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Mumbai: Palador Pictures, the undisputed leader in the World Cinema category in India in an exclusive with Blue Frog announces the launch of Palador & Blue Frog Cine Club. Best of Palador's World Cinema titles will be screened week on week, every Sunday evening's at Blue Frog, giving a chance to all the cinephiles to relish the masterpieces in one of city's coolest hangouts. Palador & Bluefrog Cine Club will be kick started with the screening of Martin Scorsese's music documentary Rolling Stones – Shine A Light on Sunday, 8th of February at 8:00 p.m..
read moreMUMBAI: CD compilation series, Now That's What I Call Music!, will partner with Simon Fuller - founder of 19 Entertainment, and creator of American Idol - to bring the "Now" brand to television and internet. The announcement comes as "Now" celebrates a decade of hits in the US with a 10th anniversary CD, and coincides with "Now" UK's 25th birthday. The "Now" series has sold over 72 million CDs in the US alone. Now CEO Bob Mercer says, "Fuller is negotiating on behalf of the 19 Entertainment/Now partnership, beginning with a US network television show."
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MUMBAI: After the successful concert-cum-gigs with musicians like drummer Virgil Donati and guitarist Brett Garsed last year, this time the 'Sandeep Chowta Project' is back with Metro. Metro brings five renowned musicians from the jazz world like Mitch Forman, Chuck Loeb, Dave Weckl, Eric Marienthal, Melvin Davis to perform on 11 February at St Andrews auditorium Bandra and on 14 February at Bangalore. Drummer Dave Weckl
read moreMUMBAI: UK's Radio Advertising Bureau is launching a radio campaign later this week to promote the use of radio in an economic downturn. The ads will run across the Commercial Radio network and feature actor and comedian David Schneider, best known for his appearances in �Knowing Me Knowing You...with Alan Partridge'. Schneider will interview three major radio advertisers, including Dianne Thompson, chief executive of Camelot, Tim Orton of Specsavers and Richard Larcombe of The Times and Sunday Times.
read moreMUMBAI: Film production house K Sera Sera is the latest media company to get into the music label business. The company has launched its own music label, K Sera Sera Music, and its home production, Kiss Se Pyaar Karoon, is the first title it will roll out. According to the company's director Sanjay Lall, the label is a logical extension of the production house's plans, and will focus on acquiring 'good music, basically Bollywood'. This would entail K Sera Sera's own productions, as well as other acquisitions too.
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MUMBAI: After launching two properties last year - websites �Planet Radio City' and �Radio Rocks', Radio City has started 2009 by foraying into the education space with the Radio City School of Broadcasting (RCSB). Formally announced on Tuesday, RCSB is an autonomous educational unit instituted by Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL) which operates Radio City. The institute would be instrumental in providing a training platform for all radio aspirants owing to its 8 year expertise in the radio industry.
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MUMBAI: US-based tabla exponent and jazz musician Broto Roy's album, "American Raga" is now in stores across India. The album has been released in India by music label IndiaBeat and is distributed by EMI Virgin. Broto Roy, was born into a prominent musical family of Kolkata where his
read moreMUMBAI: Fever 104 FM has been announced the exclusive and official radio partners of the Delhi Daredevils.
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MUMBAI: The PCM Group's Radio Misty launched its Sikkim station at Gangtok on 31 January. With this launch, the group now has two FM stations, Siliguri being the first one. Radio Misty Sikkim 95 FM is the first 24X7 FM station of Sikkim, claims the company. Radio Misty Sikkim will play a blend of popular Hindi music, English music along with local songs, pops, fusion, remixes, retro music and international music. The focus will be on promoting local music.
read moreMUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC's DG Mark Thompson has announced a deeper commitment to arts and music on the BBC, with a range of initiatives aimed at supporting cultural Britain and better serving the public. He pledged that the BBC would: * Create a new Arts Editor role for BBC News, which will help ensure that appropriate focus is given to arts events and stories on a day-to-day basis. * Demonstrate a new energy in working with partners, creating a BBC arts board to improve the gestation process for great content ideas and partnerships.
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MUMBAI: Going a step forward, the Channel [V] Launchpad season III has introduced a new element in their band hunt concept. Seven shortlisted bands entered a ' House of Rock' on Saturday, where they will be put up for the next 10 days for some gruelling sessions and tasks that started from 31 January 2009. The elmination were due to begin on the first day itself, with one band scheduled to get ousted from the house based on a task performance.
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MUMBAI: FreshTunes is an artist services platform that has encouraged a community many music comread more
MUMBAI: Hoopr Smash, a first-of-its-kind, automated, self-serve, music licensing marketplace annread more
MUMBAI: A massive internet outage on Thursday disrupted multiple major platforms—including Googleread more
MUMBAI: Global technology brand OnePlus, today announced the launch date of their upcoming audio read more
MUMBAI: Shruti Haasan, known for her impressive range across cinema and music, shared an Instagram post recently that offered fans a window into her...read more
MUMBAI: This World Music Day, Ultra Media and Entertainment Group pays tribute to India’s cinematic golden age by bringing iconic songs back to life-...read more
MUMBAI: Bollywood consists of an impeccable range of talent, where actors are also soulful singers. They have lent their vocals to Punjabi raps,...read more
The song is part of Hyundai Spotlight Season 3 - a platform by Hyundai Motor India Limited and Universal Music India for Brands read more
MUMBAI: JetSynthesys’ Global Music Junction powered Hari Prem Films (HPF), has announced an exclusive partnership with renowned Indian folk singer...read more
