Festival Awards welcomes PlayPass and PayPal as Cashless Payments Partners
Festival Awards have agreed a multi-year deal with PlayPass and PayPal to be the RFID/Cashless sponsors at the UK Festival Awards & Conference (in London) and the European Festival Awards (in Groningen, NL).
PlayPass, one of Europe’s leading providers of RFID cashless, access, accreditation and brand activation solutions at festivals and events, have achieved notable international success this year for delivery at an impressive list of festivals spanning Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Thailand and China. These included Lollapalooza Berlin, The Berlin Festival, Melt! and splash! (in Germany, Together Festival and Road To Ultra (in Thailand), Clockenflap (in Hong Kong) and many more.
PayPal have teamed up with PlayPass to deliver an enhanced cashless payments offering to live events that now enables event attendees to load and manage funds using their PayPal accounts. This innovative service has already been deployed at full-scale to great success at Low Festival and Cruïlla in Spain.
PlayPass and PayPal will be showcasing their solutions at the UK Festival Awards & Conference events at the Roundhouse in London on Thursday 26Th November, as well as at the European Festival Awards in Groningen, Netherlands on Wednesday 13th January. PlayPass will also be powering various aspects of the visitor experiences and contributing to panel content at the UK Festival Conference.
Tom Lawson, Festival Awards’ Event Coordinator, says: “PlayPass have proven themselves this year as the Cashless provider that promoters can rely on. Their collaboration with PayPal adds another exciting level of possibilities so we are very pleased to have them as our Cashless Payments partners at this year’s UK Festival Awards & Conference and European Festival Awards.”
PlayPass co-founder and CEO, David de Wever adds: “This year has been incredible for us. We implemented some of the biggest festivals in several countries, worked with global brands like PayPal, Live Nation and SFX and proved to them all that our solution is the most stable and secure in the market. 2016 will be an even more exciting year as we invest in new markets and expand our team. The UK, with so many outstanding festivals, will be one of our focus markets. Hence, having the chance to sponsor the UK and European Festival Awards was an ideal opportunity for us at this time.”
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Positivus Festival Nominated for 'Best Overseas Festival' Award
This year, the ninth edition of Positivus Festival was a fantastic success amongst all fans and artists alike. Set in the picturesque landscape of the Baltics, Positivus Festival received outstanding reviews and offered an unforgettable experience to all its participants. Taking place in the fantastic coastal town of Salacgriva in Latvia, Positivus Festival is the largest music and arts festival of the area.
Voting closes on 23rd. Vote here now! www.festivalawards.com
With three main stages, including the Red Bull Academy stage, Positivus brought a rich diversity of international chart toppers and underground emerging talent to the idyllic holiday location. Along with the large musical programme, Positivus also offered exciting art and dance stages giving festival goers a variety of activities and plenty to explore across the three day festival.
Acts included: Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters (UK), Placebo (UK), Kasabian (UK), Tom Odell (UK), Jungle (UK), Warpaint (US), Ewert and the Two Dragons (EE), St. Vincent (US), Basement Jaxx (UK), Everything Everything (UK).
More about Positivus Festival here: www.positivusfestival.com/en/
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Sziget Festival Nominated for UK Festival Awards
2015 was a record-breaking year for the Sziget Festival, as the Island of Freedom hosted more visitors than ever before. A total of 441,000 Szitizens from 95 countries joined the non-stop week of fun.
Proving itself as one of the UK’s best loved European festival Holiday destinations, the festival saw a British invasion this summer with record breaking numbers of just under 10,000 visiting the Island of Freedom, which is up 30% on the previous year.
With this growing popularity Sziget has now been nominated in the ‘Best Overseas Festival Category’ in this years UK Festival Awards.
Sziget has won the award for ‘Best Major Festival’ at the European Festival Awards twice already and could well be the next ‘Best Oversees Festival’ category winner in the UK Festival awards.
