery Communications has partnered production music provider APM Music to launch Discovery Studios Tracks, a company that will make original music cues from the Discovery family of channels, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and Science Channel, available for the first time for licensing into third party productions.
read moreMUMBAI: Ofcom the broadcasting watchdog imposes fine on 30 local radio stations owned by GCap for manipulating results of an on air quiz reports Telegraph U.K. The competition was named secret sound, where the listeners had to identify the sound being broadcast on air by calling or SMSing. The radio station deliberately selected participants who gave wrong answers to prevent the prize to be won soon.
read moreMUMBAI: XM Satellite Radio and EMI Music Publishing, according to a report, announced today that they have resolved the lawsuit brought by EMI Music Publishing against XM over its Pioneer Inno, a portable satellite radio with advanced recording features. The companies did not disclose terms of the agreement. The report also stated that EMI Music Publishing has withdrawn as a party to the complaint filed by certain music publishing companies against XM in March 2007.
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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: 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: 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: Renowned Bollywood playback singer and composer Amit Trivedi is thrilled to announce his latest, Azaad Collab. Known for his soulful voice...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
