Real Estate TV gets new CEO and News Head

Mumbai: Prem Kumar Menon has taken over as the new CEO of Real Estate TV, while Anil Nair has taken over as news head. Real Estate TV is India’s first 24×7 channel dedicated to real estate and infrastructure.
 
Menon brings with him 27 years of rich media (including Asianet & Zee Network-Bharathi TV) and marketing (Hindustan Lever & PC-India) experience. He was the COO of a large media group in Chennai till recently. Nair is a seasoned business journalist from the Indian Express Group with 17 years of experience.
 
Alliance Group CMD Manoj Namburu said RETV was now poised to set up new benchmarks in the Indian electronic media. The English-language pan-India channel’s soft launch has already been received well across the country as it tracks real estate and infrastructure developments extensively.
 
Besides its hourly Realty Check news bulletins on major developments in real estate and infrastructure, RETV features a variety of programs ranging from house hunting to celebrity homes, interior décor to architecture and myths and legends and going places. Its research desk provides in-depth analysis of and status reports on important Indian and international real estate sector happenings
 
Noted media personality Sashi Kumar has put the channel together as a consultant along with Ajit Bhaskaran as its Creative Head. RETV has news bureaus with studios in Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad besides a news gathering network covering Kolkata and other cities.