- Real Estate TV
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name = Real Estate TV
logofile = Realestatetv.png
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launch = October 2004
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web = [http://www.realestatetv.tv/home/ realestatetv.tv]
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital "UK "
sat chan 1 = Channel 262
Channel 263 (+1)|Real Estate TV, also known as RETV, is an award winning
UK based television channel and multi-media company that forms part ofNews Corporation ’sFox International Channels ’ network.As a
simulcast company, RETV is the UK’s only dedicated property television channel, and it successfully bridges the divide between traditional television transmission and new media, online, on demand broadcasting.Launched in October 2004 on the
British Sky Broadcasting platform, Real Estate TV is now available on Sky Channels 262 and 263, on demand on Virgin TV and at www.realestatetv.tv [cite website
title = Real Estate TV Homepage
publisher = Real Estate TV
date =2008-04-16
url = http://www.realestatetv.tv/home/
accessdate = 2008-04-16]The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day on Sky Channel 262 and has a +1 service available on Sky Channel 263. RETV broadcasts to over 21 million adult viewers in the UK and Ireland, and to millions more across Europe. The company is based at FIC’s studios at Shepherd’s Bush in London and Real Estate TV is a member of the Association of International Property Professionals. [cite website
title = Association of International Property Professionals Real Estate TV Entry
publisher = AIPP
date =2008-04-16
url = http://www.aipp.org.uk/aipp_members/real_estate_tv_ltd/193/member.html
accessdate = 2008-04-16]Steve Dawkins, Managing Director of the company continues to lead Real Estate TV today despite the January 2008 controlling stake purchase by
Fox International Channels (FIC) [cite website
title = Fox International Channels acquires stake in Real Estate TV (UK)
publisher = Amsterdam RE
date =2008-01-09
url = http://www.amsterdam-re.com/system/main.php?pageid=2476&articleid=10361
accessdate = 2008-04-16]Programming includes the transmission of quality, entertaining property programs from the UK and around the world, as well as RETV commissioned series such as ‘Next Big Thing.’
‘Next Big Thing’ specifically focuses on global emerging property markets of interest and financial potential to the channel’s viewers.
Online on its own dedicated website, RETV offers streaming video, a property finder service, international real estate news and value added viewer services such as currency exchange, insurance and international mortgages.
RETV also offers free-to-view video content via
Tiscali ,Blinx , Jalipo andBT Vision . It was as a result of the RETV online expansion and development that in 2006 the channel won the ‘Best Use of Broadband’ award at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards and RETV also won the OPP Special Innovation Award in 2007 [cite website
title = OPP Industry Award Winners 2007
publisher = Overseas Property Professional
date =2007-12-03
url = http://www.opplive.org.uk/page.cfm/Link=328/t=m/goSection=7
accessdate = 2008-04-16]As an advertisement platform for property professionals, Real Estate TV allows brand owners to target property-focused consumers through spot advertising, sponsorship, or advertiser funded programming. Tailor-made, long-form advertisements can be produced by the RETV creative team as well, offering developers, agents and property professionals the opportunity to showcase their properties or services in a measurable way to secure leads for example.
List of RETV Programmes
Buyer's Guide To Florida,Buyer's Guide to Spain,FOCUS Calabria,FOCUS Costa de la Luz,FOCUS Rhodes,FOCUS Romania,FOCUS SW France,FOCUS Ski Bulgaria,FOCUS Slovakia,Home For The Future,House Hunters International,Living in Algarve,Living in Andalucia,Living in Bristol,Living in Costa Blanca,Living in Costa de Almeria,Living in Costa del Sol,Living in Cyprus,Living in Docklands,Living in French Riviera,Living in Liverpool,Living in Manchester,Living in Miami,Living in Orlando,Living in Southern Italy,Location, Location Amazing Homes,Next Big Thing - Ajman & Ras Al Khaimah,Next Big Thing - Costa Vista & Marrakech,Next Big Thing - Cape Verde,Next Big Thing - Caribbean,Next Big Thing - Costa De La Luz,Next Big Thing - Dubai,Next Big Thing - Morocco,Next Big Thing - Murcia,Next Big Thing - Tennessee,Next Big Thing - Turkey,Property Matters,World’s Most Extreme Homes.
RETV On-Air Personalities
David Dominey,Deborah Hutton, Jo Sinnott,
Kevin Kennedy ,Melissa Porter,Ruth England,Scott Huggins,Suzanne Whang.References
External links
* [http://www.realestatetv.tv/home/ Real Estate TV Homepage]
* [http://www.realestateshot.com/ Real Estate Shot - FREE Video listings]
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