Vote here now! www.festivalawards.com
Voting closes on 22nd.
More about Sziget Festival here: www.szigetfestival.com
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New ETEP & CEETEP Results
We proudly present the fifth results of the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) 2015 and the second results from the CEETEP (Central Eastern Europe Talent Exchange Programme) 2015.
ETEP is an initiative of Eurosonic Noorderslag to stimulate the circulation of European repertoire on festivals, on radio and across the media in Europe.
You can listen to all booked ETEP and CEETEP acts in our ETEP Spotify Playlist.
ETEP Results
The results presented include 315 confirmed shows by 108 artists from 21 different European countries.
Eurosonic Noorderslag started organising the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) in 2003. Since then a total of 2294 shows by 810 European artists from 30 countries have taken place at the 90 ETEP festivals (2003 - 2014)
Top Scoring ETEP Acts
MØ, DK 13
AURORA, NO 13
Ibeyi, FR 12
Kate Tempest, UK 12
SOAK, IE 11
Years & Years, UK 10
Jack Garratt, IE 9
JoyCut, IT 9
Marmozets, UK 8
Seinabo Sey, SE 8
Batida, PT 8
Kiasmos, IS 6
Vök, IS 6
Bilderbuch, AT 6
Alo Wala, DK 6
View all results at the ETEP website. http://www.etep.nl/results/
CEETEP results
Presenting the first CEETEP results of 2015:
36 confirmed shows by 21 artists from 10 different European countries.
Top scoring ETEP acts
Repetitor, RS 4
Ludovik Material, SI 4
Momend, LV 3
Alina Orlova, LH 3
Elephants from Neptune, EE 2
Middlemist Red, HU 2
Golden Parazyth, LV 2
BA. LH 2
View all results at the CEETEP website http://www.etep.nl/results/
New ETEP Website
We are excited to present the release of our new and approved ETEP website. A fresh new look and user-friendly navigation. You can find here updated information about ETEP and CEETEP and the results per year, country, festival or act.
We hope you will enjoy our new site. http://www.etep.nl/
The Netherlands to be focus at Reeperbahn Festival 2016
After the first international cooperation with AusFinnland! this year, the Reeperbahn Festival announces the Netherlands as their partner country for 2016.
“We were pleased to have a focal country and are looking forward to cooperating with our long-time friends of Dutch Impact, represented by Ruud Berends, next year. Thanks to the outstanding work of Ruud and his organisation an unprecedented number of Dutch bands and artists have become well established not only in Germany but also all over Europe in the past five years – these are almost Scandinavian conditions!” says Alexander Schulz.
“If you want to introduce a Dutch artist to the German market, there is only one place to do this: The Reeperbahn Festival. We are very proud of being the focal country of the Reeperbahn Festival next year. I’m looking forward to a very successful cooperation,” says Ruud Berends, Producer Dutch Impact – Dutch Impact is made possible by Buma Cultuur and Performing Arts Fund NL.
More information to be announced in the coming months.
