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ALLAHABAD/MUMBAI: The criminal case against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma by music major T-Series in Noida is stayed on Thrusday by the Allahabad High Court till 1 July. The stay had come on an application by the filmmaker seeking further stay as the Courts interim stay order for five days just before Holi was expiring.The filmmaker has sought quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) in view of the fact that an FIR filed by him against the music major is pending in Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: Bhaskar Groups My FM has launched a contest ?‹?“My FM My Singapore. The contest will run simultaneously across stations including Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bhopal, Indore and Raipur.
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Mumbai: Advertiser apathy and crippling music royalties are eating away at the FM radio indstry in the country, that's registering fast growth and is poised to grow even bigger in the coming months with the increasing penetration of mobile phones. Industry players, who converged at the Radio Rocks session on Day II at Frames 2008 were unanimous in their opinion that while radio is increasingly emerging as a sexy medium that captures more attention than TV, it is still perceived as a passive medium by the advertiser.
read moreMUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has announced that Ellen DeGeneres will once again join Ryan Seacrest as co-host of Idol Gives Back. This is its music-based reality show American Idol's music celebration which looks to raise awareness and funds to benefit various US and international charities. DeGeneres will host from the Kodak Theatre with Seacrest hosting from the American Idol stage in Los Angeles on 9 April. In India, American Idol airs on Star World. Last year, the special got a Governor's Award Emmy for raising $76 million.
read moreMumbai: Big FM has promoted Arjun Singgh Baran to the post of regional director for Operations-West, while Sudarshan Saha has stepped in as the new station head, Mumbai. P B Ramaswamy, who was the station manager, Chennai will now be the cluster head for Tamil Nadu. Baran was the man behind setting up of Big's Mumbai station, and has been instrumental in the launch and functioning of the Mumbai Station thus far.
read moreMUMBAI: US music broadcaster MTV has announced that its music video game Rock Band continues to fly off shelves and satisfy music fans and gamers as more than 6 million game levels based on songs have been purchased since its launch in November.
read moreMumbai: The 5th Radio Mirchi KAAN Awards awarding the outstanding radio Ad received a great response with more than 700 entries across 15 categories. The other awards in the category include Client of the Year for the most outstanding advertiser of 2007, Radio writer of the year, Agency of the year, Production House of the year and the Voice of the Year Award.Commenting on the significance of the medium and the 5th Mirchi KAAN Awards, ENIL (Radio Mirchi) CEO Prashant Panday said, "The jury we have this year is the highest powered jury any award has witnessed.
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Mumbai: Big 92.7 FM launched the music of the Kannada film Aramane across their three stations of Bangalore, Mangalore and Mysore on the breakfast show - Big Coffee.
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Mumbai: Rajeeta Hemwani, who put in her papers at Big Music last week, has launched her own new innovative venture, Monks of Music.
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Mumbai: The Sufi sensation Kailash Kher has sung an anthem song for The Indian Cricket League (ICL). The song ?‹?“Dil Pe Le Liya Re' resonates the essence of the sport and conveys the core values of the league. It is charged with passion and inspires the listener while retaining an element of fun.Says KailashKher, "It is a matter of pride to lend my voice for the sport every Indian has grown up on. I instantly liked Rajat's composition and Irfan Siddiqui's lyrics never fail to touch you. I look forward to our song becoming a rage all over."
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BANGALORE: Vishishta Productions launched the music of its first feature film - a Kannada movie titled Accident, that stars Ramesh Arvind and Pooja Gandhi. The film will be released in Karnataka on 4 April. The production house has tied up with Bangalore based Anand Audio Video for use of its infrastructure in distribution and marketing of the music. The music copyright has been retained with the producers for the present, and depending on the success of the movie, Anand Audio's Mohan Chhabria will take a call about acquiring the music rights.
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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
