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  • Gaana introduces Ashish Vidyarthi – the “kahanibaaz” on Gaana Specials

    Gaana introduces Ashish Vidyarthi – the “kahanibaaz” on Gaana Specials

    MUMBAI: Gaana, India’s favourite music streaming app, adds a non-music audio show by eminent Indian film actor Ashish Vidyarthi to its Original Programming series “Gaana Specials”.

    Prashan Agarwal, COO, Gaana said “Gaana Specials is our effort to enthrall audience across audio genre’s including but not limited to music related shows, movie reviews, comedy and story telling. Ashish is well known for his work in Bollywood, Tamil & Telugu movies and has a distinct tone which suits audio presentation. Through this show, called “Kahanibaaz”, for the first time people will listen to him narrating stories. Each episode in this series is a veritable performance piece, mixed and sound designed like an audio movie.”

    The show is inspired by stories from all around the world – from Alexei Tolstoy to Oscar Wilde to O Henry – which have been brilliantly adapted and reinvented into the Indian context by writer Saurabh Bhramar.

    This rich musical narration experience series is now live on Gaana for the listeners. The first season has 10 episodes and every 15 days a new episode will be featured. Apart from the original content audio shows, this meta-story interweaves good music with life experiences, and progresses from episode to episode.

    The episodes are mixed and designed like an audio movie. Each episode has around 4 to 5 chunks of talk, each chunk ranging from 5-8 minutes.

    Along with the stories that Kahanibaaz narrates, Ashish Vidyarthi threads together his own personal stories. Through this meta-story, the listeners get to know about Ashish’s personality, which seems a bit eccentric and strange. The stories for the First Season are in the dark space, featuring horror and morbid tragedies. The mystique of Kahaanibaaz will be revealed in Season 2 only.

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  • Times Internet owned Gaana appoints Prashan Agarwal as COO

    Times Internet owned Gaana appoints Prashan Agarwal as COO

    MUMBAI : Prashan Agarwal has been appointed as  Chief Operating Officer of online music streaming app Gaana.

    “I am looking forward to contributing and adding value to the team and making Gaana a household name and future of streaming music, “ said  Aggarwal on his new role.

    Commenting on the appointment Times Internet  CEO Gautam Sinha said, “I’m excited to welcome Prashan Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer,  Gaana.  I’m optimistic that with his entrepreneurial approach and strong consumer internet, business and product acumen, Gaana will further strengthen Gaana’s position as the leading and most loved music streaming app.”
    Before joining Times Internet, Agarwal had co-founded multiple internet ventures. Earlier, he was the cofounder of PropTiger.com. He has an overall experience of 14 years and brings that extensive experience on all aspects of consumer internet businesses and tangible business models.

    An ISB and IIT alumnus, Agarwal is an expert in strategy, sales, operations and product management.  He has been awarded the GE Infrastructure CIO Excellence Award for Outstanding Six Sigma Project and also won several laurels at leading school and colleges, he has attended.

     

  • Times Internet owned Gaana appoints Prashan Agarwal as COO

    Times Internet owned Gaana appoints Prashan Agarwal as COO

    MUMBAI : Prashan Agarwal has been appointed as  Chief Operating Officer of online music streaming app Gaana.

    “I am looking forward to contributing and adding value to the team and making Gaana a household name and future of streaming music, “ said  Aggarwal on his new role.

    Commenting on the appointment Times Internet  CEO Gautam Sinha said, “I’m excited to welcome Prashan Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer,  Gaana.  I’m optimistic that with his entrepreneurial approach and strong consumer internet, business and product acumen, Gaana will further strengthen Gaana’s position as the leading and most loved music streaming app.”
    Before joining Times Internet, Agarwal had co-founded multiple internet ventures. Earlier, he was the cofounder of PropTiger.com. He has an overall experience of 14 years and brings that extensive experience on all aspects of consumer internet businesses and tangible business models.

