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MUMBAI: The much awaited music launch of 2008 - the Akshay Kumar starrer Singh is Kinng was released on 26 June at a hotel in suburban Mumbai amid much fanfare. The evening was ushered in by the film's producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah, director Anees Bazmee, music director Pritam, and the star cast of the film - Katrina Kaif, Suno Sood, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffery, Om Puri and Sudhanshu Pandey. However, it was red hot Salman Khan which stole the limelight.
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MUMBAI: After a creative break of eight years, Suneeta Rao, who created ripples in the Indipop world with her numbers, 'Pari hoon main', 'Kesariya' and 'Ab ke baras' is back with her album 'Waqt'. The indi-pop album will be launched in a fortnight by Crescendo.
read moreMUMBAI: Fever FM is marking music legend R D Burman's 69 th birth anniversary on Friday, with a day long celebration of his music. The greatest hits of the singer-composer-music director will be played on air through the day, interspersed with other hits. The station will also host various contests around RD Burman, featuring both musical compositions and trivia, for the legend's buffs.
read moreMUMBAI: Jupiter Entertainment Ventures the parent company of Radio Indigo and The Bengaluru Pages magazine has revved up the Senior Management team with strategic positions. K Sanjay Prabhu, chief operating officer - Radio Indigo and Publisher - Bengaluru Pages has been elevated to the position of Managing Director and will now be responsible for the overall responsibility of the 2 companies. Jayyant Bhokare has been appointed as the chief operating officer - media, events and contract marketing.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC world service will close its Romanian language service on 1 August after 68 years of broadcasting. The news and current affairs service broadcasted for almost four hours a day on radio and also had a complementary website. It is the last of the BBCs non-English language services specifically aimed at countries that are European Union member states.
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MUMBAI: Zee Muzic will launch two new shows, Salt and Pepper and Unplugged, by the end of this month. Salt and Pepper will bring the latest gossip for the audience while, Unplugged would give an insightful lowdown on singers with unadulterated music.
read moreMUMBAI: Hello FM 106.4 FM has promoted S Rajesh Kumar to the post of Head of Marketing for all its networks. Kumar was earlier the station head of Hello FM's Coimbatore station. The position was held earlier by D Charles, who has put in his papers. As part of his new profile, Kumar will be responsible for all the on ground activation events of the station. He will handle all the group advertising and will be the single point connect with all the advertisers. A part of his work also includes looking after the PR initiative for all the networks.
read moreMUMBAI: Eros International said Wednesday it has exercised its option on the B4U shares and now owns 24 per cent of the worldwide Movies and Music network of B4U channels. B4U's main shareholders are steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and Gokul Binani. Eros also plans to expand into the television broadcasting industry over the next 12 to 18 months through a combination of acquisitions, joint ventures or alliances. The aim is to tap into what is forecast to be a $15 billion segment in India by 2012 with growth propelled by subscription and advertising revenues and the expansion of DTH.
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MUMBAI: Radio Misty has launched 'I am sweet' campaign on 25 June. A special badge will be provided to all listeners of Radio Misty that would say 'I am sweet, certified by Radio Misty'. Radio Misty CEO Nishat Mittal says, "This unique campaign would cover all major towns of North Bengal. Misty in Bengal means sweet, we want Radio Misty to stay close to people's heart being the first players of North Bengal market."
read moreMUMBAI: The Universal Music Group (UMG) will market and distribute Disney Music products in both the physical and digital formats in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, effective immediately. India will be included in the agreement, with effect from October, says a report in Hollywood reporter.
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MUMBAI: Music and lifestyle channel Vh1 has announced that its Dance 101's first initiative in India brings the Ministry of Sound - On Tour. This tour consists of three events back-to-back in Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi on 2, 3 and 4 July respectively.
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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
