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MUMBAI: After hosting a grand opening party for all its VIP guests and speakers at Shiro's yesterday, "Nokia Music Connects - the Indian music forum 2011 in association with Artistaloud.com" welcomed the entire Indian and international music industry with open arms on 16 November at �The ITC Grand Central', Parel, Mumbai. The most exceptional, resourceful and exhilarating music extravaganza is getting bigger and better year by year.
read moreMUMBAI: Nokia Music Connects 2011 hosted a special welcome opening party for all its VIP guests and speakers on Tuesday 15 November at Shiro, Worli, Mumbai. The event was graced by high-powered personalities including industry professionals, music label honcos, event managers, artiste managers, corporate heads as well as top-notch creative professionals from the music industry, from both India and abroad.
read moreNEW DELHI: To commemorate 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore, renowned filmmakers Buddhadeb Das Gupta and Rituparno Ghosh have planned to make films and television series. While Dasgupta is producing 13 short films on 13 poems of Tagore, Ghosh will make a documentary titled �Home and the Word'. The films have been approved by the screening committee under the chairmanship of veteran writer-director Shyam Benegal, along with financial assistance from the Government.
read moreMUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group has announced the promotion of David Kokakis and Monti Olson. Kokakis has been appointed as SVP-head of business & legal affairs/business development and Olson as EVP-head of pop & rock music, creative. Both of them will report directly to UMPG president North America Evan Lamberg and will be based in the company's world-wide headquarters in Santa Monica, California. Robert Allen SVP/head of business and legal Affairs and Tom Sturges EVP/head of Creative will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.
read moreMUMBAI: With a 280% increase in mobile global shipments in 2011, android smartphones have attained a global market share of 32% from 13% in 2010, according to the �Android Device Base Database by Vendor' report. The report points out that with the entry of Indian and Chinese vendors into the market, the race to lower android smartphone prices is gaining momentum, which in consequence has lead to the early emergence of mid-tier android devices.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC World Service broadcasts will receive a grant of ?90m from UK Government, less than a year after the body revealed cuts to jobs and services. Last year, foreign office moved the responsibility of funding the service to BBC, following which the corporation unveiled plans to close five of its 32 world language services and axe up to 650 jobs over three years.
read moreMUMBAI: The DRM consortium organized a meeting in New Delhi recently, bringing together various stakeholders to discuss issues dealing with the roll-out of DRM Digital radio technology in India.
read moreMUMBAI: Bangalore-based spiritual, multi-lingual, satellite television channel Sri Sankara TV is gearing up to launch a new talent hunt show in search of the best bhajan group in south India. The show - Bhajan Samraat - will premiere on 1 December and will be aired every Thursday-Friday at 7 pm."Bhajan Samraat is a big initiative and we take pride in introducing the concept of reality into the devotional space. We aim to give opportunities to the prodigies to showcase their talent," the channel said.
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MUMABI: The much awaited Sufi and mystic music all-India fest 'Ruhaniyat'will kick start on 19 November at Purana Qila, Delhi.
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MUMBAI: Big Bal Kalakaar, a devotional singing reality TV show to premiere from mid-december on Big Magic, will provide children a platfrom to showcase their musical talent. The audition for show will be held across 14 centers in UP, MP Bihar and Jharkhand (Bareilly, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna, Ranchi, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Bhopal, Indore, Agra, Mathura & Varanasi).
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MUMBAI: UAE-based BizTV Network's forthcoming movie �Dam999' official released its music on a global platform with three launches at various location including UAE, Chennai and Kerala. The official audio launch in Chennai was presided over by two-time academy award winning musician, AR Rahman. The Kerala audio launch was presided over by popular Malayalam actor Dileep.
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MUMBAI: In a world chasing spectacle, some stories whisper their way into your soul.read more
MUMBAI: Every great match has a story. And every story needs someone who believes in it.read more
MUMBAI: Spotify has reported a noticeable boost in Premium subscriptions from iOS users followingread more
MUMBAI: Cricket fever hit the airwaves as Radio City, India’s leading radio network, became the Oread more
MUMBAI: Apple and Universal Music Group (UMG) have partnered to introduce Sound Therapy, a new coread more
MUMBAI: Guru Randhawa achieved a significant milestone with the launch of his first independent album Without Prejudice, in collaboration with Warner...read more
MUMBAI: Trailblazing producer Ofro joins forces with emerging Gen Z hip-hop prodigy Kelithee and versatile music producer, Santhosh Narayanan, on "...read more
MUMBAI: This summer, Revibe by Johnnie Walker Refreshing Mixer returns with a refreshed pulse—stepping out of the ordinary and into the spotlight...read more
MUMBAI: In a bold, future-facing creative leap, Danish producer HEDEGAARD, and his OneHundred crew rapper CANCUN?, producer Matt Hawk, and rapper/...read more
MUMBAI: Independent pop artist Keshav Tyohar, 22, has officially signed with India’s iconic music label Saregama, marking a significant new chapter...read more