Check out the artists who performed at the 2015 edition of Reeperbahn Festival here:
http://www.dutch-impact.nl/category/festivals/reeperbahn
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30 Acts Announced for Eurosonic Noorderslag 30th Edition
Eurosonic Noorderslag presents the first selection of acts that will perform at the 30th edition of The European Music Platform. These 30 acts have been selected together with 27 radio station members, from 25 countries, of Eurosonic Noorderslag’s partner, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Austria – HVOB (ORF/FM4)
Belgium – Alice on the Roof (RTBF / Pure FM)
Belgium – Tout va Bien (VRT/Studio Brussel)
Bosnia-Herzegovina – Holographic Human Element (BH Radio 1)
Bulgaria - K-Ross (BNR)
Czech Republic - VR / Nobody (CR / Radio Wave)
Denmark - De Underjordiske (DR/P6 Beat)
Estonia - Trad.Attack! (ER/Radio 2)
Finland – Katéa (YLE X + Music Finland)
France – Tom Fire (Radio France)
Germany - Alle Farben (ARD)
Hungary - Ocho Macho (MR2)
Iceland - Axel Flóvent (RUV/RAS2)
Italy – Sacri Cuori (RAI/RADIO 2)
Ireland - The Academic (RTE/2FM)
Latvia – The Big Bluff (Latvias Radio / Radio 5)
Luxembourg – Scarred (Luersl/100.7)
Moldova – Bingagroove (TRM)
Netherlands – Kovacs (NPB/3FM)
Netherlands – Pauw (NPB/3FM)
Norway - Ary (NRK/P3 – Norway)
Portugal - Da Chick (RDP/ANTENA 3)
Serbia – Ti (RTS)
Spain – La M.O.D.A. (Los 40 Principales)
Sweden – Elias (SR/P3)
Sweden – Dolores Haze (SR/P3)
Switzerland - The Chikitas (RTS/Couleur 3)
Switzerland – Bastian Baker (SRF 3)
UK – NAO (BBC/Radio 1)
UK - Violet Skies (BBC/Radio 1)
The ARD, German radio partner, will announce a second act later this fall.
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting union (EBU) is the world’s largest association of national broadcasters. As in previous years, the EBU will be broadcasting radio shows live from Eurosonic Noorderslag to several European countries. On top of that, last year the EBBA tv-show was broadcast by 16 EBU-member public broadcasters around Europe.
Laurent Marceau, in charge of Pop Music at EURORADIO (EBU):
"There is a great deal of great music coming from many different places in Europe. This event offers a truly unique platform for up-and-coming bands and artists, and we are proud that EURORADIO is at the heart of it. No less than 27 EBU radio stations will be involved this January, supporting 31 new acts, that's what you call real commitment. But there's more, much more. Thanks to a special international collaboration, all the concerts will be made available on all platforms, offering European audiences unique access to the sounds of these emerging talents. Roll on Groningen!"
About Eurosonic Noorderslag
Eurosonic Noorderslag is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record for helping new acts break into the international music scene. Selling out each year Eurosonic Noorderslag attracts over 3,900 delegates, including 400 international festivals. Eurosonic Noorderslag presents showcases by more than 300 acts and a conference programme featuring 175 panels, keynote speakers, interviews, workshops, dinners, pitches, parties and meetings on the latest developments in the international music, media and interactive industry.
Eurosonic Noorderslag has been responsible for kick-starting the careers of European acts like Ásgeir, Aurora, Bastille, Dotan, Ibeyi, James Blake, Jett Rebel, Hozier, Milky Chance, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök.
The start of ticket sales for the festival programme will be announced this autumn.
Conference registrations can be purchased through www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl.
Download the artist photos here: http://we.tl/IIhEVIe8Xv
Download the 30 years image here: https://drive.google.com/a/globalpublicity.co.uk/file/d/0BwhfjK52cF7pUXpyVm45b2hmY28/view
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Positivus Festival 10th Anniversary Dates
The 10th edition of Positivus Festival will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of July 2016. Globally renowned artists and tens of thousands of visitors from across the globe will come together for a massive celebration in Salacgriva, Latvia. In honour of the anniversary, Positivus Festival tickets will be available for a special price for 10 days only - starting from September 21st.
In its first decade, Positivus Festival has become the biggest open-air pop-music and art festival in the Baltic. With a visitor range of 30000 people annually, almost a third of its visitors arrive from abroad - Estonia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, The Netherlands and other countries.
Over the years, the festival has hosted a multitude of brilliant acts, such as Robert Plant, Muse, Kraftwerk, Sigur Rós, Ellie Goulding, Manic Street Preachers, James, Moby, Sinéad O’Connor and many other formidable global and local acts.
