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MUMBAI: RCS India has expanded its radio monitoring services to include two new markets of Nagpur and Kanpur. RCS has recently started its services to include all commercial radio stations of the two cities, taking it to a total of 12 markets and 65 FM stations being monitored by RCS across India. Nagpur is the second media market in Maharashtra to be monitored, after Mumbai. Radio Mirchi, MY FM and SFM are on air and are being monitored in these cities by RCS.
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MUMBAI: My FM national programming head Viplove Gupte has moved on from Synergy Media, to join ADAG's Big FM as the National Programming Director. Prior to My FM, which he joined in September 2006, Gupte was the Group Head - Creative of Mirchi Movies, the Times Group subsidiary for film production.Says Gupte, "I was in Delhi for quite some time and wanted to move back to Mumbai. I am pretty excited about my new job and really looking forward to it." He has already joined Big FM and is busy with meetings. Gupte will be reporting to Big FM national programming head Manav Dhanda.
read moreMUMBAI: Marking the next big milestone in the music gadget industry - that's the Zune digital media player, Microsoft's musical reply to Apple's iPod is finally hiting Canada.
read moreMUMBAI: Last.fm plans to control the relaunch of AOL Europe's online radio platform. The service will be initially available in France, Germany and U.K with plans to start the operations in all across Europe in the coming months.
read moreMUMBAI: Music has found a new alley in the online gaming industry. The more sophisticated the videogames get in terms of storyline and presentation, the more important music becomes in setting the tone. The constant efforts for promoting as well as selling music through the gaming medium are entering its next phase. The recent release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the raunchy shooting and driving game, is making waves and is sure to create history on several levels.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City Lucknow has tied up with Inox to organize a month long summer fest called The Radio City Summer Workshop for its young listeners. Giving the children aged 7-12 years an opportunity to move away from the routine of schools and exams and explore their creative juices, the station is hosting an array of ?‹?“Whatte Fun activities, ranging from painting to singing, music to art sessions.
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BANGALORE: Radio Indigo will be bringing Israel's singing sensation Liel Kolet and her World Music band to perform live in Bangalore on May 15. The event is being organised jointly by the Israeli Consulate in Mumbai and the Bangalore School of Music, with Radio Indigo.
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MUMBAI: Rajeeta Hemwani who was slated to start her own music label ?“ Monks of Music has shelved her plans for the time being and joined Universal Music as Vice President ?“ Content Artiste and Repertoire. Prior to this, she was with Big Music for a short while as Content Head A & R.
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MUMBAI: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have struck gold with their forthcoming films. The musical trio who got a 50 per cent royalty share for Johny Gadaar's music, swear by changing the scenario for the creative men in no time.
read moreMUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) has sealed a deal with file-sharing site Qtrax to allow free, legal downloads of the former's music. Qtrax had earlier announced the backing of all the major labels to distribute music free online, generating revenue with advertisements. However, New York-based Warner Music Group Corp denied Qtrax services to use its content. UMG and EMI Group PLC also declined any licensing deals with Qtrax.
read moreMUMBAI: Amazon.com announced that it will begin selling out-of-print albums on CD from major labels Sony BMG and EMI music on demand through its CreateSpace service. Disc on Demand have brought back coveted out-of-print albums titles such as 'Hatari Soundtrack' by Henry Mancini, 'Earthquake Weather' by Joe Strummer, Cake's 'Motorcade of Generosity', 'Telepathy' by Bill Stewart, Tony Williams' 'Foreign Intrigue' and 'Carryin' On' by Grant Green will be amongst the first batch brought back from the dead with CDs manufactured and shipped when customers place an order.
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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: 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
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
