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MUMBAI: The Disney Music Group has teamed up with Universal Music to distribute and market its products in Asia, excluding Japan. The agreement will be effective in India from October 2008. But in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand it will be effective immediately. In the coming months, Universal will also release albums of Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Vanessa Hudgens and Hilary Duff.
read moreMUMBAI: Interntaional broadcaster The Voice of America plans to eliminate seven radio language services this year, including radio broadcasts in Hindi, Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Georgian. According to Internet resource ProPublica, the cuts are an indirect fallout of the hundreds of millions of dollars absorbed by Alhurra, the US government-funded Arabic television news channel. VOA employees have long been unhappy with the direction of the agency, which currently broadcasts in 45 languages, says ProPublica.
read moreMUMBAI: Shillong AIR completed 60 years of existence on 8 July. On this occasion AIR celebrated the evening with musical evening reliving nostalgic melodies at U Soso. The past glorious days of broadcasting was refreshed by the eminent artists of the station who attended the function. The function was graced by Doordarshan (NER) Dy. director general V Sekhose and All India Radio (NER) Dy. director general C Lalrosanga.
read moreBANGALORE: Guruji.com announced the launch of its music search engine in India. Guruji music search is available for free at www.guruji.com/music and will cater to Indian music lovers searching for music on the web. The music index has songs ranging from 1932 till date, across all major Indian languages. A release claims that unlike many music portals, the music available on Guruji.com is not limited either to recent songs or greatest hits. In addition, the site also displays the listings of top songs, singers and albums.
read moreMUMBAI: Fever FM will host a Music Mahurat of Yashraj's latest film 'Bachna Ae Haseeno.' Throughout the initiative, songs from the Ranbir Kapoor starrer film will be premiered across shows on the FM channel tomorrow. The line-up of the songs are - Morning show: Bachna Ae Haseeno , Mid morning show: Lucky Boy, Afternoon show: Small town girl, Evening show: Khuda jaane, Late evening show: Ahista Ahista To enhance the music mahurat experience, the shows will have the movie's director, music directors & singers talking about the songs and their favorite tracks.
read moreMUMBAI: Electronic Arts announced the music track listing for Madden NFL 09 featuring tracks from Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park, Disturbed and the Offspring.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio One recently tied up with the Indian arm of International Traffic Network. The tie up is for providing its listeners with quick and accurate traffic news. The information will be aired on the Good Morning Mumbai from 7 am - 11 am. Commenting on the deal, Radio One CEO Vineet Singh Hukumani says, "We are metro innovators. Introducing this state-of-the-art service for our listeners is just one example of One's commitment to providing creative solutions for our listeners."
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MUMBAI: Background scores form an integral part in movies, but sourcing different backgrounds that suit the emotions in the scene need no longer be a headache for filmmakers. Chennai based Lekha-Sonaton Music Library has come up with an online solution - a trove of music scores available for legal downloads.
read moreMUMBAI: British MPs have moved a motion in the House of Commons opposing plans by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to off-shore jobs in Hindi, Urdu and other World Service units to their countries of origin.
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MUMBAI: Neeraj Sridhar, who went missing from the indi-pop arena, is back with a new album after a two year hitch. Popularly known as Bombay Vikings, this album will be an original piece unlike his previous remixed compilations. Sridhar is currently working on the album and has three songs ready. The album will be launched under T-Series. Popular for his western style of singing, the genre of his untitled piece will be western.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Indigo has launched a blog of the radio station, 'Indigo blogs it out'. The team of radio professionals in Indigo will now interact with listeners and share views on International music and entertainment. Indigo RJs will incorporate in the blog with their take on artistes, fashion and lifestyle, sport, civic issues, college and more to the Indigo listener's interest.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
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: Pop star Dhvani Bhanushali is all set to headline this year’s prestigious Mysore Dussehra, sharing the spotlight with musical legends like A....read more
MUMBAI: This is the first time that Shruti have created a multilingual track which includes the lyrics in three different languages Shruti Haasan who...read more
MUMBAI: Renowned Bollywood playback singer and composer Amit Trivedi is thrilled to announce his latest, Azaad Collab. Known for his soulful voice...read more
MUMBAI: Armaan Malik, hailed as the Prince of Pop, is aiming to bridge the gap between two different music sensibilities once again with his latest...read more