Positivus Festival's excellent programme and welcoming atmosphere have generated increasing international acclaim, including regular spots in various notable festival ranking features, as well as mentions in a wide range of publications, including National Geographic, The Guardian, NME, Gaffa, Clash, and Faze Mag. The Wall Street Journal has included Positivus Festival amongst this years Top 10 Best Small Music Festivals in Europe, noting that “Hammocks strung between fairy-lit trees, lanterns illuminating vast stretches of dune, summer meadows and cooling woodland to wander in, the Baltic sea just a step away. This idyllic festival in Salacgriva on the Latvian coast is widely regarded as one of Europe’s best, with a chilled-out vibe and a lineup perfectly in tune with the let-your-hair-down atmosphere.”
Positivus Festival organiser Ģirts Majors: “A 10 year anniversary has arrived sooner than we could have imagined - we would like to organise this festival as a spectacular musical celebration for the festival’s most loyal visitors. We have plenty of ideas in mind and hopefully we can realize them all.”
"During these ten years the Positivus festival has set the quality high for festival culture in Latvia, and is among the most important events on the music stage in the Baltic States. Lattelecom is the main partner of Positivus already for three years, and with the means of technologies make the festival vibes last longer. On the anniversary year we shall take care that until the very festival day the channel 360TV would look back at the 10 years’ experience of Positivus, along with the search for new talents to get on the Positivus stage in Salacgrīva”, Juris Gulbis, chairman of the board at Lattelecom, revealing the upcoming ideas.
Tickets are available from Monday, September 21, without additional commission costs only at www.positivusfestival.com. Tickets also purchasable in all Biļešu Serviss box offices.
For only 10 days until September 30, a three-day ticket costs EUR 55,00, and a three-day camping site ticket costs EUR 63,00.
From October 1, a three-day ticket costs EUR 65,00, a three-day camping site ticket costs EUR 73,00.
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Dave Clarke Presents Returns to the Melkweg
Perc & Truss, Marcel Fengler, Octave One live, The Hacker and many more for Dave Clarke Presents at The Melkweg
It seemed like a sheer impossible task for Dave Clarke to top the ten year anniversary of his ‘Dave Clarke Presents’-night, last year during Amsterdam Dance Event at the Melkweg. Nothing could be further from the truth, seeing how Clarke presents a line-up that consists of the likes of Perc & Truss, Marcel Fengler and Gary Beck among others. The Baron of Techno dishes out a night that will have the mouths watering of anyone with a knack for innovative techno. And just like the years before, the Melkweg prides itself for having the honor of announcing the first proper night at ADE.
If Dave Clarke can be considered the Baron of Techno, then Perc & Truss must be two Dukes. The British techno duo have a longstanding reputation with Perc (real name: Ali Wells) as head of the renowned PercTrax label and a respectful discography of his own with releases on Kompakt and Ovum. Truss (real name: Tom Russell) on the other hand is known for his unrelentless type of techno as well as his acid-project MPIA3. Together, the two have been performing at festivals such as Soenda and Awakenings where they flattened the fields with their industrial-inspired techno.
Clarke gives techno lovers more reasons to rejoice: Berghain resident Marcel Fengler will be present, just like techno mainstay Gary Beck and the lengendary Detroit duo Octave One who’ve been around since the early nineties with releases on Derrick May’s Transmat Records. Octave One will be doing a live-set with a whole arsenal of drum computers, synthesizers and controllers. Also from the Motor City: DJ Bone, the man who lives and breathes Detroit Techno and shuns any kind of hype. Back from a long hiatus: Frenchman The Hacker. As a founding father of the electroclash scene in the early 21st century, mister Michel Amato has been out of the picture for quite some years, but his new album Love/Kraft is a true return to form.
No Dave Clarke Presents night is complete without a Dutch delegacy. For that, Clarke asked the top class of Dutch techno with the likes of former Trouw residents Sandrien and Tsepo, as well as one of the most familiar faces of Dave Clarke Presents: Estroe. And as almost always Clarke’s studio buddy Mr. Jones, who has released his debut solo album to critical acclaim on The Public Stand a few months back, is also present.
