Music

Dialog Telekom Launches Music Station Powered By Geodesic; Mundu IM Now On IPhone OS

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 12th, 2010 |

Indians Ready To Pay For Books, Videos & Music: Survey

By Preethi J on March 4th, 2010 |

Twenty nine percent of Indians polled have already paid for books (note: not e-books) online, 19 percent have paid for online magazines, and 18 percent have paid for music, ... Continue_Reading

OnMobile And BIG FM To Provide Mobile Radio In IVR; Still Going Strong?

By Preethi J on March 3rd, 2010 |

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Reliance ADAG’s BIG 92.7 FM has partnered with VAS company OnMobile for it’s platform mRadio to launch BIG Mobile Radio, which offering people a chance to listen to their favourite ... Continue_Reading

International Music Videos On Hungama; Why Download? EMI

By Diwaskar Chettri on February 24th, 2010 |

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Do YOU buy music videos from the Internet? I don’t, but Hungama thinks you do and wants to make a business out of it. Hungama will allow users to download ... Continue_Reading

Copyright Act: Rational Assumption Of Ownership Of Music Rights?

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 16th, 2010 |

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The baby is being thrown out with the bathwater. While the proposed amendments to the copyright act haven’t been made public yet, the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, after a meeting ... Continue_Reading

Updated: Tanla Launches InTune, 3G Video-Mail To Go Live Next Quarter

By Preethi J on February 11th, 2010 |

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Update: Tanla has now launched (pdf) its Sing inTune application on the iTunes Application Store. The app is based on the inTune engine and is priced at $2.99. It has only ... Continue_Reading

TIPS Net Profit Up 54%, Film Division PBT At Rs.99.85M

By Preethi J on January 28th, 2010 |

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The success of the Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif starrer Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has charged up the quarter for Tips Industries Ltd (TIPS), which registered a 53.5 percent sequential ... Continue_Reading

Moser Baer Launches Preloaded Micro SD Cards

By MediaNama on January 19th, 2010 |

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(By Diwaskar Chettri & Preethi J) When carts selling CDs started appearing next to chaat stalls and ice cream/kulfi sellers on our roads, eyebrows were raised but it has now become ... Continue_Reading

Hungama Launches ArtistAloud.com, A Platform For Independent Artists

By Nikhil Pahwa on January 7th, 2010 |

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Hungama Digital Media has launched ArtistAloud.com, a digital platform for artists that provides access to the consumer to unreleased music for sampling, sharing and purchase. The site showcases and monetizes content ... Continue_Reading

Airtel’s Usage Survey For 2009: 200M Music Downloads

By Preethi J on January 5th, 2010 |

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Bharti Airtel has generated a mobile phone usage survey from data captured from its subscribers in the past year. Called Mobitude 2009, the survey has 7 categories and showcases the ... Continue_Reading

Bill To Protect Indian Musicians, Change Copyright Act Mooted

By Preethi J on January 4th, 2010 |

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Despite opposition from broadcasters, the Indian government has approved the introduction of a bill to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 in a far-reaching step that will give artists and ... Continue_Reading

On The Co-Ownership Of BIG Music Content By T-Series & Hungama

By Nikhil Pahwa on December 11th, 2009 |

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Reliance BIG Entertainment has entered into a strategic alliance with T-Series and Hungama Digital Media; Vinod Bhanushali, President, Marketing Media Publishing (TV) for T-Series told MediaNama that while the content will ... Continue_Reading