As this newsletter tried to bridge the gap between the radio industry and the music industry, in this first of our 2-series article, CEO's of top FM stations battled it out with the music industry. Read on as BIG FM's Tarun Katial & FEVER's S Keertivasan bare it all and take on the big daddy's of the music industry. click here for more
IMI seizes pirated goods worth Lakhs - In an excellent IMI raid, a CD recording unit was seized from Jagaddal, 24 Praganas, West Bengal, on 8th February. 42 CD Writers, 4218 MP3 CDs, 3129 pirated VCDs, 1600 blank CDs and 15122 inlay cards were seized. The Owner Dilip Shaw was arrested. Official sources have valued the booty at appx. Rs.10 lakhs.Click here for the complete IMI raid report
French police raid pirate Bollywood store - 18/02/08 - French police have raided a store in Paris that sold large amounts of counterfeit Bollywood music and films. The Thamilan Music Centre was located in a primarily Tamil neighbourhood of the city.
The Indian Music Industry
Soros picks up 3% in Rel EntertainmentRediff - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The company also recently acquired controlling stake in ND Studio, India's largest production studio. It has also initiated allied ventures such as Big ...
SONY BMG enters the TAMIL Music Industry Rediff,Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
For the first time, Sony BMG, the number one music company in the world is entering the regional music industry in India, and the company has chosen Tamil ...
Google to offer free music in CHINATechRadar.com - London,UK ... sign a deal with Chinese music portal Top100 that will allow users in China to listen to and download licensed music from the likes of EMI and Sony-BMG. ...
US Questions SONY BMG & UNIVERSAL about venture talksReuters - USA
LOS ANGELES, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The US Department of Justice has requested information from Sony BMG and Universal Music Group about their talks to launch an ...
EMI partners with 'Google' for music licensing AdAge.com (subscription) - USA Sony BMG struck a similar licensing pact with Ricall in early 2007. EMI will upload its entire global catalog of over 1 million recordings onto the Ricall ..
Major Label Fights Google-ization of Music Industry - Wired News - USA
By Eliot Van Buskirk February 18, 2008 | 11:11:14 AMCategories: Digital Music News The latest Listening Post column argues that rather than suing a site ...
Essel launches Indian mobile video portal via BSNLDeveloping Telecoms (press release) - USA ...Digital Media Convergence Ltd (DMCL). In future, the Isee portal will include content aggregated by DMCL that originates from sources outside Zee. Music...
Repackaged Malayalam radio channel unveiled - Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
It will feature a mix of music, film and general entertainment. The program formats address all tastes and age groups. The channel was officially launched ...
Radio sector voices its Budget expectationsmoneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
With the government announcing the third phase of expansion of the private FM radio, India may soon have over a thousand new radio stations. ...
Hungama Mobile represents Digital Entertainment IndustryMoneycontrol.com (press release) - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Bollywood is one of the fastest growing entertainment industry segments and has an appeal not only for the 240 million mobile phone users in India but for ...
OnMobile – IPO: Invest at cut-off Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India
Value-added services (such as music downloads and gaming) augment the voice revenues of telecom players. The market for value-added services has strong ...
Ganesh Jain , Managing Director of VENUS in an exclusive Interview with The Editor says...
" We are in the planning stage of production of these sequels that you mentioned - Baazigar, Khiladi and Garam Masala."
" Very few people know that NANA PATEKAR is a great director and has an extraordinary knowledge of film direction and the technicalities of movie making. So I don’t think there is any need to worry about betting our money on NANA’s directorial abilities."
" No, I don’t think the RADIO stations are affecting our business. In fact we the music industry, earn considerable license fees & royalty revenues when they play our songs on their stations. See physical sales have dropped down by 30% and the radio industry has got nothing to do with this. I would say RADIO is the medium of the future and it’s a boon for us. There are 150 FM stations who pay very good royalty to us."
Beijing court confirms Yahoo China's music service violates copyright
Appeal court ruling under new law acts as a warning to unlicensed music search services in China
Beijing, 20th December 2007
The international recording industry today hailed a landmark Beijing court ruling confirming that Yahoo China’s music delivery service violates Chinese law by facilitating mass copyright infringement.
Yahoo China, part-owned by one of the world’s biggest internet companies, Yahoo Inc, runs an operation enabling users to search for, play and download pirate music without ever leaving its website. Yahoo China’s appeal against a guilty verdict in April was today dismissed by the Beijing Court>>> more
Tech - Talk
Digital Music GCX Guitar Audio Switcher Music Gear Review (press release) - Cranberry Twp,PA,USA
Get total control over your pedals, rack effects, amp & channel switching, and more with the GCX Guitar Audio Switcher. You can use each of the eight loops ...
Music in the Round #28 Stereophile Magazine - New York,NY,USA
Its appearance is timely and exciting for music lovers because it: 1) decodes and processes all current digital music formats, including DSD, Dolby True-HD, ...
Reframing Digital Entertainment
BusinessWeek - USA Digital frames could eventually supplant other electronic devices, including music players and some computers. The Consumer Electronics Assn. expects 3.26 ...
Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA 8000 rolled out in India
TechShout! - Mumbai,India
Multi-Room Playback Features – Using two or more Digital Entertainer HDs in different rooms, synchronize music throughout the house (Party Mode) or pause a ... tech talk
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PUBLISHED on February 2008
Jagaddal, 24 Praganas, West Bengal, on 8th February. 42 CD Writers, 4218 MP3 CDs, 3129 pirated VCDs, 1600 blank CDs and 15122 inlay cards were seized. The Owner Dilip Shaw was arrested. Official sources have valued the booty at appx. Rs.10 lakhs.
