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MUMBAI: Big FM has launched in Kota, taking the total number of stations to 44 across India. The next launch is Simla. In the first phase of its launches, Big FM set up stations in the metros of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. The second phase of launches has taken Big FM to several mini metros which include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Sringar, Indore, Agra, Guwahati, Bareilly, Indore, Kanpur, Aligarh and Surat among others.
read moreMUMBAI: Sun TV Network's 93.5 SFM has launched in Thiruvananthapuram on 6 January, through its subsidiary Kal Radio. The new station will cater to the audience of all age groups, says the company.With the launch of the Thiruvananthapuram station, SFM will be operational in 22 cities. It already operates in Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Kozhikode (Calicut), Indore, Vijayawada, Varanasi, Tiruchy, Rajahmundry and Kanpur.
read moreMumbai: Motorola has launched a new mobile music phone in India, the Motoyuva W230. Motoyuva W230 offers a total entertaining experience with onboard MP3 player, stereo FM radio and quick access to music control with dedicated music keys. With up to 2GB expandable memory, you can store up to 500 songs, says a release.The phone also offers the ability to record short FM radio clips in mono for use as the phone's alarm, share favourite FM stations via SMS with your friends and transfer music fast with T-Flash and USB 1.1.
read moreMUMBAI: Star World will air the 50th Annual Grammy Award live on Monday 11 February from LA. Grammy's 2008 nominations include, hip-hop whiz kid Kanye West with eight nominations while British soul sensation Amy Winehouse with six. Also in the running are alternative rockers Foo Fighters, rapper Jay-Z and dance-pop singer Justin Timberlake, who received five nominations each.Other popular contenders are R&B songstress Rihanna and American Idol singer Chris Daughtry.
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Mumbai: Bose India unveiled the Lifestyle V20 and V30 home theatre systems in the country on Monday.
read moreMumbai: An exhibition of over 300 exquisite and rare Indian musical instruments and performances by popular artistes will roll from Saturday at the Horniman Museum in southeast London. Titled 'Utsavam: Music from India', the nine-month long display is touted to be the biggest ever show of its kind, says a PTI report.To bring the instruments to life, there are videos and sound recordings collected during five years of field trips undertaken by the co-curators Margaret Birley and Rolf Killius in co-operation with the British Library's sound archive.
read moreMUMBAI: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a radio agreement with Uefa for the European Football Championship in 2008. Under the agreement, public service radio broadcasters will have access to technical reporting facilities at each of the matches in next summers tournament. The agreement covers radio broadcasters in 15 countries who were not already included in existing TV contracts for the tournament.
read moreMumbai: Sony Ericsson announced deals with 10 major record labels at the recently concluded Midem conference in Cannes, France, adding over five million new tracks to its catalogue.The company also launched PlayNow Uncut, (formerly M-Buzz) a music promotional space for new, unsigned and developing artists. PlayNow Uncut showcases selected, previously unreleased tracks, videos, artwork, interviews, tour dates and other artist information on Sony Ericsson mobile phones and the web at www.playnow-uncut.com.
read moreMumbai: Saregama India has affirmed its intentions of entering the feature film space by partnering teh British Council for 'The India Screenwriting Workshop' to be held in Goa in March. The workshop aims to develop and improve the quality of script writing in India, by honing the skills of budding script writers in the country. The workshop will be held in Goa from 17 to 23 March, with mentoring from industry experts.
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Mumbai: Singer composer Raghav Sachar has alleged that he has been wrongfully left out of the credits on the album cover of Kumar Mangat's Sunday. Sachar, who composed the track Manzar for Sunday, says that while his name has been left out of the singers' list for the song, other singers who didn't lend their voice to it have been included.
read moreNEW DELHI: With an eye to streamlining licensing for the use of music and music videos in Southeast Asia and India, Universal Music Publishing Group have entered into an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The agreement also includes digital royalties.
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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
