Music and Youth
SpeedCast forges relationship with Radio Free Virgin
Music lovers all over the world can reap the benefits of the world’s largest listening post with Hong Kong based SpeedCast’s proposed alliance with Radio Free Virgin, a leading digital broadcasting company.
Speedcast is a leading broadband enabler of satellite based services, which aims to become the leading broadband Internet and multimedia service provider with three satellite-enabled broadband services SpeedCast Broadband, SpeedCast Multimedia and SpeedCast Broadcast.
Radio Free Virgin will be available on SpeedCast’s NetTV which started last week. It brings the listener music through digital distribution, both on and off the desktop. The company’s state-of-the-art, CD-quality streaming audio will be used by Internet Service Providers in Asia and the Middle East. They will distribute Radio Free Virgin’s premier music content and CD-quality stations.
The Los Angeles based company’s music channels represent a combination of well-known brands, as well as original Radio Free Virgin programming. The music is a mix of pop, hip-hop, funk, reggae, jazz and rock.
Speedcast hopes to connect with music buffs who want to keep themselves updated with happenings on the international music scene. Radio Free Virgin claims to offer unique programming that can’t be found on traditional radio. The company hopes the new relationship will help it penetrate the Asian markets. Speedcast’s NetTV delivers streaming multimedia video and audio content to the edge of the Internet, thus avoiding the problem of traffic getting blocked on the internet.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
