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MUMBAI: Marking his label debut with Closemouthed earlier this year, German producer Lexer reaches new heights with latest original, Sweet Escape on Purified Records.
read morePrashant Panday, ED & CEO - ENIL, tells Pavan R Chawla there's no trend in Mirchi's dropping ratings, and is confident it will recover its position on the back of corrective initiatives already taken.
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MUMBAI: Radio has been falling, even as Cable & Satellite (C&S) and Internet are growing strongly in reach when compared to the sequential quarter, as per the IRS 2010 Q4 data released yesterday by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). It reveals that radio is the only sector which is continuing to de-grow. In the IRS Q4 report, radio's total reach dipped to 163.91 million -- a negative CAGR of 9.8% over Q3, when it was 168.67 million, which too had dropped from the Q2 figure of 172.60 million.
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* Reports about acrimony with T-Series are mischievous; a move to sabotage our film: Siddharth Roy Kapur, UTV MUMBAI: UTV has quelled what it describes as malicious rumours that the music of their latest comedy caper, Thank You, was alleged to have not been promoted well by T-Series which has the film's music rights due to late delivery of the master tapes by UTV.... Siddharth Roy Kapur, in a company release, has said, The music of Thank You has been very well received by T Series, and we are quite satisfied with the response....
read moreMUMBAI: Fever 104 FM featured the Prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly, on its Breakfast with the Stars show on Monday, 14th March, 2011. RJ Anuraag Pandey, popularly known as Picture Pandey, had breakfast with Dada, who shared some of the exciting experiences from his life and career.
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*Abhishek, Katrina, Sonu, Shankar, Mika enthrall packed house at Reliance Media Works Studio
read moreMUMBAI: Hathway Cable & Datacom has launched a music channel on its digital cable network. The 24-hour pure music channel, Hathway Music, will showcase the Bollywood songs sans any music jockeys. The songs list will comprise golden classics of 50's-60's to the melodious hits of 80'-90's to the latest Bollywood hits of today. The channel will be initially available in some areas of Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and later on other cities on Hathway Digital Cable Network.
read moreMUMBAI: Saregama Films will release its film Soundtrack on 12 August. Soundtrack is said to be a remake of the multi-award winning film It's All Gone Pete Tong. Soundtrack is a modern-day portrayal of the life story of India's most prolific musician and DJ. It traces his alcohol, drug and sex fuelled meteoric rise as he battles his internal demons and a damaging handicap.
read more*Pyarelal Sharma, Udit Narayan, Suresh Wadkar, Anup Jalota, Shabbir Kumar to attend *Album has Shani bhajans by Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shail Hada, Devaki Pandit, Bela Shende, Shrikant Narayan MUMBAI: Times Music will launch its next offering, an album based on Shani bhajans, called Shree Shani Jagrata, on Saturday the 12th of March at Mumbai's Shanmukhananda Hall, with musical stars like Pyarelal Sharma, Udit Narayan, Suresh Wadkar, Anup Jalota and Shabbir Kumar attending.
read more* Dabangg-2 rights also to be given to T-Series, says Sohail Khan MUMBAI: T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar's relationship with the Khans -- Salman, Sohail and Arbaaz – was further reinforced when the trio entrusted him with the music of Atul Agnihotri's forthcoming film Bodyguard. Impressed by T-Series' strategic handling of the music of Dabangg, and its immense contribution to the film's overall success, the Khans have also decided to entrust the music of Dabangg sequel Dabangg-2 also to T-Series.
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*His first-ever collaboration with an Indian singer MUMBAI: India's highest selling International artist, Enrique Iglesias, is teaming up with Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan to record his first ever collaboration with an Indian artist. The duet with Sunidhi Chauhan will soon make it onto a `Special Indian Edition' of the Euphoria album which will also include a brand new club hit from Enrique titled Tonight [I'm Lovin' You] featuring Ludacriss. The album is currently scheduled to hit stores mid-March 2011.
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Arjun Singgh Baran, Business Head – Intellectual Properties, BIG Live, says the BIG STAR IMA Awards are on a never-before scale in terms of both, popularity and acceptance of the idea, and the way it is being produced and marketed. Why yet another award in a space that already has two music awards – the GIMA and the MMA? What is the USP of the BIG STAR IMA Awards? The BIG STAR IMA Awards is on a never-before scale, in terms of both, popularity and acceptance of the idea, and the way we are producing and marketing it.
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MUMBAI: Today, M3F Festival, Northread more
MUMBAI: Hoopr, a leader in the royalty-free music space, is proud to unveil its latest innovationread more
As part of its refresh, the radio network recently launched its flagship show Dhun Badal Ke Toh...read more
MUMBAI: In a world where men are often encouraged to hide their emotions, we tend to overlook theread more
MUMBAI: Today, the genre-defying brother duo Everyone You Know (EYK) release brand new album, ‘Ain’t Smiled in Ages’. Listen to the album [HERE]....read more
MUMBAI: Club FM took an innovative turn for Children’s Day with Club FM RJ, engaging young talents across our six stations. The initiative invited...read more
MUMBAI: Marking his label debut with Closemouthed earlier this year, German producer Lexer reaches new heights with latest original, Sweet Escape on...read more
MUMBAI: Amit Trivedi's Azaad Collab has been a breath of fresh air in the music world, and the release of Sajaniya has only strengthened its appeal....read more
MUMBAI: Today, NERIAH’s latest single, "Red Flag," is out across all streaming platforms. Listen here: https://symphony.to/neriah/red-flag After a...read more