The complete line-up:
Dave Clarke / Perc & Truss / Marcel Fengler / Gary Beck / Live: Octave One / The Hacker / Dj Bone / Sandrien / Estroe / Mr. Jones / Tsepo
Dave Clarke presents
Amsterdam Dance Event
Melkweg Amsterdam
Friday 16 October
Doors: 22:00 hours
Presale: € 27
Ticketlink: http://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/147877?brand=nl_melkweg
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Amsterdam Dance Event Festival Program is Complete
For five days and nights Amsterdam is the dance music centre of the world
The nighttime program of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is now finalised. Between the 14th to 18th of October more than 2000 artists will be appearing at over 340 events across the 100 clubs and spaces that are participating with ADE. During the upcoming anniversary year, Amsterdam will be in the international spotlight with over 400 visiting journalists and media, more than 5.000 professionals and an expected 365.000 festival-goers who flock to the city from around the world.
Over the last 20 years, the Amsterdam Dance Event, an initiative of Buma, has developed into the world’s largest club-based festival. The five-day long ADE Festival features a unique range of the most diverse styles of electronic music. And, in addition to an extensive night program, ADE offers music lovers a wide range of daytime activities in the form of lectures, masterclasses, workshops, film screenings and art exhibitions spread across various locations in the city. Artists also participating in the day program include Afrojack (NL), Antal (NL), Camo & Crooked (AT), De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig (NL), Detroit Swindle (NL), DJ Pierre (US), Dubfire (US), Gui Boratto (BR), Henrik Schwarz (DE), Jeff Mills (US), Joris Voorn (NL), Kölsch (DK), Machinedrum (US), Martin Garrix (NL), Noisia (NL), Ron Trent (US) and Serge (NL).
The 2000 artists visiting Amsterdam to participate in the ADE Festival include:
Adam Beyer (SE), Agoria (FR), Âme (DE), Andrew Weatherall (GB), Andy C (GB), Apollonia (FR), Armin van Buuren (NL), Axwell Λ Ingrosso (SE), Ben Klock (DE), Ben UFO (GB), Bicep (GB), Bingo Players (NL), Black Coffee (ZA), Bondax (GB), Boris Brejcha (DE), Boys Noize (DE), Carl Cox (GB), Chris Liebing (DE), Dâm-FunK (US), Dannic (NL), Dave Clarke (GB), David Guetta (FR), De Sluwe Vos (NL), Derrick May (US), Detroit Swindle (NL), Dixon (DE), DJ Snake (FR), DJ Tennis (IT), Dubfire (US), Dyro (NL), Eats Everything (GB), Fedde Le Grand (NL), Felix Da Housecat (US), Floorplan (US), Four Tet (GB), GANZ (NL), George FitzGerald (GB), Gerd Janson (DE), Goldfish (ZA), Green Velvet (US), Gui Boratto (BR), Guti (AR), Hardwell (NL), Headhunterz (NL), Heidi (DE), Henrik Schwarz (DE), Hernan Cattaneo (AR), Howling (DE), I-F (NL), Ida Engberg (SE), Interstellar Funk (NL), James Zabiela (GB), Jamie Jones (GB), Jeff Mills (US), Jennifer Cardini (FR), Job Jobse (NL), John Digweed (GB), John Talabot (ES), Joris Voorn (NL), Joseph Capriati (IT), Josh Wink (US), Joy Orbison (GB), Juan Atkins (US), Karenn (GB), Kerri Chandler (US), KiNK (BG), Knife Party (GB), Kölsch (DK), Kraak & Smaak (NL), Laidback Luke (NL), Levon Vincent (US), Loco Dice (DE), Maceo Plex (US), Machinedrum (US), Magda (Poland), Mano Le Tough (IE), Marcel Dettmann (DE), Mark Knight (GB), Martin Garrix (NL), Max Cooper (GB), Maya Jane Coles (GB), Miss Nine (DE), Monika Kruse (DE), Moodymann (US), Motor City Drum Ensemble (DE), Mount Kimbie (GB), Move D (DE), Nervo (Australia), Nicky Romero (NL), Nicole Moudaber (GB), Nina Kraviz (RU), Noisia (NL), Oliver Heldens (NL), Paco Osuna (ES), Palms Trax (DE), Paul Oakenfold (GB), Ricardo Villalobos (CL), Richie Hawtin (CA), ROD (NL), Roger Sanchez (US), Romare (GB), Rødhåd (DE), Sandrien (NL), Secret Cinema (NL), Seth Troxler (US), Showtek (NL), Sjamsoedin (NL), Solomun (DE), Soul Clap (US), Squarepusher (GB), Stimming (DE), Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano (NL), Surgeon (GB), The Black Madonna (US), The Gaslamp Killer (US), The Martinez Brothers (US), Todd Terry (US), Tom Trago (NL), Torus (NL), Weval (NL), Yellow Claw (NL)
