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Mumbai: Star India has appointed Mohit Anand, former Microsoft India (Entertainment and Devices Division) country manager, as general manager for Channel [V]. Anand will take charge of Channel [V] from 21 April. He replaces Amar K Deb who recently quit the channel to float his own content-selling portal. Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, Anand said: "I have quit Microsoft and am joining Channel [V] from 21 April. I have experience in entertainment. Being a part of Xbox 360, our target audience was youth."
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MUMBAI: After giving rocking hits in Rohit Shetty's Sunday and Zinda, Shibani Kashyap has now created music for the Manisha Koirala-Kay Kay Menon starrer 'Sirf'. Shibani has sung and composed the title track of the film, music of which is now out on Sony BMG. Sirf is a Seven Eagle production movie directed by Rajaatesh Nayar and also stars Ranveer Shorey, Sonali Kulkarni, Parveen Dabbas, Rituparna Sengupta and Nauheed Cyrusi. Recently, Kashyap had created a romantic song for Sanjay Gupta's first English film, The Great Indian Butterfly.
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MUMBAI: After giving rocking hits in Rohit Shetty's Sunday and Zinda, Shibani Kashyap has now created music for the Manisha Koirala-Kay Kay Menon starrer 'Sirf'. Shibani has sung and composed the title track of the film, music of which is now out on Sony BMG. Sirf is a Seven Eagle production movie directed by Rajaatesh Nayar and also stars Ranveer Shorey, Sonali Kulkarni, Parveen Dabbas, Rituparna Sengupta and Nauheed Cyrusi. Recently, Kashyap had created a romantic song for Sanjay Gupta's first English film, The Great Indian Butterfly.
read moreMumbai: Manoj George has come on board Big FM as National Sales Director. The ADAG led FM venture has promoted Bipin Grewal as Regional Head-West, while Arjun Rao will be the Regional Head-South and Aasheesh Dhamija will be the Regional Director-North. Just last week, Big FM promoted Arjun Singgh Baran to the post of regional director for Operations-West, while Sudarshan Saha has stepped in as the new station head, Mumbai. P B Ramaswamy, who was the station manager, Chennai will now be the cluster head for Tamil Nadu.
read moreMUMBAI: This April Fool's Day, Fever 104 pulled off a hilarious gag on its listeners. The station planned an elaborate set up for its audience and brought in "Bollywood Fever" on air.
read moreMUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, India's No.1 FM Station has come forward to support the wildlife and environment preservation and conservation initiative in Srinagar. Taking an important step in the city, BIG 92.7 FM observed 'Wildlife Awareness Week' from 24th March till 31st March.
read moreMumbai: Shravan Rathod, part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, has sold the music rights of his debut production Kash Mere Hote to Eros International. The film stars newcomer Kumar Sahil and Sneha Ullal. Music for the film has been composed by Shravan and will be released some time in April. Says the music director turned producer, "It is an one film deal with Eros as of now. But going ahead, we do intend to work together."
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Mumbai: FX Labs will be designing a computer and console game for Aamir Khan's forthcoming film which is a remake of Ghajini. Ace musician Allah Rakha Rahman will be giving the background score for the same. Confirms FX Labs co founder Sashi Reddy, "Yes, Rahman will be composing the music. However, he is the composer for the film, it is too early to talk about the game's music." The game will be launched a month before the film releases, that is this year end.FX labs is also developing a game on Dhoom 2 titled D 2.5 which will hit the stores in April.
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Mumbai: Wellknown RnB / pop producer David Anthony has forayed into Indian pop by collaborating with Indian pop artist Reenie for a full Hindi album.
read moreMumbai: Sangeet Bangla, the Bengali music channel from Media Worldwide, has climbed up to the third position among Bangla GECs, according to the TAM data for week 12. The company, that also runs Hindi music channel Music India, claims to be number one Bangla music channel since the past three years. According to TAM figures, Sangeet Bangla notched up a channel share of 2.09 per cent among the target audience of 15 to 24. The channel offers Bangla music, ranging from the classic to the modern.
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They are the winners of what is arguably the first radio talent hunt in India- Swarathma, the 'fusion' band from the Garden City of Bangalore who stood way above the 125 bands that started off for the RC-Live, Radio City Talent hunt. The band comprises Vasu Dixit, the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist; Jishnu Dasgupta the bass vocalist and bass guitarist; Pavan Kumar, back-up vocalist and Indian percussionist; Sanjeev Nayak, the lead violinist, Montry Manual -for drums and percussions; 19 year old Varun is the lead guitarist.
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MUMBAI: In today's content-driven world, sound is a surprisingly overlooked yet potent branding read more
MUMBAI: BandLab, the world’s largest social music creation platform, today announced a major expread more
MUMBAI: In a candid conversation with Radioandmusic, Akhila Shankar (Head, TuneCore South Asia) read more
MUMBAI: As Apple Music marks its 10th anniversary since launching on June 30, 2015, the US tech read more
MUMBAI: Some songs scream, while others whisper and stay with you. On that note, acclaimed producer, singer-songwriter Hiten, releases his most...read more
MUMBAI: Blending raw emotion with classical beauty, Sufi Rock Fusion Singer-Composer Pooja Gaitonde, who recently released her Sufi Rock rendition...read more
MUMBAI: Songs are not just about catchy tunes, rhythms, or lyrics they’re also about the overall vibe they create. Infectious hooksteps that...read more
MUMBAI: Dutch electronic music icon Hardwell has officially announced his return to the United States this September with a three-city tour, driven...read more
