Hard Kaur: 'I would love to collaborate with Chris Brown, Jay-Z and Kanye west'

  MUMBAI: India's first female rapper â€?Taran Kaur Dhillon a.k.a Hard Kaur' who has redefined hip-hop music in Bollywood industry with an array of chartbusters is one of the top rated performing artistes in India and abroad. The UK based rapper has been widely acclaimed for her performances in chartbusters like Move Your body, Ek Glassy, Laungda Laskara, Mein Tera Dhadkan Teri and many more.

Shah Rukh Khan & Vishal-Shekhar release the music of Ra.One

MUMBAI: King Khan released the music of his much awaited sci-fi film Ra.One in a grand musical style filled with star-studded performances, on Monday 12 September at Film City, Mumbai.

GIMA 2011 to showcase melange of talent

MUMBAI: The second edition of the much-awaited GIMA Awards will showcase m?©lange of performances by celebrity musicians at the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon. The show will feature myraid performances including a fusion piece by Indian electronic prodigies, Midival Pundits along with Kailash Kher, Shubha Mudgal and Papon. Sunidhi Chauhan will perform on her popular songs like â€?Te Amo', â€?Udi-Udi', â€?Sheila Ki Jawani' and Ainyavi-Ainyavi.

Dolby, RIM settles lawsuit over audio patent

MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories has withdrawn its patent infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion (RIM) as the BlackBerry maker inked a licensing deal to utilize Dolby's audio compression technologies. In June, Dolby sued RIM seeking financial damages for past infringements and sales injunctions on Blackberry smartphones and Playbook tablets. Dolby claimed that RIM used its audio compression technologies without obtaining licenses.

BBC Worldwide's first 3D music offerings at Mipcom 2011

MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has announced its first 3D music offerings, a chance for audiences to see their favourite artists, up close and personal in a 3D experience. Bringing the joy of live music to a new level, Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Tour, Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear and Elbow: Live on Air will be available to broadcasters at Mipcom 2011.

New Talent Awards to felicitate music debutants in its 4th year

MUMBAI: Tellychakkar.com's New Talent Awards 2011 is back in its fourth edition to recognize and applaud the fresh new talent in the music, film and television industry. Apart from felicitating the Television debutants, the star-studded award ceremony has grown even bigger and better this year with the introduction of two new categories (Films and Music). The awards will reward excellence in performances by those making their debut between 1 April 2010-31 May 2011, across 30 categories in films, television and music.

Arvind Kumar to move out of I&B Ministry

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kumar is moving out of the Information and broadcasting Ministry. Presently Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) in the I&B Ministry, Kumar is to take over as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Buildings Construction Corporation from 1 October. Arvind Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service officer from Uttar Pradesh from the 1988 batch, had been elevated from the post of Director in August last year. He succeeded the slot vacated by Zohra Chatterji.

NRSC seeks location-based services technologies for terrestrial radio

MUMBAI: The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) in the US, co-sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (Nab) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) on location-based services technologies for terrestrial radio data broadcasting that could form the basis for future NRSC standards and guidelines. The NRSC hopes to identify other new and innovative services using geo-location data that will benefit broadcasters and radio listeners alike.

EU extends music copyright from 50 to 70 years

MUMBAI: The Council of the European Union has approved the extension of royalty protection for music performers and producers from 50 to 70 years on Monday, 12 September. The EU said that the new directive intends to increase the level of protection of performers by acknowledging their creative and artistic contributions. The IFPI international group representing the recording industry welcomed the measure stating that its great news for performing artists as established artists can benefit from their work throughout their lifetimes."

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Mobile consumer Cloud revenues to reach $6.5bn by 2016: reports

MUMBAI: Mobile Consumer Cloud revenues driven by music and video services will reach to $6.5bn per annum by 2016, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report illustrates that while initial consumer deployments in the cloud were focused primarily on the social networking space, music and video storage/acquisition services such as Amazon's Cloud Drive and the forthcoming Apple iCloud are expected to gain rapid traction with substantial adoption over both smartphones and tablets.