Karan Johar makes his digital debut with ‘#fame School of Style’

Entertainment and fashion icon Karan Johar makes his digital debut with ‘#fame School of Style’, India’s first online hunt for top stylists. This marks Karan Johar’s first association with a digital show in which he will host, judge and mentor participants. The show forms part of #fame’s strategic plan to emerge as Asia’s premier talent led digital entertainment network. Catering to mobile millennials through an integrated ‘talent-first’ strategy, #fame’s network will straddle over 5,000 channels and 50,000 content creators across 6 countries over the next 3 years.

‘Finding Fanny’ associates with Goa Tourism as destination partner

Goa Tourism is roped in as the destination partner for the English- Hindi satirical Bollywood movie Finding Fanny. With the movie plot surrounded by 5 dysfunctional and contrasting characters set in a village of Goa, the State’s tourism body was chosen to be the perfect destination partner keeping in mind Goa is the world’s only tourist destination that has the maximum contrasts in the smallest geographical space.

Anil Kapoor’s ‘24’ bags the ‘Best Sound’ award at the 13th Indian Telly Awards

At this year’s 13th Indian Telly Awards, Anil Kapoor’s ’24’ series won the newly introduced ‘Best Sound’ award for their spectacular work on sound. Indian Television Dot Com Pvt. Ltd. and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) instituted this new sound category to recognize the importance of sound in the television industry.

Shemaroo Entertainment IPO Opens on 16th September 2014

Shemaroo Entertainment Limited, (the “Company” or “Shemaroo”) is entering the capital market with an initial public offering of equity shares of face value of Rs. 10 each for cash, aggregating upto Rs. 12,000 lakhs. The equity shares are being offered in the price band of Rs. 155 to Rs. 170 per equity share of face value of Rs. 10 each. The floor price is 15.5 times the face value and the cap price is 17.0 times of the face value. Bids can be made for a minimum of 85 equity shares and in multiples of 85 equity shares thereafter.

Event Capital announces the Bollywood Dance Music Tour!

Event Capital, a division of the Laqshya Media Group, has announced their newest property – the Bollywood Dance Music Tour that will feature leading DJs putting their own unique spin on popular Bollywood tracks. The Bollywood Dance Music (BDM) Tour, powered by MAAC, kicks off on September 13, 2014 in Pune and will be one of longest music festivals. The event will begin as early as 3 pm and will go on well into the night.

Metallica, Shakira, One Direction earn spot in the Guinness World Records 2015 edition.

Lights, camera, action! The pages of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® 2015 edition are as star-studded as a red carpet premiere! Arriving in stores on September 10th, the book features groundbreaking achievements across film, television and music.

Universal Music India partners with Max Life Insurance for i-genius young singing stars

Universal Music India has partnered with Max Life Insurance for the 1st edition of their i-genius ‘Young Singing Stars program’. Universal Music is an integral part of i-genius Young Singing Stars; lending a hand to the initiative that recognizes and rewards young singing talent in the country. The initiative focuses on nurturing talent in deserving children, bringing them closer to their dreams.

Groove to music 24X7 on your smartphone

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel), a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of Wynk Music – a carrier agnostic mobile application that is designed to introduce music lovers to an expert curated library of over 1.7 million songs including Hindi, regional and International hits.

New theatres to use Dolby Atmos

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) and New Theatres today announced that New Theatres has installed Dolby Atmos® cinema sound technology in two of its screens. Located in Trivandrum, New Theatres is one of the oldest and most prestigious theatres in the city. Filmmakers use Dolby Atmos to place and move sounds anywhere in the movie theatre, including overhead, to make film audiences feel as if they are inside the movie and not just watching it.

Veteran singer Asha Bhosle graces the occasion of Ganeshotsav at 92.7 BIG FM

Popular and melodious songster, Asha Bhosle, who is remembered for her contribution to the Indian music industry for some of the most popular hits of all time, visited the 92.7 BIG FM office to perform the Ganpati aarti. While she performed the aarti harmoniously along with everyone at the radio station, the employees had a little surprise planned for the marvelous singer.