Shopping channel
Encyclopedia
Shopping channels are television
specialty channel
s that present shopping
related content, particularly for home shopping
enthusiasts.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
s that present shopping
Shopping
Shopping is the examining of goods or services from retailers with the intent to purchase at that time. Shopping is an activity of selection and/or purchase. In some contexts it is considered a leisure activity as well as an economic one....
related content, particularly for home shopping
Home shopping
Home shopping commonly refers to the electronic retailing/home shopping channels industry, which includes such billion dollar television-based and e-commerce companies as HSN, QVC, eBay, ShopNBC, Buy.com, and Amazon.com, as well as traditional mail order and brick and mortar retailers as Hammacher...
enthusiasts.
USA
- America's StoreAmerica's StoreAmerica's Store was a US shopping television network. It was the spin-off channel to the Home Shopping Network . On April 3, 2007, America's Store ceased broadcasting permanently....
- Home Shopping NetworkHome Shopping NetworkHome Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...
- Jewelry TelevisionJewelry TelevisionJewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
- QVCQVCQVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...
- Shop at Home NetworkShop at Home NetworkThe Shop at Home Network was a television network in the United States Before its acquisition by Jewelry Television in 2006, The E. W. Scripps Company owned and operated the network from 2002 until 2006, when the network temporarily ceased operations on June 21...
- ShopNBCShopNBCShopNBC is an American broadcast and cable home shopping network, owned and operated by ValueVision Media, which is in turn 30% owned by GE Equity and NBC Universal...
- The Jewelry ChannelThe Jewelry ChannelThe Jewelry Channel was an American home shopping channel that specialized in the sale of jewelry, in the manner of a reverse auction format. Based in Austin, Texas, the channel initially began broadcasting on DirecTV, soon adding Dish Network and small- to medium-sized cable markets...
- America's Auction NetworkAmerica's Auction NetworkAmerica's Auction Network is an American shopping channel specializing in over-the-air auctionsBlocks of airtime are hosted by auctioneers who sell most goods through both standard and "dutch" auctions. Some items are sold at flat prices ; lower priced items are also sold through a silent...
United Kingdom
- bid tvBid tvBid is a British television shopping channel based in the UK, that runs daily live reversed auctions. It was the first channel of its kind in the world. The channel first launched as Bid-Up.tv. The channel is owned by Bid Shopping.-Bid-Up.TV :...
- Create and CraftIdeal WorldIdeal World is a shopping channel in the UK whose sister shopping channels include Create and Craft, Ideal Extra and Ideal & More. It is owned by Ideal Shopping Direct Plc. Their sister health and beauty channel, Vitality, closed early in 2008...
- Gems TVGems TVGems TV was a jewellery manufacturer and reverse auction TV shopping network headquartered in Chanthaburi, Thailand. It began its operations in October 2004 in the UK, and then expanded to Germany, America, Japan and China...
- Ideal WorldIdeal WorldIdeal World is a shopping channel in the UK whose sister shopping channels include Create and Craft, Ideal Extra and Ideal & More. It is owned by Ideal Shopping Direct Plc. Their sister health and beauty channel, Vitality, closed early in 2008...
- price-drop tvPrice-drop tvPrice Drop is a British television shopping channel based in the UK, that runs daily live reversed auctions. It was the first reverse auction channel of its kind in the world. The channel first launched as Price-Drop.TV. The channel is owned by Bid Shopping....
- QVC UK
- JML Direct TVJML Direct TVJML Direct TV is a generic name for a series of British shopping channels broadcasting on the Sky, Freesat and Freeview platforms, owned by JML Direct Limited.JML Direct TV originally launched on Sky channel 664, on 1 October 2002 as JML Direct...
- Rocks & CoRocks & CoRocks & Co. is a British falling-price auction-style home shopping channel specialising in jewellery, the primary competitors to Gems TV, Rocks TV and The Jewellery Channel. The channel currently broadcasts live from 13:00 to 23:00 daily , with the live shows replayed between 9:30-13:00 and...
- ScreenshopScreenshopScreenshop is a British digital television channel, owned by Sit-up Ltd. It is an infomercial-based shopping channel, selling a wide variety of products from TV Warehouse. On Virgin Media and Sky, the channel has a 7 hour stream of its own, and additionally it broadcasts daily 1.30am to 7.45am,...
- speed auction tvSpeed auction tvSpeed 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 Jewellery ChannelThe Jewellery ChannelThe Jewellery Channel is a British falling-price auction-style home shopping channel specialising in jewellery, the primary competitor to Gems TV. The channel launched on 4 April 2006, and currently broadcasts 24 hours a day.-Background:...
- Vector DirectVector DirectVector Direct was a direct response television company showing longform infomercials on the Freeview, Virgin Media cable service and Sky Digital platforms in the United Kingdom....
- Gems TV Extra - formerly Rocks TV
- Jewellery MakerJewellery MakerJewellery Maker is a British jewellery shopping channel. It is the first channel of its kind, to focus solely on making your own gemstone jewellery through purchasing kits and making it yourself. The presentation and format of the channel is similar to the crafting channel; Create & Craft....
- Argos TV
Former channels
- iBuyIBuyiBuy was a minor British satellite-based home shopping channel.Created & launched on the 18 April 2005, by Andy Sheldon, who was one of George Spitaliotis's senior management figures at Auction World.tv and also created their sister channel Chase-It.tv....
- Gem CollectorGem CollectorGem Collector was a short lived British reverse auction loose gemstone shopping channel. It is the first channel of its kind in the UK. The channel was available on Sky and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham...
- Auction World.tvAuction World.tvAuction World.tv was a British television channel which auctioned a variety of products by telephone bidding.The channel claimed to sell high-quality products at very low prices and promised reliable delivery, however doubt was cast over these claims after investigations reported by papers and...
- Canal ClubCanal ClubCanal Club is a 1000 capacity nightclub in Wolverhampton, England.The Canal Club is based at the old British Waterways Depot along the BCN Main Line, on Broad Street.-External links:...
- Price Busters TVPrice Busters TVPrice 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...
- TV Travel ShopTV Travel ShopTV Travel Shop was a British television channel that sold holidays.It launched in 1998, primarily on satellite and cable. In 2000, the channel launched on ONdigital, using capacity from ONrequest 2 , and broadcast 6am-12pm weekdays, and 6am-10am weekends, free to air on channel 44. Its hours were...
- Shop!
- TV WarehouseTV WarehouseTV Warehouse was an infomercial-based shopping channel brand based in the UK. The channels was owned by JML.-History:TV Warehouse first launched in November 2001 by Canis Media. A sister channel TV Warehouse Select was launched in May 2002. In May 2005, both TV Warehouse channels were sold to TV...
- Vector DirectVector DirectVector Direct was a direct response television company showing longform infomercials on the Freeview, Virgin Media cable service and Sky Digital platforms in the United Kingdom....
- Ideal VitalityIdeal WorldIdeal World is a shopping channel in the UK whose sister shopping channels include Create and Craft, Ideal Extra and Ideal & More. It is owned by Ideal Shopping Direct Plc. Their sister health and beauty channel, Vitality, closed early in 2008...