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MUMBAI: Saregama India has launched Ustaad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's first solo album, Charkha, in India. The album was unveiled by Harsh Goenka at a function in Mumbai on Wednesday, following which Ustaad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan enthralled the audiences with a live performance.
read moreMUMBAI: Kerala TV channel Jeevan TV will launch a reality show titled '2 Crore Apple Megastar' on 1 February 2008. The show, that will carry a total prize money of Rs 20 million, will select the best male and female singers and dancers. Says Jeevan TV managing director Baby Mathew, "The total prize money to be won would be Rs 20 million. The contest would be open to people between 15 and 30 years. All those interested would have to get in touch with the channel before 15 January."
read moreMUMBAI: Mobile Magic, a chain of mobile phone boutiques, along with Hungama Mobile has launched a new retail service, Media Magic. It will provide retail platform for mobile users to buy legal and rich content like games, applications, movies, and music in an offline format. The company claims to have acquired the licence to distribute over 500 movies, which include regional titles in many languages, in addition to Bollywood movies, over 5000 songs, and huge numbers of wall papers and games.
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MUMBAI: Shemaroo has released a new song compilation pack titled 'Vintage Black and White . . . Ateet Ke Jharokhon Se'. The six VCD Pack consisting of 72 immortal melodies is a tribute to the golden era of Hindi film songs. The legendary trio - Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand - each with a style of his own, is featured in songs from their immortal films. The pack includes melodies composed by Shankar Jaikishan, S D Burman, C Ramchandra, Salil Chaudhary, Kalyanji Anandji, O P Nayyar and others.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM, in association with Hyundai Motors'newly launched edition i10, is launching Chipak Ke Jeeto contest. The contestant who remains touching the Hyundai i10 for the longest period will drive the car home. The contest will be held simultaneously across five major cities that include Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. The FM station will air live updates from the venue of the contest and a tete-a-tete with the participants vying with each other to own the machine.
read moreMUMBAI: Red FM has launched Flat Kar De, a contest whereby listeners can win cash prizes starting from Rs 935 to Rs 93,500, or a flat.
read moreMUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM has launched in Jamshedpur to be the first private FM station in the town. With this edition, Big FM is available in 40 stations across India.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has launched in Vijayawada, taking the total number of stations to 29 all over the country.
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BANGALORE: Reliance Retail (RRL) announced the launch of a new specialty store - `Reliance TimeOut` at Bangalore`s Cunningham road yesterday.
read moreMumbai: Music label Music Today has secured home video rights to 200 hours of some of the most popular shows on Star Plus.
read moreMUMBAI: Tivo which creates television services for digital video recorders (DVRs) and Music Choice, the multi-platform music network have announced the immediate availability of Music Choice on broadband-connected Tivo DVRs.
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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: Swastik announces the expansion of its digital leadership team with the appointment of Jiread more
