Mumbai: NDTV Profit is pleased to announce a FRESH start to your day with new programming and technology. Fast-paced updates, minute to minute analysis of market moves, fierce debates and commentary bring a new and exciting look to the channel.

A MAJOR NEW SHOW: Brokers? Poll - In which every day we survey about 50 brokers and ask them their views on 50 stocks. The opinions in concrete Buy, Sell or Hold decision are shown for stock market investors to take an informed decision on their daily market trades. This format is a very first on TV in the country.

The NEW programming will include:

7:00 - 7:30 am: Global Update with Ashutosh Sharma is a fast-paced update of what happened across global markets and their relevance for India.

7:30 - 8:00 am: Speed News presented by Bianca Ghose in news video format and crisp commentary covering business, political, sports and entertainment news.

8:00 - 8:50 am: Brokers? Poll with Prashant Nair, Devina Menon and Shakti Patra, covering 50 stocks in 50 minutes with Buy, Sell or Invest calls.

8:50 - 9:30 am: Opening Fire where presenters Prashant Nair and Devina Menon moderate fiery debates with Economist Dr Surjit Bhalla and opponent guests. This show will report on the market moves as well as debate the market in relation to the bigger picture. Everyday a different opponent takes on and debates what?s happening against Dr Surjit Bhalla.

9:30 - 10:00 am: Opening Moves - Prashant Nair, Devina Menon and Shakti Patra look at all the smart market moves in the first trading hour.

10:00 - 10:30 am: Brokers? Poll analyses the Top 10 Picks with clear Buy, Sell or Invest calls.

10:30 - 11:00 am: Profit Fundamentals ? Resident Editor Ira Dugal sums up currency, bond and stock markets in a 30 minute compact show.

11:00 - 11:30 am: Buy or Sell with Ashutosh Sharma and Bianca Ghose remains one of the channel?s most popular programmes that continue to bring experts? advice on viewer stock related questions.

11:30 - 12:00 noon: Market Check is all about what?s currently happening in markets - from sectoral/ indexes, to industry-wise indexes, to companies.

12:00 - 12:30 pm: Breaking Views with Devina Menon and a well - known expert arm you with trading strategies for the derivatives market.

12:30 - 1:00 pm: The Big Picture presented by Prashant Nair - A show which talks about the underlying/emerging themes. The focus will be identifying opportunities for investors with market participants, economists and corporate leaders

For more information, please contact:

NDTV

Manisha Natarajan

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E-mail: manishan@ndtv.com

PR Pundit

Parul Suri / Siddhart Bijpuria / Hetal Shah

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New Delhi: Teamwork Communication Solutions, one of the leading Public Relations consultancy headquartered in New Delhi, has been conferred with prestigious Business and Service Excellence Award for Best PR Agency in Healthcare sector.

The Business and Service Excellence Awards, instituted by Brands Academy, recognizes North India?s leading service organizations and professionals, who have displayed exemplary excellence in their respective fields.

Teamwork Managing Director Mr. Kamal Narayan Omer received the award from Dr. Shashi Tharoor, former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and renowned author, human rights activist and a Member of Parliament in the award ceremony recently held at Gurgaon.

?With its innovative campaigning modules and sound understanding of complicated healthcare issues, Teamwork has created a niche in the Healthcare communication in a short span of time,? Omer said accepting the prestigious award.

?The agency handles several communication campaigns covering almost all major issues related to health and wellness. We are really honored to get this recognition. This is the result of our sincere service commitment to our clients. This award will certainly motivate us to take our services to even greater levels,? he added.

The awards were based on a comprehensive market research study and opinion surveys conducted by BIG Brands Research, one of the top market research agencies in India.

Teamwork Communication, an integrated brand promotion firm designs healthcare communications campaigns that are ?creative, compelling, and human?. The company has previously handled major campaigns for, World Alzheimer?s Day, National Cerebral Palsy Day, International day of persons with disabilities and campaign against Breast Cancer and female feticide amongst others.

The company is service provider to various healthcare organizations such as Allergan Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd., India Medtronic, Sandor, Zimmer India, Cipla and hospitals among several other corporate houses.

Mumbai:Reliance Home Video & Games has released Steven Soderbergh‘s Contagion, releasing on Blu-ray and DVD.

Featuring an ensemble cast of Academy Award winners and nominees, this critically acclaimed thriller tells the story of the infectious paranoia and fear that accompany the spread of a lethal virus.

Contagion brings together a stellar international ensemble cast featuring Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard, Oscar winner Matt Damon, Academy Award nominee Laurence Fishburne, Academy Award nominee Jude Law, Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Oscar winner Kate Winslet.

