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MUMBAI: TBWA\India has bagged the creative account of Planet M retail in a multi agency pitch. The account size is pegged at Rs 200 million and the agency will be responsible for building and reconnecting the brand with the consumers in its renewed avatar.
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MUMBAI: Nokia has launched the E71 and the slide-to-open E66 dedicated one-touch key models from the company's 'E' series range. Both E71 and E66 are integrated with 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, FM radio, music player, assisted GPS (A-GPS), 8 GB external memory, 110 MB internal dynamic memory, mobile VPN support and Nokia Maps for navigation.
read moreMUMBAI: Renowned talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has signed a record-breaking $400 million (?200m) eight-year contract to continue to present his talk show on American radio. According to the New York Times, the new contract with Clear Channel Communications will pay Limbaugh about $38 million a year, apart from a $100 million signing bonus.
read moreMUMBAI: The number of Internet radio listeners has jumped 2.5 million in the UK in only six months, according to industry ratings body Rajar. Some 14.5 million people have used the web to listen to the radio at least once, up from 12 million in November last year, according to Rajar, says a report in the UK based Telegraph.
read moreMUMBAI: Sushma Singh, a 1972 batch Jharkhand (then Bihar) cadre IAS officer, has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. She had served as Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region since 2006, and was the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj prior to her latest appointment. Singh succeeds 1973 batch IAS officer Asha Swarup, who has left to take charge of her new assignment in her home cadre as the chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh. Singh retires from service in May 2009.
read moreMUMBAI: Fever 104 FM Kolkata station head Pralay Bakshi has launched what he claims is India's first online music release Ek Kaagaz', in collaboration with San Francisco based singer Devika.
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MUMBAI: MP3 videoraptor 3.0, a software created by RapidSolution Software AG, an entertainment software distributor, is now available at www.audial.com. The Windows software allows users to download and save songs in MP3 format and create an entire music library. The software has an intelligent control and the recording of music from numerous individual Web 2.0 radios, which is legal and free music ware.
read moreNEW DELHI: Radio City Hyderabad has identified the top five contenders to compete for the final title of its ongoing contest,the 'Fun J hunt' titled 'Navvula Don'. In its bid to give Hyderabad listeners its very first fun jockey, the radio station has shortlisted Phani, Sanjay, Sabeer, Asif and Yellesh. Listeners can catch these five aspirants go live on-air on 'Whatte Fun Mornings' with RJ Vamsee from 30 June to 4 July 2008.
read moreMUMBAI: Not only have most feature films released in the first half of 2008 bombed at the box office, the year has not proved to be strong musically either. Of the 30 odd Hindi films released till now, a very small number has managed to give hit scores as compared to the same period last year. There has been a hue and cry about the bad shape of the film industry with the number of duds in the first innings expected to give way to some big hits in the latter half. But can the same be expected of the music scenario?
read moreMUMBAI: Zee TVs flagship reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 has roped in Hero Honda as the title sponsor. Reliance mobile and Spice mobile are the co-presenting sponsors of the show that will kick off on 4 July, Fridays and Saturdays at 10 pm.
read moreMUMBAI: After signing on Universal Music and recently inking a deal with Sony BMG, Nokia has now brought Warner Music Group aboard, with EMI being the only major left sitting out on the service. This deal has been struck as Nokia Nokia is going through with its "Comes With Music" flat-rate digital music subscription plans, as reported by mocoNews.net.
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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
