Shopping channel
Shopping channels are television specialty channels targeted towards home shoppers consumers by broadcasting product demonstrations or explanations. Many of the major shopping channels broadcast live 24/7, such as QVC and HSN. The format of the show is usually a host with a guest/product expert. The home shopping industry has grown quickly in a short period of time thanks to the rapid expansion of the Internet.
Direct response television (infomercials) is another sector of the home shopping business and does not operate solely on shopping channels. Many major shopping channels disassociate themselves from direct response television, as there is a negative stigma associated with infomercials. Earlier infomercials lacked a stable industry and sufficient product quality control.
Sales Per Minute (SPM) is a key figure used to decide how successful a product is when receiving airtime on TV.
Home shopping pioneers
- Bob Circosta
- Barry Diller
- Bud Paxson
- Joseph Segel
- Will Dokpesi
Home shopping channels
USA
- Free-to-Air - Terrestrial/unicast
- QVC (Liberty Interactive)
- Home Shopping Network (HSN, Inc.)
- ShopHQ (ValueVision Media)
- Pay TV only
- America's Auction Network (Jeremiahs International)
- Liquidation Channel (The Jewelry Channel, Inc.)
- Jewelry Television (Multimedia Commerce Group Inc.)
Canada
- Pay TV only
Nigeria
- Free to Air-Satellite
- MoneyMart TV (24hours) (INNOVATIVE STRATEGY INTL LTD)
- MoneyMart TV (AIT Network)
- Pay TV only
- MONEYMART TV (Innovative Strategy Intl LTD)
Australia
- Free to Air - Terrestrial
- Free to Air - Terrestrial Metropolitan
- Spree TV (Ten Network Holdings)
- Extra (Nine Entertainment Co.)
- Extra 2 (5 hour delay of Extra)
- Free to Air - Terrestrial Regional
- Free-to-Air - Satellite
New Zealand
- Free to Air - Terrestrial
- Free to Air - Terrestrial Metropolitan
- TVSN (Direct Group Pty Ltd)
- YesShop (NZ Computer Sales)
United Kingdom
- Create and Craft
- Gems TV
- Ideal World
- The Jewellery Channel
- Jewellery Maker
- JML Direct TV
- QVC
- Rocks & Co
Russia
- TTS
- Domashniy magazin
- Stil i Moda
- Shopping Live (HSE24 Group)
Italy
South Korea
- GS Home Shopping
- CJ Home Shopping
- NS Home Shopping
- Lotte Home Shopping
- Hyundai Home Shopping
- Home & Shopping
India
- DEN Snapdeal TV Shop
- next.co.in / PlanetM
- HomeShop 18
- STAR CJ Alive
Mexico
Brazil
Philippines
Malaysia
- Go Shop (Launched on November 3, 2014) (Go Shop official website)
Other countries
- TV SHOP (Europe)
- European Home Shopping
- La Tienda en Casa (Spain)
Middle East and North Africa - CitrussTV
Former channels
- America's Store
- The Jewelry Channel
- Shop at Home Network
- iBuy
- Gem Collector
- Auction World.tv
- Canal Club
- Price Busters TV
- TV Travel Shop
- Shop!
- ShopTV Canada (Torstar Media Group Television)
- TV Warehouse
- Vector Direct
- Ideal Vitality
- Fresh Ideas TV (Seven West Media)