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MUMBAI: In a world where electronic music is evolving at a breakneck pace, Delhi-based producer and DJ Karan Dhingra, better known as House of Tuneman, has carved out a unique niche.
read moreMUMBAI: Samsung India has appointed Raj Kumar Rishi as VP, business head for its Audio Visual (AV) business. In this role, Rishi will be responsible for managing the sales and marketing of Samsung's AV portfolio that comprises Flat Panel, LED, LCD TVs, Home Theatre and Digital Imaging products like Camera and Camcorders. He will be reporting directly to Samsung India deputy MD Ravinder Zutshi. Prior to joining Samsung India, Rishi was with Hewlett - Packard India as the Director - IWS & Consumer GTMU (printers and supplies) IPG.
read moreMUMBAI: B.A.G Network has appointed RK Arora as CEO of its broadcasting initiatives in a newly created post. Arora will look after the complete operations of FM radio business Dhamaal24, Hindi news channel News24 and E24. He will also be responsible for the expansion plans of the network. Before joining B.A.G. Network, Arora was associated with Independent News Service since inception which launched India TV in 2004. A Chartered Accountant by profession, he was CFO and executive director of the company.
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MUMBAI: Superstar singer Sonu Nigam and Shaan will anchor the live event extravaganza of Uninor Mirchi Music Awards 2010, to be held on Thursday, the 27th of January, in Mumbai. The third edition of the popular Mirchi Music Awards, which Radio Mirchi had created as a tribute to the best of Bollywood Music in 2008, has got even bigger and promises to be a star-studded salaam to Music across performances, award-presentation, and attendance. Sonu Nigam and Shaan will also put up a very special live performance at the event.
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* Priyanka Chopra, Vishal Bhardwaj in exclusive chat on Taka Tak Mumbai MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM entertained its listeners with the exclusive premiere of the music of the forthcoming Priyanka Chopra-starrer 7 Khoon Maaf, directed by Vishal Bharadwaj. Chopra and Bhardwaj interacted with Taka Tak Mumbai show host RJ Rohit and Radio City listeners. Songs like Darling, sung by Rekha Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uttup set in a retro flavour, Bekaraan and Awaara were broken on air on Radio City.
read moreNEW DELHI: Renowned Austrian composer and piano player Gerhard Gruber says his fascination with playing music as accompaniment began in the early 1980s and he has already played music with not merely films of his own country but also other places including Japan. Gruber told radioandmusic.com in an interview that he prefers to improvise for his work as he feels this is the best way of a direct and always new dialogue between the events on the screen, the music and the audience. Thus, he may play different music at different places for the same film.
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* A national loss: PM PUNE: Illustrious Classical musician and winner of the highest civilian honour, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is no more. He passed away on Monday morning in Pune due to a combination of kidney failure and age-related illnesses like general weakness, and respiratory problems, in Pune's Sahyadri Hospital, where he was on life-support systems. He was 89.
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MUMBAI: Come a film-release-eve, and marketer extraordinaire Aamir Khan slips into sixth gear. On Wedensday, two days before the launch of his wife Kiran Rao's film Dhobi Ghat, he was in the Mumbai studio of Radio One with Kiran, as special guests of MJ Hrishi K's morning show to promote the film. Their interview gave listeners an insight into what really makes the couple tick so well, and also ended with a compliment from Mr Perfect for the show's host Hrishi K who impressed Aamir with the way he handled the interview -- with dignity, respect and so much fun at same time.
read moreMUMBAI: Leading Tamil weekly magazine Ananda Vikatan has crowned Hello FM 106.4 as the best FM Radio in Tamil Nadu for the third year in a row. The award was announced basis research commissioned across the state by amongst Ananda Vikatan readers and audited by the editorial team of the magazine which has a total readership of around 25 lakh.
read moreMUMBAI: IMImobile, an end-to-end enabler of Mobile Value Added Services for Mobile Operators, Media Companies and Enterprises, yesterday launched a �Make My Tunes' service on its industry-leading RBT platform. The service has been launched by Aircel as �Dialer Tune – Song Edit'. Aircel customers in Chennai and Tamil Nadu circle can dial a number and select their favorite section of a song as their RBT.
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MUMBAI: Superstar Aamir Khan and his debutante-director wife Kiran Rao were on Radio Mirchi's breakfast show 'Hi Mumbai' on Thursday to promote her forthcoming film, Dhobi Ghat in a conversation that spanned the making of the film, its actors, and Mumbai's eternal charm. Kiran Rao -- who, incidentally, revealed she had been an RJ in Delhi -- said, "Mumbai is one of the most important characters in the movie." The superstar couple spoke of their experience of shooting at the dhobi ghat, and the great time they had doing so.
read moreMUMBAI: Queen and Universal Music Group have signed an exclusive, long-term agreement on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking group's 1971 formation.
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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: Swastik announces the expansion of its digital leadership team with the appointment of Jiread more
