Price Busters TV
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Price Busters TV was an unsuccessful shopping channel
in United Kingdom
launched by entrepreneur Mark Klein in July 2006. It was based in Bulwell
, Nottingham
. At launch the channel broadcast live daily from 4 pm through until midnight. When Price Busters TV was not broadcasting live it repeated the previous evening's live output in whole from midnight through until 8 am, and again from 8 am through until 4 pm.
Towards the end of its life the channel broadcast mainly repeats and was only live three days a week. A winding up order was made against the company on 2 April 2007, after it had ceased broadcasting. At the time there were about 1500 orders packaged paid for, but undelivered due to a dispute with the courier.
Originally, Price Busters TV was only available via the Sky Digital
platform on channel 681. However, on 20 October 2006, it followed the example of other shopping channels in the United Kingdom
and commenced live online video streaming through its website.
Price Busters TV ceased broadcasting on February 22, 2007.
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The presenters at launch were:
Julia Binns,
Tina Harris,
Martin Killick,
Beki Mahon,
Simon Liddicott,
Janice Phillips,
Ruth Terry,
Mark Tunstall, and
Lou Webb
Following the launch and disappointing sales, Price Busters TV began restructuring. This resulted in redundancies including Julia Binns and Simon Liddicott. A few months later Beki Mahon, and Hannah Patterson also parted company with Price Busters TV. In January 2007 it was announced that Price Busters released Ruth Terry, while Lou Webb handed her notice in.
This left Price Busters TV with a team of four presenters. Two pairs of presenters would appear on the channel daily. Each presenter spent no more than five minutes on-screen talking about a particular product.
Shopping channel
Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts.-USA:* America's Store* Home Shopping Network* Jewelry Television* QVC* Shop at Home Network* ShopNBC...
in United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
launched by entrepreneur Mark Klein in July 2006. It was based in Bulwell
Bulwell
Bulwell is an English market town approximately northwest of Nottingham city centre, on the northern edge of the city. The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed there were almost 30,000 people living in the Bulwell area, accounting for over 10% of the population of the city of Nottingham.-Early...
, Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
. At launch the channel broadcast live daily from 4 pm through until midnight. When Price Busters TV was not broadcasting live it repeated the previous evening's live output in whole from midnight through until 8 am, and again from 8 am through until 4 pm.
Towards the end of its life the channel broadcast mainly repeats and was only live three days a week. A winding up order was made against the company on 2 April 2007, after it had ceased broadcasting. At the time there were about 1500 orders packaged paid for, but undelivered due to a dispute with the courier.
Originally, Price Busters TV was only available via the Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
platform on channel 681. However, on 20 October 2006, it followed the example of other shopping channels in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and commenced live online video streaming through its website.
Price Busters TV ceased broadcasting on February 22, 2007.
Presenters
At launch Price Busters TV had nine presenters, and shortly thereafter were joined by Hannah Patterson from speed auction tvSpeed auction tv
Speed Auction is a British television shopping channel, based in the UK that runs daily live reversed auctions. The channel is owned by Bid Shopping....
.
The presenters at launch were:
Julia Binns,
Tina Harris,
Martin Killick,
Beki Mahon,
Simon Liddicott,
Janice Phillips,
Ruth Terry,
Mark Tunstall, and
Lou Webb
Following the launch and disappointing sales, Price Busters TV began restructuring. This resulted in redundancies including Julia Binns and Simon Liddicott. A few months later Beki Mahon, and Hannah Patterson also parted company with Price Busters TV. In January 2007 it was announced that Price Busters released Ruth Terry, while Lou Webb handed her notice in.
This left Price Busters TV with a team of four presenters. Two pairs of presenters would appear on the channel daily. Each presenter spent no more than five minutes on-screen talking about a particular product.
New channel
When Price Busters TV launched, it operated on channel 681, but as of January 2007 it moved to channel 638 on the Sky EPG, making way for Price Busters TV 2 on channel 681. Price Busters TV 2 consisted solely of pre-recorded output.External links
- The End of the road for Pricebusters? Shoppingtelly.com news report