    An ISB and IIT alumnus, Agarwal is an expert in strategy, sales, operations and product management.  He has been awarded the GE Infrastructure CIO Excellence Award for Outstanding Six Sigma Project and also won several laurels at leading school and colleges, he has attended.

     

  • Universal Music signs deal with `The Art of Living’ to make its repertoire available globally

    Universal Music signs deal with `The Art of Living’ to make its repertoire available globally

    MUMBAI: Universal Music India announced their exclusive association with The Art of Living organization to globally make available it’s audio and video content across categories like Bhajans, Chants, Guided Meditation, Health & Wellness, and Instrumental amongst others. As a part of a multi-phase release plan, Universal Music has just released 51 albums in physical and digital format all over the world except the territory of US.
     
    The content is available across leading music stores and also popular e-commerce portals like Flipkart and Amazon as well as digitally via sites like You tube, Google Play, i-tunes, Hungama. The content is also available on streaming sites like Saavan, Gaana, Wynk, Vodafone Music, Guvera and Beats.
     
    Over the last 30 years The Art Of Living organization has released Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s discourse and music in both Video and Audio formats with the sole purpose of spreading his message to as many people as possible. And now, over 20000 hours of this content will be made available worldwide for the first time through the global presence of the Universal Music Group.
     
    Says Devraj Sanyal, Managing Director, Universal Music Group, South Asia“I am very pleased with this particular association as Sri Sri is someone who is not just a global spiritual leader but an epitome of goodness, kindness and peace at large. His followers and his vast organization stand testament to the fact that alternate thinking can change you, your life and your surroundings and help take you to the next level. We are proud partners in this journey with Gurudev as we aim to take his message across the globe. The Art of Living will continue to influence massive change and we will do our utmost to help deliver this across all local and global platforms.”
     
     
    Commenting on the association, Prasana Prabhu, Trustee, Sri Sri Publications Trust says, “We are extremely happy to be associated with a major record label like the Universal Music Group who will ensure that the message of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar reaches out to a global audience through their large network. With their might, we will be available widely across all digital and physical platforms thus spreading the message of living well and with peace. We look forward to working closely with Universal Music in not just releasing existing content but also in creation of fresh content from `The Art Of Living’ and present it in innovative ways to the world out there”.
     
    Also on the anvil is a prestigious Home Video release next month from Universal Music of a unique symphony – titled “Venunaad” – where 4000 flutists, will simultaneously perform on a gigantic 30,000-ft stage on 12th January, 2015 in Nasik. This performance is under the guiding baton of renowned flutist, Pt. Ronu Mazumdar, while the revered exponent of the instrument, Hariprasad Chaurasia, will be the guest of honor. The symphony is one of two major events to mark the two-day visit of The Art of Living founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, to Maharashtra.
     
    Founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living is one of the largest voluntary organizations in the world. Inspired by its founder’s vision of creating a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, the organization is dedicated to creating peace and fostering human values.

     

  • Shemaroo Entertainment extends deal with The Orchard

    Shemaroo Entertainment extends deal with The Orchard

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has announced the extension of its alliance with the international distributor of digital content, The Orchard, for the distribution and marketing of Shemaroo’s music catalogue on iTunes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

    Earlier this year, Shemaroo had entered into a strategic alliance with The Orchard to distribute its music content in Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. This enabled them to utilise Shemaroo’s music catalogue on more than 100 international digital platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, eMusic, Virgin FR, Amazon Digital Services Inc, Xbox Music, rDio, MediaNet, etc. The vast repertoire of audio includes film, non-film across multiple genre like folk, pop, sufi, qawwalis, kid’s music and regional music.

    With this initiative, Indians living outside the country will no longer miss the desi (Indian) music. They can also enjoy a variety of regional music in more than 22 languages including Punjabi, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Bengali among others that are available on these platforms. Shemaroo Entertainment has been working with leading online streaming platforms in India like Saavn, Gaana, Hungama, Nokia MixRadio, etc to distribute content.

