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The futuristic
digital music revolution for Indian music lovers is here - and it
is not necessarily only for those who have access to the Internet
- it could be available through mobile phones, palm pilots, watches,
Internet service provider (ISP) packages etc........ Sudhanshu Sarronwala
- the co-founder of Soundbuzz, based in Singapore will be announcing
some major initiatives for the Indian music industry through his
pan-Asian Australian company Soundbuzz. Sudhanshu Sudhanshu Sarronwala,
is a broadcast media specialist with over 15 years experience managing
media businesses in Asia. Most recently, he served as Managing Director
of MTV Asia and senior vice president of MTV Networks Asia.
Soundbuzz (www.soundbuzz.com)
is one of the leading digital music aggregators which is heavily
into providing downloadable digital music fronts, back-end technology,
on-line digital rights clearances, acquiring and negotiating licences
for music publishers and recording companies.
Across Asia, Soundbuzz has done 50 digital distribution deals with
leading companies such as EMI, BMG, Archies, Lahiri, Viva, Life
etc. Soundbuzz has several partners such as Creative Technology,
Microsoft Windows media rights manager, Citibank, Intertrust Reciprocal
Soundbuzz will also pioneer new concepts such as wireless song music
downloads, music kiosks, encrypted CDs, pre-paid downloads. It will
also provide technical support and back-up for various websites
- similar to what it has done with bluehyppo.com (Telecom Malaysia)
and Lycosasia. Welcome Soundbuzz.
MTV
STAR Hunt For Ishq Vishq Pyaar Vyaar
The MTV STAR
Hunt has received a tremendous response from all over India. The
Indiatimes.com, MTV and Coca-Cola Star Hunt, which kicked off on
April 20, 2001 is in search of eleven fresh faces for Tips’
movie Ishq Vishq Pyaar Vyaar. More than 10,000 entries have already
been received and more are pouring in, daily. The MTV STAR Hunt
is mapping the length and breadth of the country and moving across
its borders to Nepal, Dubai, Kuwait and other countries.
The second
round of auditions will begin, where the 200 to 250 short-listed
individuals will be invited to audition. From there, 30 talented
individuals will be selected and flown to Mumbai and will be tested
by a panel of judges. Satyadev Dubey, Mickey Contractor and Ganesh
Hegde are the respective judges, who will select the final 11 lucky
ones to star in the movie, to be directed by Ken Ghosh.
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