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The following is a list of over-the-air affiliates of the Home Shopping Network in the United States. The network itself owns several low-power stations throughout the United States, usually under its broadcast division Ventana Television. Channel positions denoted with a 2 instead carry HSN2.
HSN, Inc. an initialism of its former name Home Shopping Network, is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Qurate Retail Group, which also owns catalog company Cornerstone Brands. It is based in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg, Florida , United States.
Shop at Home Network: Jewelry Television: March 8, 2008: Launched in 1987. Shop Television Network: J. C. Penney and Shop Television Network, Ltd. 1991: Was also known as JCPenney Television Shopping Channel. TV Car Showroom: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines ViaTV Network: RSTV Inc.
America's Store was a US shopping television network.It was the spin-off channel to the Home Shopping Network (HSN).. America's Store (AS) began in 1988 as the Home Shopping Club Overnight Service, which aired on broadcast stations around the US from midnight to 9 am and, in particular, on WWOR-TV from 3 am to 6 am in the New York City metro area.
The channel was the Home Shopping Club, later Home Shopping Network (currently known as HSN), and Paxson's former radio man Bob Circosta was tapped as the network's first-ever host. HSN soon became a billion dollar juggernaut and began the home shopping / electronic retailing industry. In 1996, the two sold HSN to Hollywood executive Barry Diller.
The channel was the Home Shopping Club, later Home Shopping Network, and Paxson's former radio man Bob Circosta was tapped as the network's first-ever host. HSN soon became a billion dollar enterprise and began the home shopping / electronic retailing industry. In 1996, the two sold HSN to Hollywood executive Barry Diller.
The classic television-based home shopping industry quickly became a major player in the retail industry. The two most successful shopping channels – HSN and QVC – generate a combined total of over 10 billion dollars in sales every year. [citation needed] And Jewelry Television is the largest gemstone retailer in the world.
The concept of shopping channels was first popularized in the United States during the 1980s, when Lowell "Bud" Paxson and Roy Speer launched a local cable channel called the Home Shopping Club, which later expanded nationally as the Home Shopping Network (HSN). It soon faced competition from QVC, which eventually acquired HSN in 2017.