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “Shemaroo has already been distributing its vast music catalog directly in India through all the telecom operators and music streaming services. For Global distribution of our content, we have already entered into a strategic alliance with The Orchard earlier this year. We are pleased to extend this partnership with the company to distribute our content on iTunes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The development will empower audience from MENA with a variety of content across different genres.”

    “Shemaroo’s vibrant catalogue of Indian music is already available to consumers worldwide through our international network of digital retail outlets. This amendment will help us serve Shemaroo’s content in MENA also now. We look forward to a creative and inventive partnership with Shemaroo, given their foundation as an early adopter of digital media,” added The Orchard director South Asia, Clint Cabral.

     

  • Times Internet partners with Amazon Appstore for Android

    Times Internet partners with Amazon Appstore for Android

    MUMBAI: Times Internet Limited, India’s largest online network, has joined hands with the Amazon Appstore, a mobile application store for the Android operating system.  Apps like Gaana, ZigWheels, Economic Times, Speaking Tree, BoxTV and The Times of India by Times Internet (TIL) are now available on the Amazon Appstore. The apps that are downloadable on all Android devices including Kindle can be accessed from www.amazon.in/appstore.

     

    The Android OS is available in over 200 countries and accessible to over 240 million Amazon customers. It offers a great selection of localized content for customers on news, automotive, spirituality and entertainment.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Pratik Mazumder,Vice President & Head Marketing, Times Internet, said, “We are delighted to announce our new tie up with the Amazon Appstore. TIL has always been striving to innovate and implement ways to make the customer experience better. This is another endeavour by TIL that has set a new industry standard. We are confident that this partnership will benefit our users in a large way. This association will make searching and buying of various apps from the TIL stable easier and more convenient.”

     

    “We are extremely happy that TIL has chosen to partner with us for apps. As the Amazon Appstore celebrates its 3rd anniversary, we continue to add strong partnerships to bring locally relevant content to our users in nearly 200 countries worldwide. Now our users can download news, entertainment and other content from TIL directly to their Android phones and tablets, as well as Kindle Fire tablets. This is a win-win situation,” says Mr. Parag Gupta, Country Head, Amazon Appstore.

     

    The Times of India app brings you breaking news and unrivalled coverage of national, international, city, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, business, health, science and technology topics from India’s most-read and most-trusted newspaper.

     

    Apps Selection available on the Amazon Appstore: Gaana,  ZigWheels , The Economic Times,   The Times of India,  Speaking Tree, BoxTV ,TimesCity

     

    Gaana App offers an endless collection of songs from Bollywood, International music and varied languages like Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali and many more Indian regional languages. ( International content For Indian geography only)

    ZigWheels App offers an ultimate source of information on automobiles. This app not only lets you research new cars, used cars, and bikes in the market but also brings you latest news, reviews, comparisons, photos, and videos of your favorite cars and bikes.

    Economic Times  app helps customers track latest business & economy news as it happens. The app gives a comprehensive and real time updates across markets, business, and industry to help consumers stay updated with an unrivalled coverage. The build in Portfolio tracker helps the consumers to simply track and manage their wealth on the go.

    Times of India App offers complete and up-to-date coverage of everything that is relevant and interesting — anytime, anywhere, bringing breaking news and unrivalled coverage of national, international, city, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, business, health, science and technology topics from India’s most-read and most-trusted newspaper.

    TimesCity   App is your comprehensive discovery destination which lets you to explore recommended restaurants, movies, bars, events etc. In your city.

     
    Speakingtree.in is India’s first spiritual social network online where spiritual enthusiasts discuss spirituality under the guidance of world renowned spiritual masters like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Deepak Chopra, SadhguruJaggiVasudev, Andrew Cohen, MaulanaWahiduddin and many others.

    BoxTV is India’s premium online video streaming service for watching Hollywood, Bollywood and regional movies &TV shows on your kindle. It delivers premium movie watching experience with high quality streaming offering content across 9+ languages and 20+ genres.