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MUMBAI: Big FM has announced the winners of Big Singara singer contest of Chennai on June 21. Daphne Kumaraswamy and R Srinivasan won the contest on World Music Day. Winners will get a chance to strike chords with music director Vijay Anthony's forthcoming movie. Winners were announced in the presence of music director Vijay Anthony, playback singers Sangeetha and Mahathi.
read moreMUMBAI: Scottish Media Group (SMG) shareholders have agreed the sale of Virgin Radio to The Times of India Group. At the company's general meeting, shareholders backed the disposal, which is due to be completed by 30 June. The national radio station was bought by a consortium including the Times of India Group, one of India's largest media and entertainment firms, for ?53.2m at the end of May 2008, says a Guardian report.
read moreMUMBAI: FM stations across the country have joined hands to celebrate World Music Day on 21 June. Stations have lined up an array of programs to bring melody to the listener's ears today. Red FM, My FM, Big FM and Radio City are few of the stations who have various interesting interactive initiatives, a mix of on-air talk shows, contests, call-ins, live performances and on-ground events surrounding music across stations. Big FM is showcasing the musical talents of singers and musicians across genres of music, be they renowned, upcoming or aspiring artists.
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MUMBAI: Red FM is one of the first stations to get ready for the rains this year. The station has rolled out an extensive plan to help Mumbaikars deal with the monsoon. From ushering stranded citizens under the Red FM umbrellas on rainy days to free pick up and drops in the Red FM Qualis, to an actual Red FM Boat for localities, Red FM has chalked up a detailed plan.
read moreMUMBAI: RCS India's AirCheck radio monitoring services are now available for commercial FM stations in Pune. With the addition of Pune, RCS India completes the coverage of its AirCheck service for all Category A and A+ markets in India, according to a release.
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MUMBAI: Times Music has signed on G-Deep, the first Punjabi artist from America to be included by the label into its fold. G-Deeps's debut album "All eyes on G", will feature production from P.Nox, RVM Sounds, Paul Tiger, MinDesign, Yogesh and others.
read moreMUMBAI: Microsoft has decided to change its earlier decision announcing the plan to discontinue authorization for music downloaded through its old MSN Music service. The company has announced to extend its service for music downloads, or authorizing new computers and devices for playing that music, for over three more years till 2011 than the earlier decided date of 31 August.
read moreMUMBAI: Apple Inc has announced that it has reached the historic landmark by selling more than five billion songs through its online music store iTunes. The sales figures hint that the demand for digital music is growing remarkably. Data from retail research firm NPD Group suggests that Apple has replaced Wal-Mart stores as the biggest music retailer in the United States.
read moreMUMBAI: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the global music agency, has come out with some depressing numbers for worldwide music sales for 2007. According to a report in Timesonline, the worldwide music sales have tumbled to their lowest level since 1985. That year, total sales of recorded music hit 1.8 billion units (i.e., albums). In 2007, the IFPI says that the equivalent of 1.86 billion units was sold, down from the previous year's 2.09 billion.
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MUMBAI: As part of its label revamp, music major Universal has roped in Bangladesh's renowned rock musician, Hassan. Hassan, who has a formidable fan following in his home country, has been signed on by Universal on a three year contract. Part of a well known band Ark in the early nineties, Hassan went on to later form another band Jonmobhumi. Universal now plans to cut solo albums with the song writer- singer star as well as get him into mainstream Hindi, including Bollywood.
read moreMUMBAI: Big Music has acquired the music rights of Tamil movie ?‹?“Kuselan starring South-Indian superstar Rajnikanth. The album will be released in two languages, Tamil and Telugu. The music album will hit the stores across the country from 1 July.
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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: 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: 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: 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