For the full program click here: a-d-e.nl/artists/
About the Amsterdam Dance Event
Over the last 20 years ADE has become the leading platform for the international dance scene. It is the place ‘par excellence’ to identify the latest business practices and the freshest musical trends, ranging from emerging talents through to the most recent work of electronic music’s pioneers and superstars.
For more information about ADE: www.a-d-e.nl
The Amsterdam Dance Event takes place this year from the 14th to the 18th of October and is organised by the Stichting Amsterdam Dance Event, an initiative of Buma. Official Partners of ADE: KPN and Samsung
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International Radio Festival 6th Edition Success
The 6th edition of the IRF topped all previous editions, in content, guests, listener reach, social media stats, and conference speakers.
Taking place from 14th to the 30th August 2015, the 6th edition of the International Radio Festival (IRF) once again united radio stations from around the world and showcased some of the best music programmes and formats available today, broadcasting them LIVE ON-AIR on FM across Zurich, DAB+ across Switzerland, online around the world, and on the participating guest radio stations back home. See photos from the event here: www.flickr.com/photos/internationalradiofestival/
Says festival director Darryl von Daniken “It’s been another 14 days of incredible music radio content, amazing global radio stations, leading radio personalities, ideas and visions and all summoned up, only further confirms the need for an annual platform where the worlds of radio and music meet, knowledge share, make friends and celebrate the ultimate live medium, music radio.”
IRF 2015 in Numbers
1 Annual Event
2nd Collection of International Radio Faces
4 IRF Speakers
5 MINI’s
6th Edition
14 days
21 Countries
28 Radio Stations
65 Radio Faces
98 Radio VIP’s
200 Dunny’s (thank you Swatch)
336 Hours of On-Air Showcases
450 Conference Delegates
100+ million listener reach
…Only at the world’s first (and only) On-Air Festival and Radio Content Conference
IRF “On Air” Program
Broadcasting live from the Hotel FourPoints by Sheraton Sihlcity Zurich with 336 Hours of On-Air programming. Listen to the shows on Mixcloud here; www.mixcloud.com/IRF
Radio stations and events broadcasting from the festival included:
Nogoum Radio, Cairo, Egypt
Red Light Radio, Amsterdam, for the IRF Online Radio Awards
Rete 3, Lugano, Switzerland
KissFM, Melbourne, Australia
RAI 2, Italy
InterFM, Tokyo, Japan
Carly Wilford, United Kingdom
Richard Dorfmeister
Love Radio, Shanghai, China
SwissInfo Radio
RAI 3, Italy
Chiara Luzzana, Radio Swatch
SRF1 Zambo Radio, Switzerland
Evelinn Trouble
BBC Radio ONE, United Kingdom
Radio IFM, Tunisia
BigFM, Mumbai, India
Radio Fiume Ticino, Switzerland
Soho Radio, London, United Kingdom
WUML, Massachusetts, USA
Len Sander
Hoxton FM, London, United Kingdom
Backstage Radio, Switzerland
Pride Radio, USA
Radio Ibiza Sonica, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tony Prince, Radio Caroline, Radio Pirate
WSPN, College Radio, Skidmore, USA
Mi-Soul Radio, London, United Kingdom
Tangsuan Radio, Beijing, China
GRRIF Radio, Delemont, Switzerland
Info on all shows here: www.internationalradiofest.com/event/irf-2015-zurich
IRF B2B Forum
The IRF Conference & B2B Forum 2015 brought together national and international radio and music industry professionals to deliberate and discuss new developments, chances and challenges music radio faces today. This years highlights included keynotes from Mark Ramsey, Audio Strategist, Samantha Moy, BBC 6 Music and Speed Dating Match Making sessions. www.internationalradiofest.com/conference-b2b-forum/
IRF Competition Winners
As well as the showcasing radio stations from around the world, the IRF is also ran several competitions worldwide to find the best radio talent to broadcast their music radio show ‘live on air’ at the event.
