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'Tune in to India': Rediff.com Launches Rediff Radio on the Net.


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MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2004

The First Online Licensed Indian Music Indian music, of India: see Hindu music.  Channel to Offer Exclusive RJ

Hosted Shows and on-Demand Music Streaming across 30 Popular Genres

Rediff.com (Nasdaq:REDF REDF Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (San Francisco Bay area, California)
REDF Real Estate Development Fund
), one of the premier worldwide online provider of news, information, communication, entertainment and shopping services for Indians, announced the launch of Rediff Radio - a subscription based online service with a free 7 day no-risk, no-obligation trial that offers the best in Indian music.

Targeted at the Indian American For American Indians, see Native Americans in the United States or Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Indian Americans are citizens of the United States who claim ancestry originating in India. The U.S.
 community in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Rediff.com has leveraged its considerable expertise in entertainment content to offer listeners a unique bouquet of exclusive shows and on-demand genre-based music on Rediff Radio.

Music enthusiasts can now enjoy a range of Indian music and shows across two channels. Channel 1 - featuring exclusively produced RJ shows everyday, and Channel 2, the non-stop music library, with around 30 popular genres to choose from. Key features include unlimited access to both the channels, a dynamic library of songs, an ad-free environment, skip and rewind re·wind  
tr.v. re·wound , re·wind·ing, re·winds
1. To wind again or anew.

2. To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film).

n.
1. The act or process of rewinding.
 features and interactive programs and requests. All the songs are licensed and regulated by the Phonographic Performers Limited and the Indian Performing Rights Performing rights are the right to perform music in public. It is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher (with the royalties generally split 50/50 between the two) when a business uses music in a public performance.  Society.

On a technology front, Rediff Radio uses a dedicated network of caching servers worldwide that are deployed at several Points of Presence in the United States to ensure fast and reliable streaming and crystal clear audio quality. This also ensures that low bandwidth connections experience good streaming quality.

"Rediff Radio is a world-class service that gives Indians worldwide an opportunity to listen to the best in Indian music," says Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Rediff.com. He further adds, "We are committed to providing our growing base of 30 million users innovative and premium products like Rediff Radio to foster the growth of our online subscription base worldwide."

Channel 1 currently provides 4 hours of exclusive content everyday featuring the latest and greatest music from India. These RJ hosted shows produced by Rediff include a variety of interesting and interactive programs - `Freeway', featuring the latest Indian music and buzz, 'Bollywood Rewind', the nostalgia show, 'Dance Bar', a compilation of the hottest dance tracks, 'Chart Masala' , the weekly Top 20 and lots more. 'Panix Station', the cricket show featuring Prem Panicker Prem Panicker is a well known Indian cricket journalist. He was one of a handful of journalists who helped found Rediff.com (Nasdaq: REDF). He was based in New York, as editor of India Abroad, the largest Indian-American newspaper, after that paper was bought by Rediff. , is exclusively available on Rediff Radio.

Channel 2 offers one of the most exhaustive banks of music on the net sorted into 30 popular categories that include Artist, Composer, Decade, Mood and more. Users can listen to genres like Indipop or Remix re·mix  
tr.v. re·mixed, re·mix·ing, re·mix·es
To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording:
, popular artists and composers like AR Rahman, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle[1] (Marathi: आशा भोंसले) (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is best known as a Bollywood playback singer, although she has a much wider repertoire.  or style and mood based themes like romantic songs or 1980s music. Additional features include fresh play-list generation for every selection, non-duplication of songs, weekly addition of new songs, skip & rewind options and ad-free music.

To make the service more interactive features like 'Request a song' and shows like 'Matchmaker' have been added.

Subscribers are offered a free 7 day no-risk trial and can opt to subscribe for both the channels for as little as $4.95 per month or $11.95 per quarter.

Rediff Radio is presently exploring opportunities to present regional music in Tamil, Telugu and a few other languages as well as add additional genres like classical and devotional de·vo·tion·al  
adj.
Of, relating to, expressive of, or used in devotion, especially of a religious nature.

n.
A short religious service.



de·vo
 music.

About Rediff.com

Rediff.com (Nasdaq REDF) is one of the premier worldwide online provider of news, information, communication, entertainment and shopping services for Indians.

Known for being one of the first with news and providing accurate and trustworthy information, Rediff.com provides an ideal platform for Indians worldwide to connect with one another online fast. Rediff.com is committed to offering a personalized and a secure surfing and shopping environment.

Rediff.com additionally offers the Indian American community one of the oldest and largest Indian weekly newspaper, India Abroad India Abroad is a weekly newspaper published from New York City, which focuses on Indian news meant for an Non-Resident Indian and expatriate audience. It is owned by Rediff.com. It is also known for having an annual winner called the India Abroad Person of the Year. .

Founded in 1996, Rediff.com is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River.  and New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, USA.

Safe Harbour

Except for historical information and discussions contained herein, statements included in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements." These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that may be projected by these forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the slowdown in the US and Indian economies and in the sectors in which our clients are based, the slowdown in the internet and IT sectors world-wide, competition, success of our past and future acquisitions, attracting, recruiting and retaining highly skilled employees, technology, legal and regulatory policy, managing risks associated with customer products, the wide spread acceptance of the internet as well as other risks detailed in the reports filed by Rediff.com India Limited with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Rediff.com India Limited and it's subsidiaries may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. Rediff.com India Limited does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.
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