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Tech Toyz is a weekly show on personal technology that airs on CNBC-TV18 and CNN-IBN. The show draws its content from Network 18's tech partners in the web and print verticals - Tech2.com, Chip, AV Max, Better Photography, and T3.

The show is anchored by Suresh Venkat, an inveterate gizmo shopaholic, and Ankit Vengurlekar, an uncompromising technoholic, and the reporters include Taapsi Ramchandani and Shruti Rajkumar. High on entertainment quotient and pleasantly low on geeky jargon, the show offers a mercilessly candid review of gizmos and gadgets and gives a succinct verdict on whether the technology is worth the consumers money. The outrageous humor and the bizzare choice of locations sets the show apart from other shows of the same genre. Anchoring irreverently out of pubs, bars, rundown mills, beauty salons, and swimming pools, the show exudes attitude and flamboyance.

Online
All shows of the current season of Tech Toyz are available as complete episodes on TV18's official website www.moneycontrol.com and on the popular video site www.youtube.com. The gadget reviews and other snippets from the show are also available for viewing on www.tech2.com.

The DVDs of the episodes are bundled with every monthly issue of CHIP magazine, a respected name in the world of technology in print. The content of the show can also be accessed on the WAP sites: m.moneycontrol.com and m.tech2.com.

About the anchors
Suresh Venkat is Executive Producer with CNBC TV18. Prior to this, he was Programming Head with Radio City in Bangalore and anchored a hugely popular Saturday program 'Brunch With The Boss'.

Ankit Vengurlekar is a tech guru in TV18 and also the Anchor and Producer of 'Tech Guru', a consumer tech show on CNBC Awaaz, Network 18’s Hindi Business News Channel.

Critical Acclaim
The election special of Tech Toyz featured an analysis of the websites of the major political parties which received unusual attention from the Bhartiya Janata Party during their election campaign in 2009.