|  12 Feb 2008

Rock legend Dave Stewart to help Nokia collaborate better with artists

MUMBAI: Musician-producer-songwriter Dave Stewart is joining forces with the new Nokia Entertainment and Communities business group, to create the Nokia Artists' Advisory Council. The council is tasked with helping to create an artist-friendly environment inside the company, ensuring that the artists' point of view is represented in creating new content business paradigms.Nokia Entertainment and Communities business group executive VP Tero Ojanpera says, "Dave is a truly rare figure in the entertainment industry.

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 |  11 Feb 2008

Alfred Haber gets intl rights to Dion's CBS Special

MUMBAI: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has acquired international rights to the one-hour CBS Network special Celine Dion :That's Just the Woman in me.

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 |  11 Feb 2008

Sahara's state-of-the-art music studio launched officially

MUMBAI: Sahara has launched Nysa, a state-of- the- art music studio for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering. The launch of the studio in Mumbai last week was attended by industry bigwigs including Ramesh Sippy, Boney Kapoor, Sridevi, Priya Dutt, Sreemanto Roy, Bappi Lahiri, Monty Sharma, Shamir Tandon, Viju Shah and Kishen Kumar.The guests were treated to an AV presentation of the state-of-the-art Nysa, the studio classic acoustic design by a pioneer in this art Andy Munro of Munro Acoustics (UK), and the studio interiors designed by renowned interior designer Zarine Khan.

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 |  09 Feb 2008

Palador acquires Scorsese's Rolling Stones' film Shine a Light

MUMBAI: Palador Pictures Pvt Ltd has acquired Martin Scorsese-directed documentary film on Rolling Stones Shine a Light. The film, which opened at the Berlin International Film Festival on 7 February, is slated for an April release in the US and will also see an Indian theatrical release.

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 |  09 Feb 2008

Music director Ravi feted

MUMBAI: Noted music director Ravi has been chosen for the Devarajan Memorial Music award, in recognition of his contribution to Indian film music, says a PTI report. Instituted in the memory of veteran Malayalam music director G Devarajan, the award carries a cash prize of Rs 80,000, a citation and a memento from the Kerala-based cultural forum Swaralaya. Ravi was selected for the honour by a seven-member jury headed by state Culture Minister M A Baby.

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 |  09 Feb 2008

Shemaroo launches V Day pack

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released 'Fragrance of Love' - a title that blends the flavour of romance with music.

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 |  09 Feb 2008

MTV president Christina Norman quits

MUMBAI: Christina Norman, president of MTV since 2005, has put in her papers to end her 17-year relationship with MTV Networks. Norman will leave the company at the end of the month. MTV Networks music and logo group president Van Toffler will take on the day-to-day operations indefinitely while maintaining his group role. In an internal memo, Toffler announces Norman's decision "to take the time to explore something new." Norman was elevated to the post of president in 2005 after serving in the same role at VH1. She joined the company in 1991 as a production manager at MTV.

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 |  08 Feb 2008

Music Today unveils range of home videos

MUMBAI: Music Today has revealed the list of artistes and albums that are being launched as part of its tie up with Star TV (Satellite Television Asian Region Limited) on home video.

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 |  08 Feb 2008

9X to launch metro vs rural talent show 'Chak De Bachche'

MUMBAI: It seems like Hindi general entertainment channels (GEC) are reserving weekends for reality shows. Following the trend, INX Media's 9X is coming up with another dance-and-music reality show Chak De Bachche.

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 |  08 Feb 2008

Red FMs Bajaate Raho Awards to telecast on Channel [V]

MUMBAI: Red FM has tied up with Channel [V] to telecast for the first time its annual Bingo Bajate Raho Awards in association with Zandu Pancharishtha.

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 |  07 Feb 2008

Microsoft signs content deal with MTV and Sony BMG

MUMBAI: Microsoft has announced an online video partnership with MTV Networks International and Sony BMG for video clips on MSN website. The tie up will offer video streams and on-demand video clips from some of the biggest shows from MTV.

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