At long last Rights holders and ISPs are set to roll out the Copyright Alert System (CAS), which has been in the works for a few years now. Devised by the Film, Television and Music Industry trade bodies, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), which represent content owners, the much delayed ‘six strikes’ Copyr... Read more »
Soft spoken, Eric Mouquet is every bit a Frenchman blond, blue eyed, charming accent, et al. The multiple Grammy winner who along with co – patriot Michel Sanchez is famous for the success of songs like Sweet Lullaby, Pacifique, Nightbird and many more, was in Mumbai recently for a live concert. Seated on a sofa in the cozy environs of Blue Frog, Mouquet recalled his early days with Deep Forest, his split with former band mate Michel Sanchez in 2004 and how they created over a dozen chartbusters.
We met Reynold D’Silva, CEO of Silva Screen Music Group at the recent Nokia Music Connects conference. Little did we know that this unassuming India born British national was the founder and owner of a successful independent music company with offices in London and New York. Even more interesting was that he had formed a band in Mumbai during the early 70s which later went on to become the ‘Bri... Read more »








Daler Mehndi celebrated and performed at Bihar Diwas on 24th of March, people in Bihar were mermerized as the Bhangra... Read more »
Two time Grammy winning rap star T-Pain was in Mumbai this week and performed alongwith British band RDB at t... Read more »
Brothers Romeo and Deepesh, known as Designer Hippies garnered numerous accolades for their performance at Sunbu... Read more »
Suryaveer Hooja, a versatile singer from New Delhi, has already carved a place for himself in the hearts of many. His... Read more »
Vishal Dadlani sings in Bengali for the first time for the film Hawa Bodol, he had to squeeze time to record the trac... Read more »
Leading Music Label Universal Music India launches the new album Love Lust Faith + Dreams, the new album from Thirty ... Read more »
Get ready for Tiësto fever as the Sunburn Arena feat. Tiësto as he will perform on Friday, March 29th ... Read more »
Hungama.com, the online service that offers Bollywood, Regional (Telugu, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Malayalam and others) and S... Read more »
Arsalan Restaurant, the Biggest Chain of Restaurant from Kolkata is now in Mumbai. The Arsalan Restaurant will be lau... Read more »
Holi Si Surat’ a social media campaign increasing listener engagement and interaction, with the city preparing ... Read more »
Several U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) have recently joined forces with the film, music and television i... Read more »
Idea Rocks India, offers an opportunity for musical aficionados across the country to showcase their singing talent a... Read more »
Last time around we wrote about how apps are driving mobile phone sales based on consumer reports, but technology companies like Apple, Google and Amazon seem to think that music and video maybe as important, or more important than apps. This is supported by consumer behavior reports that suggest that music and video capability is a major consideration in phone purchase decisions. Accor... Read more »
Its been less than a year since we obtained a court order directing ISPs to block 104 illegal websites but we have not been sitting back in the meantime. Last month we obtained another injunction from the Kolkata High Court directing ISPs to block a further 162 illegal websites. In our continued efforts to fight piracy, IMI had been gathering necessary data on websites hosting copyrighted content or providing links to the same and with this data we have approached the court.
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NARENDRA KUSNUR is an award winning music journalist, jury member on various Indian and International Music Awards and well known Music Industry executive, presently working as Sr Manager, Talent Transformation, Lifestyle, at Reliance Retail. He was previously Label Manager for EMI’s Warner Music repertoire and Asst. Editor with Mid-Day Publications. Kusnur is passionate about mus... Read more »
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