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Private FM radio service in three metro circles — Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai — is almost certainly going miss the August 29 deadline. The delay is due to non-appointment of the integrator for the private FM operations.
BBC World Service has entered into an arrangement with INCableNet in Mumbai to provide radio programmes 24 hours a day, including two hours of Hindi and half hour of Tamil programmes.
Live news on Indian trains is closer to reality now. Railway Board has given its in-principle go-ahead to All India Radio (AIR) to implement its dream project, AIR is in the process of checking out its service on some select trains through the satellite pl
As the initial euphoria settles in, media planners are busy conducting listnership dipsticks and sellers are evangelizing the medium more than their spots and stations.
According to a survey by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), most radio stations hope to increase hard-liquor advertising. The RAB estimated liquor advertising represents approximately $100 million in revenue annually for the radio industry.
The Information & Broadcasting ministry is considering a proposal to allow community radio services in the country, wherein the private sector would be allowed to set up radio transmission services targeted at specific communities such as businessmen, stud
Dainik Jagran along with MICA, held a 3-day interactive workshop in Lucknow recently. The theme of the workshop was 'Media Planning and Marketing' and included lectures, presentations, role-plays and discussion of concurrent case studies.
With four radio stations upping the ante, and another one waiting in the wings, market is waiting for signals to unscramble.
Star India’s radio venture Radio City will launch its FM station in Mumbai on May 21. This will be the fourth private radio station in Mumbai. The station will be on the 91 MHz frequency.
WIN 94.6, a private 24-hour FM station, launched its services in Mumbai on April 29. Music aired by the station will be largely in English. The letters WIN incidentally stand for the corresponding numbers 946 on the dial pad of the mobile phone. The st
Pune got the taste of first private FM radio station yesterday with the launch of Radio Mirchi. Primarily music driven channel, with a bouquet of programming in English, Hindi and Marathi, is aimed at reaching every Puneri who is young.
Kolkata FM is using China’s CCTV cable television channel to reach its listeners. As a result, the 65,000-odd cable TV subscribers in Durgapur, which is normally out of Kolkata FM’s 80km range, have become regular watchers of CCTV although they don’t under
The Voice of America (VoA) is planning to join hands with All India Radio. VoA is negotiating with Prasar Bharati to air its production on terrestrial as well as some regional channels of AlR.
BPL Innovision is reworking the strategy for its audiospace venture, Indigo Radio. Indigo Radio will focus more on being a niche player and has scaled down its operations to work with a more streamlined team.
`Drive-Time' as opposed to television's longstanding `prime-time,' will rock the city by month-end, as the first of five private FM radio broadcasters holding licences for Mumbai, go on-air.
The French firm TDF is all set to bag the project for setting up private FM radio operations in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. The formal agreement with the FM players is expected to be signed soon.
All India Radio’s Kolkata station is entering the digital age soon. All programmes would be aired via computerised systems, with the music stored on hard discs just a mouse click away.
All India Radio (AIR) plans to extend its digital service to Europe and is negotiating with WorldSpace. For the Europe market, AIR on WorldSpace will be a paid service. The service is likely to be priced at $10 a month.
Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj hinted that India is studying the possibility of permitting non-government sector to set up community radio stations.
With just about five months left to meet the August 29 deadline for setting up their operations, private FM radio players are now looking for transmission services companies or ‘integrators’ for installing the set-up.
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