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MUMBAI: Big Music, the label launched by ADAG in 2007, is now venturing into artiste management in a big way. The company recently tied up with a few Indian artists and is planning a 360 degree activity around their albums and performances. This apart, Big is also planning a new business arm which will take care of the composers and lyricists fraternity.
read moreMUMBAI: Worldwide Group's home video label Worldwide Home Entertainment has brought America's hugely popular music reality television show, 'American Idol' on DVD to India. The DVD & CD pack titled, 'The Best and The Worst of American Idol,' is a collection of television's most popular show American Idol's four most-talked about seasons. Worldwide Records managing director Ratnakar Kumar says, "This limited edition 3 disc set is being made with the serious American Idol fan in mind and includes an incredible Bonus Disc which is exclusively made available only on Worldwide Records."
read moreMUMBAI: STMicroelectronics and Worldspace satellite have announced a partnership to develop, manufacture and distribute chips for European Satellite Digital Radio (ESDR) receivers. This has been planned for a Worldspace pan-European and Middle East service starting 2009 with Italy.
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MUMBAI: Rapper Lil Wayne's new album 'Tha Carter III,' sells more than one million copies in a single week. As per chart reports, issued on 18 June morning by Nielsen SoundScan, the album tops the R&B Hip Hop genre. In its first week in the market, the rapper's new album has sold just over one million units. The last album to top that milestone was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005. In a slumping industry where selling 200,000 albums in one week is becoming a rare feat, Lil Wayne's achievement is not only a triumph but a much-needed boost to the industry.
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MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has recreated the magic of Bollywood divas of each decade. It has come out with a compilation of original song videos of five Bollywood actresses, each representing their era from the 50s to 90s. These titles come under Shemaroos ?‹?“Bollywood Stars Series and is available on VCDs.
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MUMBAI: After the success of Jalwa I and II, DJ Akbar Sami is all set with his new version of the theme. Jalwa 2008 will be launched under Times Music label in two months. The album will have eight tracks, one original composed by Jatin Sharma and penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. It will have the trademark 'Dekho dekho yeh hai jalwa' track and six other Bollywood remixes. Times Music COO Adarsh Gupta says, "We produced Akbar's Jalwa eight years ago and we reunite for his third one."
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MUMBAI: Radio City Hyderabad hunts for the city's first ever Fun J (Fun Jockey). The newly launched show is named 'Navvula Don,' the winner of which will win himself the opportunity to be part of City family and host the show on air. The show is a hunt for the wittiest Telugu radio jockey for the station. The series took off from June 14 and will go on till June 22.
read moreMUMBAI: Cellphone major Motorola has launched its Motomusic service in India on its new offering, Motorokr E8.
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MUMBAI: Saregama India has announced the launch of the music of Rituparno Ghosh's Khela, the first film to be rolled out from the Saregama stable this year. The music will be released on 28 June, and the film is slated to hit theatres on 11 July , nation wide in Hindi, and in Bengali in West Bengal. The film's music has been composed by a band from Kolkata called 21 Grams. The film stars Prosenjit, Manisha Koirala, and Raima Sen . Saregama's other projects this year include Karma, Confessions and Holi, Japanese Wife.
read moreMUMBAI: Dhamaal 24, the radio network launched under B.A.G Films & Media Ltd's umbrella brand Broadcast 24 completes one year of operations on 18 June. On the occasion of its first anniversary, the station has lined up a slew of programmes to celebrate the day with its listeners. Selected listeners will be crowned as Star listeners and will be sent out gifts and prizes. These lucky listeners will also get to participate in the Dhamaal birthday bash.
read moreMUMBAI: Tips Industries' artiste managemement arm has signed on 15 musicians, who will be promoted aggressively by the company. The artistes include Atif Aslam, Jal, Ahmed and Krishna, among others. Tips will produce their albums and do a 360 degree promotion. Says Tips Music and Artist Management MD Rajeev Sogani, "I see a very good future as far as artiste management is concerned. By next year, Tips should be getting very good returns." Currently, the company is focusing on a lot of Pakistani talent, since Sufi is the taste of the season.
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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: Renowned Bollywood playback singer and composer Amit Trivedi is thrilled to announce his latest, Azaad Collab. Known for his soulful voice...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
