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MUMBAI: Tata Teleservices' (TTL) Virgin Mobile and youth music channel Channel [V] together shot the live Bollywood flick Andaaz Apna Very Hatke. The 20-minute flick starred Virgin Group chairman and founder Richard Branson opposite Bollywood actor Neha Dhupia. The true masala Bollywood flick was aired on Channel [V] at 9 pm just after half an hour of shoot. Andaaz Apna Very Hatke was shot with 50 cameras and a crew of 200 members. Earlier in the day, the Virgin Group, in association with TTL, has launched its youth-focused mobile service Virgin Mobile India.
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MUMBAI: One of the first players to use the digital space, Saregama India plans to re-enter the arena with a vengeance this year.
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MUMBAI : Big FM has created history of sorts in the country by becoming the first radio station to tie up with an arist to market a single composed and sung by him.
read moreMUMBAI : China's top search engine, Baidu.com, has been sued by a music industry group in China over an alleged copyright violation. The Music Copyright Society of China claims that Baidu.com Inc provided "music listening, broadcasting and downloading services in various forms on its Website without approval, and through unfettered piracy, earning huge advertising revenue on its huge number of hits," says an AP report.Baidu is China's most popular search engine, with 60.1 per cent of the sector's revenues, according to Analysys International, a Beijing-based research firm.
read moreMUMBAI: NBC Universal Television's DVD, music and consumer products group in the US will release the soundtrack for the show Heroes on 18 March 2008. In India, the show airs on Star World.
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MUMBAI : Bollywood couple Kajol and Ajay Devgan launched Radio One's third annual Speed Dating event, "Radio One Presents - Dating Fatafat", in Mumbai on Friday evening.
read moreNEW DELHI - Radio Taiwan International held its biennial Listeners' Club Meet in Delhi on Saturday. Previously held in March 2006 in New Delhi and Kolkata, the RTI delegates visited Chennai and Kolkata along with New Delhi this year. Speaking to the members of the listeners' club, RTI chairman Yu Cheng said, "We aim to achieve international cooperation through our programming and news. Although Taiwan has a population of over 22 million, we still haven't been granted a place in the WHO."
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MUMBAI : Inaugurated by the president of India Pratibha Patil on Friday evening, the Mumbai University's community FM radio venture began transmission at 7 pm the same day. Christened Must Radio (an acronym for Mumbai University Students' Transmission), the station will operate for four hours daily - from 7 am to 9 am and 7 pm to 9 pm daily. MUMBAI : Inaugurated by the president of India Pratibha Patil on Friday evening, the Mumbai University's community FM radio venture began transmission at 7 pm the same day.
read moreMUMBAI : My FM's morning show Salaam Ahmedabad, hosted by RJ Krupa, will now also have RJ DJ (Dilip Jain) adding spice and fun quotient to the show. DJ has more than eight years of experience in radio industry, and is known for his witty and humorous style. He started his career with AIR FM Rainbow and AIR Gold, Mumbai as a radio jockey and was with AIR for four years.Says My FM's business head Harrish M Bhatia, "DJ is a sure short asset. Salaam Ahmedabad with RJ Krupa is very popular in Ahmedabad, with DJ on board, listeners will love 94.3 MY FM even more."
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MUMBAI : Radio Indigo, in association with Black Dog, is bringing yet another evening of jazz in Bangalore on 7 March at the Royal Orchid Hotel lawns.
read moreMUMBAI : Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, and Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S. announced a agreement under which UMG will acquire UMG, including its music recording and publishing division.
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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
