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BANGALORE: Event management company Buenos Entertainment (BE) and On The Rocks, a rock pub in Bangalore will hold a rock festival – Rock Ethos on 10 February in Bangalore. The fest, construed on the lines of the legendary Woodstock festival, will havecombinations of 15 leading rock bands from Bangalore performing for 45 minutes each, unlike the regular 20-30 minutes allotted time, says a release.
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MUMBAI: Star Plus will air a special programme on 26 January at 1 pm, bringing together singers from recent talent hunts like Voice of India, Indian Idol and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The singers will pay tribute to the martyrs and legends who sacrificed their life for the freedom of our country.
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MUMBAI: Saregama India has launched'Shafaq Ke Rang'Colours of Sunset'a newly recorded album of Urdu ghazals, penned by contemporary Indian writer Indira Varma. The album has ten titles, which include eight ghazals, five of which are sung by Sudeep Banerjee, three by Rekha Bharadwaj and two nazm recitations by Varma herself..
read moreMUMBAI: Kolkata is the fourth station from the Fever stable to launch after Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Says business head S Keerthivasan, "The FM radio space in India is showing tremendous promise. I am very happy with the progress that Fever 104 FM has made. Virgin and HT Media have worked together successfully to create a differentiated and compelling brand and business in Fever 104 FM. With the launch of Kolkata operations we have completed the first phase of implementation of radio operations in the four metros."
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM has announced launch of its 43rd FM station in Rourkela, Orissa on 23 January, making it the first private channel operating in the steel city. Big FM's Regional Head East, Soumen Ghosh Choudhury, said, "We are the first private radio station in the region. The programming mix has been put together after much research and understanding of local requirements. We are sure the city will welcome us with open arms and will enjoy the programmes on our Station."
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM's Hyderabad station has commenced podcast of its shows. The year appears to have begun with radio stations keen to exploit the Net space. While Big FM had taken the lead in the space by beginning podcast of select shows from its Bangalore station late last year, the Bhaskar group's My FM followed last week by commencing podcast of all its stations. Big FM is the first in Hyderabad to offer podcast of its shows, says a release.
read moreMUMBAI: Bhaskar Group's My FM has appointed Arti Jaiswal as head of sales for north and east regions. In her new role, Jaiswal will look after the FM station's media sales based out of New Delhi. Coming from Amar Ujala, where she was chief manager (north), Jaiswal brings with her over ten years of experience in media sales. She has worked with India's leading media publications like Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran. My FM is already operational in 15 cities in India. It will roll out two more stations to reach the target of 17 cities across the country.
read moreMumbai: Times Music plans to continue banking on its forte - spiritual and devotional music - in the first quarter of 2008. The music label is coming up with a variety of catalogues in spiritual category, including a catalogue featuring Jagjit Singh singing devotional songs, and catalogues on Hindi scriptures (Picked up from the Vedas and Upanishads) with shlokas and hymns.
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Mumbai: Radio City plans to revamp its existing weekend programming line up across the Hindi speaking cities, where it operates. Seven new shows, on humour, romance, showbiz and Bollywood are being introduced. Three programmes on Saturday and four on Sunday have been planned. A weekly recap of top 20 songs, the Udham Singh Show in desi Haryanvi, a weekend special programme on behind the scene gossip, grapevine and glamour from the entertainment world and other programmes will be aired this weekend onwards.
read moreMUMBAI: Television format creator and distributor Fremantlemedia which will distribute the music awards event show, The Brit Awards 2008 globally has announced the first wave of musicians who will perform. The European awards show takes place in London on 20 February 2008. Sir Paul McCartney, recipient of The Brit Awards 2008 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, will be headlining the show with a performance. The show will also see performances from pop star Kylie Minogue and Rihanna along with British acts the Kaiser Chiefs, Mika and Mark Ronson.
read moreBANGALORE: The war between Sun and Kalaignar TV just got hotter. Kalaignar TV's delayed music channel 'Isai Aruvi' – (Musical falls or flow) - has launched. The channel, which launched yesterday at 11am, was originally scheduled to launch last November 2007. The 'Isai Aruvi' logo is the same as that of Kalaignar TV with the addition of animated musical notes. Kalaignar TV has been carrying animated promos of Tollywood actors Rajnikanth and Ajith dancing together since the past few days.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
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MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
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MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