4th ‘Sound of India’ Contest
For the fourth annual ‘Sound of India’ contest the IRF has once again teamed up with the Radioandmusic.com, Mixcloud and Switzerland Tourism to zoom in on an Indian FM Radio Show and Radio Jockey who will represent Indian radio. This year’s winner is Siddharth Misra of 92.7 Big FM from Srinagar and Jammu in northern India state Kashmir. The private owned station has several branches all over the second-most populous country in the world and covers 45 cities with it’s programme (tagline: “Suno Sunao, Life Banao”). Since summer 2008 Big FM, India’s largest Radio network can also be received abroad, in Singapore and Bhutan. More info here: http://www.internationalradiofest.com/sound-of-india/
4th North America Campus Radio Contest Winner
The IRF also continued to celebrate the talent from US College radio and congratulations to Nick Canovas of WUML for winning this year’s competition! His show, Time In The Study, which he hosts under the guise of DJ Dad, stood out from the competition and won him this title. His show focuses on ‘local and worldly underground indie music’ interspersed with a healthy dose of self-proclaimed dad jokes. More info here: www.internationalradiofest.com/irf15-WUML-campus-radio-contest-winner/
2nd IRF & Mixcloud ORA (Online Radio Awards)
After the successful launch of the Online Radio Awards in 2014 the International Radio festival have once again joined forces with MIxcloud to recognize the outstanding curatorship, production and creative talent within the online radio industry. Over 5,000 radio makers and listeners nominated shows for the categories of Best Online Radio Station, Best Online Music Show and Best Online Talk Show, with 24 sub-categories spanning a range of genres and territories. The 130 shortlisted nominations were whittled down to the 24 winners by a panel of industry judges that include programme makers and executives from LA’s KCRW, SXSW, 7digital, Mixcloud and last year’s winner NTS Radio. The three biggest winners of the day are Red Light Radio for Best Online Radio Station, The Selector for Best Online Music Show, and Serial Podcast for Best Online Talk Radio Show. Info on all the winners here: www.internationalradiofest.com/ora-2015/
About the International Radio Festival (IRF)
Founded in 2010, the IRF is a Zurich-based organization, being the FIRST and ONLY international radio festival of its kind, celebrating the world's most consumed medium -- Music Radio. A must-attend event, the IRF brings together Music Radio Anchors, Radio Programming Heads, Record Labels, Music Managers & Agents, Lifestyle Brands/Services and their Marketing & Advertising Agencies, Media Professionals and Educational Establishments. The IRF is the key place where the Music Radio world comes together to celebrate the curators and decision makers of music radio content, to deliberate and collaborate, to network and to discover trends about their Industry. The IRF was as a finalist in the 2011 British Swiss Business Awards, and invited by the Swiss Federal Government to be part of their presence during the 2012 London Olympic Games - they will also be at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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