Here's why old VHS cassettes of 'Rocky', 'Ghostbuster's, 'Back To The Future' are fetching thousands of dollarsNostalgia is a hell of a drug. This has led to lot of VHS cassettes of films like 'Rocky', and 'Blade Runner' selling like hot cakes.
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Pele dies at 82: Indian cinema & sports fraternity bow to football's king in tributeThe demise of the Brazilian football legend has come as sad news for the entire world.
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Nostalgia meets money: VHS tapes are the new kid on the collectibles market blockIn June, a 'Back to the Future' videocassette fetched $75K, and 'The Goonies' sold for $50K.
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The show goes on! PVR re-launches ‘family’ theatre Priya in Delhi; Sanjeev Bijli says disruptor OTT can coexist with cinemaThe movie chain remains unfazed, CEO says that the only competition is 5-star hotels.
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Hypocritical and impractical: With porn ban, government has flaunted its control freak instinctsThe level of sexual frustration amongst Indian men is enormous, partly because our so-called Indian culture denies natural instinct and for...
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Tiger Woods gets back in the swing of thingsTiger Woods's new coach wants to recapture the swing he used before he won the first of his 14 major tournament titles.
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India is a very important market for Hollywood movies: Frank Rittman, MPAAHollywood studios fear that piracy will get a leg up if India’s digital revolution were to ignore measures to protect technology.
26 Oct, 2014, 04.50 AM IST
Esha Media Research: How R S Iyer made it into a Rs 22 crore news monitoring agencyDespite no entrepreneurial leanings, R S Iyer ventured into an unknown field, and has spun Esha Media Research into India's leading news mo...
28 Oct, 2013, 09.18 AM IST
GAAR as positioned by Finance Minister sounds like music playing backwardsA visit to any music concert will tell you why GoI's tax avoidance rules are hitting such sour notes with investors and entrepreneurs.
29 Apr, 2012, 03.39 AM IST
- Green at the heart of Panasonic's bid for Sanyo
Panasonic Corp's plans to take over rival Sanyo Electric Co. would create the world's second-largest electronics maker.
17 Nov, 2008, 09.19 PM IST
- Toshiba concedes defeat to Sony in DVD format war
Toshiba concedes defeat to Sony in a long-running DVD format war, ending consumer confusion but leaving about one million people with expen...
19 Feb, 2008, 08.24 PM IST
- Blu-ray set to be DVD standard after Toshiba white flag
Sony's Blu-ray looks set to become the standard for high-definition DVDs after Toshiba signalled on Monday that it may give up in a long-ru...
18 Feb, 2008, 02.16 PM IST
- Toshiba's HD DVD backers reeling as Blu-Ray marches ahead
Warner Bros pulled out of an alliance with HD DVD camp announcing that it would distribute DVDs exclusively in Sony's Blu-Ray format. Women...
07 Jan, 2008, 10.29 AM IST
- Bollywood re-enters Russian homes
After remaining out of the silver screens for years, the Bollywood has now re-entered into the Russian homes since the launch of India TV c...
26 Sep, 2007, 07.14 AM IST
- Porn may be the key to next-gen DVD war
In the battle of next-gen DVDs, pornography may prove to be the XXX factor that helps determine a winner.
09 Apr, 2007, 01.56 AM IST
- PCs seen playing key role in HD-DVD vs Blu-ray war
PCs are emerging as a battleground in the budding war between two technologies vying to be the standard for high capacity DVDs - and take t...
07 Jun, 2006, 01.42 AM IST