Radio City and Beatchain Introduce New Platform for Independent Musicians

Radio City, an Indian radio station, has partnered with technology company Beatchain to launch “Muzartdisco,” a new platform aimed at independent musicians. The platform was introduced at the ‘All About Music’ conference in Mumbai on August 6, 2024. Muzartdisco utilizes Beatchain’s technology to provide tools for music distribution, promotion, and marketing. The platform allows artists […]

Streaming revenue push Saregama profits to record levels

Saregama, India’s largest record label and an emerging force in the digital video space, looks all set to breach its pre-COVID revenue and profit numbers in the current financial year due to rising demand for streaming music. The company’s operating revenue had set a record in the year 2018-19 at Rs 544.7 cr, but declined […]

Vodafone Idea to launch free music streaming service for users

Vodafone Idea, the country’s third largest telecom operator, said it plans to launch a music streaming service in tie-up with a large content provider in the coming days. The service, said CEO Ravinder Takkar, would be available to all of the company’s prepaid and postpaid subscribers. The company currently has a free video streaming service […]

Saregama buys music rights for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 3 upcoming films

Saregama, India’s oldest and largest music label, announced that it has has been signed as by prominent film maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as the music label for three of his forthcoming projects. These include Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi – the music rights of which has been acquired from Pen Studios, the next untitled Bhansali […]

Carvaan gets a kids edition with stories & rhymes

Record label Saregama India has launched Carvaan Mini Kids, the kids edition of its extremely successful Saregama Mini ‘radio’ product with built in digital audio content. Unlike Carvaan and Carvaan mini, which come with popular songs and similar content for adults, the Carvaan Mini Kids — priced at Rs 2,990 — comes with rhymes, stories […]

Saregama adds internet to Carvaan, now has online radio, podcasts

Saregama Carvaan, arguably the most successful digital audio product in India, has finally got internet connectivity, and along with it, support for online radio and podcasts. Carvaan 2.0 comes with support for Wifi, said its maker Saregama. “The pre-loaded 5000 songs continue to be accessed anytime without internet along with other features like FM/ AM, […]

Jio Music no more, gets replaced by JioSaavn

Reliance Jio has pulled its enormously popular Jio Music app and replaced it with JioSaavn, a new app based largely on Saavn, a competitor that the company had acquired in March. Users who have enabled auto-updating of their apps will be upgraded to the new application automatically. With over 100 mln (10 cr) downloads, Jio […]

Carry Your Music: iBall launches portable bluetooth speaker at Rs 799

iBall, a consumer electronics company, launched two portable bluetooth speakers- iBall Musi Dangle and iBall Musi Square. Musi Dangle is priced at Rs 799 while Musi Square rates Rs 1,099. iBall Musi Dangle features a lancet strap for hanging the device around your neck. Whereas iBall Musi Square features a carbineer, which makes it convenient […]