MUMBAI: At the Nokia Remix event held in London and Singapore, the handset maker announced the debut of its Comes with Music digital entertainment service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music. Customers who buy a 'Comes With Music' device will be able to explore and enjoy a diverse catalogue of music of international and local artists with unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year, keeping the music once the year is over and revolutionising their digital music experience.
read moreMUMBAI: MTV International has named Bruce Gillmer as senior VP talent and music. Hewill continue to be based in New York and oversee all international talent and music initiatives across the music broadcaster. The announcement was made by MTV International executive VP music brands Antonio Campo Dall'Orto to whom Gillmer reports. Prior to his appointment, Gillmer served as MTV US senior VP Music/Music programming.
read moreMUMBAI: The Mehli Mehta Music Foundation will mark his birth anniversary by presenting five concerts from 7 to 12 October with maestro Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. The concerts will feature several other legendary artists like pianist Daniel Barenboim, tenor Placido Domingo, soprano Barbara Frittoli and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing for the third time in India.
read moreMUMBAI: Siliguri based Radio High has launched a musical troupe, �High Rockers' and will launch the troupe's debut album soon under their label christened �High Music'. Confirms Radio High managing director Milon Chakrabarty, There is ample talent in this region but the artistes do not have the facilities or the resources to make it big They lack the required infrastructure, instruments, studio set up. So Radio High is taking the initiative to provide them a platform to exhibit their talent....
read moreMUMBAI: BBC Global News has extended its relationship with online video community YouTube by signing an agreement to add six BBC video news channels in Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu to its existing BBC World News channel.
read moreMUMBAI: Trying his hands on acting, David Archuleta, American Idol's seventh season will appear in an episode of Nickelodeon's iCarly. The episode titled 'Rocked the Vote' will be aired in Spring. In the episode, Archuleta will play a contestant on a show similar to American Idol, called America Sings. Archuleta's character will receive a huge boost in votes after gaining the support of the iCarly blog. iCarly is a show about a high school girl who runs a video blog with her friends.
read moreMUMBAI: Singer Zubeen Garg, who shot to fame with the Ya Ali track in Gangster, is all set to launch his new album titled �Rumal' through NK Productions. The idea of the album was conceived and conceptualised by the singer himself. Apart from lending vocals to the album, Zubeen has also tried his hand at penning the lyrics too. The album also consists of a song composed by Zubeen Garg in memory of Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha, a revolutionary, artist and author based in Assam.
read moreMUMBAI: Phew! The whole TV industry heaved a sigh of relief as the face-off between the wage workers/technicians of the film and TV industry and producers came to an end after a marathon four-hour discussion between the parties.
read moreBANGALORE: SAB Miller Haywards 5000 soda brand's musical concert series Solid Nights 2008 will kick off from Bangalore tomorrow with performances by Sukhvinder and others. Solid Nights 2008 will be held across 11 cities in India. Solid Nights,an annual property of Haywards 5000 has been aiming for overall entertainment for its consumers since the last three years with friendship as a theme. There has always been one celebrity performer driving the show, with the likes of Shambhavna Seth, Rakhi Sawant and Mika Singh.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC India Business Development Manager Vineeta Dwivedi has been appointed as Project Director at Digital Radio Mondiale consortium (DRM) and would be resuming this responsibility from 1 November. Dwivedi, who has spent seven years at the BBC, has been offered a one-year contract /secondment as Project Director of DRM and would be continuing her association with BBC later.
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