Contagion is considered as one of the best movie made to date, about an epidemic. The film is enthralling, even as the tale becomes more and more dire, with scores of millions dead and societal upheaval imminent. The circumstances depicted in Contagion are terrifying, but the power with which the film is made blends the horror, as only the best art can, with beauty.

MUMBAI: In order to celebrate the birthday of Javed Akhtar, B4U Music has created two special slots of his most popular songs in its programme Bajao.

Javed Akhtar father of famous actor producer Farhan Akthar is one of the best lyricist poet and script writer of Bollywood . Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed.

Akhtar was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999 and received the Padma Bhushan in 2007. He has also won the Filmfare Award fourteen times, seven times for best script and another seven times for best lyrics.

Among the notable songs of Akhtar are those from 1942 A love story , Jodhaa Akbar and Lagaan.

The programme of Javed?s popular songs would be telecast between 2.30pm to 3.30pm and 4pm to 5pm today.

Mumbai: Morellato, a leading Italian watch brand, announces the launch of ?PLAYERS? range of elegant & timeless watches. The ?PLAYERS? collection includes chronograph timepieces made with extraordinary design precision; bold shapes in mineral glass and stainless steel rose complimented by pure leather straps which add a dash of character to your wrist and panache to your wardrobe.

The brand?s Italian lineage assures a range of technologically advanced and innovative time pieces crafted with extreme care by a team of skilled artisans. After undergoing rigorous quality control measures and checks, each Morelatto time piece has a stamp of class, quality and elegance.

Morellato watches is exclusively distributed in India by Gitanjali Lifestyle, the luxury & retail arm of The Gitanjali Group.

So step into the nearest BEZEL store and own a timepiece to keep up with the fast paced times of today!

BEZEL houses exclusive time wear by international brands including Morellato, Sector, Chronotech, Roberto Cavalli, Givenchy, Philip Watches, Just Cavalli, Marvin, IRIS, Chronotech, Gianfranco Ferre, St Honore & Aqua Marin.

Mumbai: BloombergUTV, India?s premier business channel and Autocar India today presented the ?The BloombergUTV Autocar India Awards 2012? presented by HDFC Bank at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai. The awards based on the theme ?Evolution is Simple. Survival of the Fittest?, saw a fierce competition amongst the most reputed names in the auto sector. A total of 24 awards were given away across the two and four wheeler segments.

A Jury Panel comprising of experts like Hormazd Sorabjee, Shapur Kotwal, Renuka Kirpalani, Narain Karthikeyan, Manvendra Singh, Rishad Cooper, Karthikeya Singhee, Dilip Roger, Rajeev Khanna, Colvyn Harris, Mahesh Chauhan and Malvika Mehra selected the winners from the top contenders in each category. The list of award winners is annexed along with.

Maruti Suzuki Swift bagged the Car of the Year (Jury Choice) and Best Compact Car of the Year awards while the Mahindra XUV500 bagged three awards viz., ?Viewers? Choice Car of the Year Award?, ?Best Value-for-Money Car? and ?SUV of the Year?. The Volkswagen Passat won the ?Green Car of the Year? Award.

Honda CBR250R walked away with dual honours winning both the ?Bike of the Year? as well as the ?Viewers? Choice Bike of the Year Award?.

Mr. Pawan Goenka, President ? Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors at Mahindra & Mahindra was awarded the ?Man of the Year? award for his contribution towards the automotive industry.

Mr. Deepak Lamba, Business Head ? BloombergUTV, while congratulating all the winners, said, ?As a business channel that gives viewers a clean and clear understanding of various industries, we have been closely associated with the Indian automotive sector. We have a dedicated team that tracks, analyses and de-mystifies the automotive sector for the viewers throughout the year. The BloombergUTV Autocar India Awards, held towards the end of the fiscal year, are a culmination of the team?s year-long effort and also helps us maintain a close relationship with the sector, and celebrate their success. Over the last three years we have seen it grow in stature, popularity and prominence and are looking forward to some more exciting and award winning work next year."

Noted Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh graced the Awards Ceremony hosted by Mini Menon, Executive Editor ? BloombergUTV and Renuka Kirpalani, Editor of The Autocar India Show on BloombergUTV. The evening was well-attended with industry stalwarts coming together to applaud the achievements of their peers.

The BloombergUTV Autocar India Awards 2012 was presented by HDFC Bank and powered by Tata AIG Insurance. KPMG were the Knowledge Partners and GLADE Auto Sport Car Perfume was the Car Style Partners.

The awards function will be telecast exclusively on BloombergUTV on 14 th Jan at 11.30 am and 15 th Jan at 10.00 pm?..don?t miss the ride