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

Home shopping channels

USA

Free-to-Air - Terrestrial/unicast
- QVC (Liberty Interactive)
- Home Shopping Network (HSN, Inc.)
- Liquidation Channel (Vaibhav Global)
- EVINE Live (ValueVision Media)
Pay TV only
- America's Auction Network (Jeremiahs International)
- Gem Shopping Network
- Jewelry Television (Multimedia Commerce Group Inc.)
- Rocks TV (The Genuine Gemstone Company)
- Shop TV (Solar Entertainment Corporation)
- Shop Zeal (Time Warner Corporation)

Canada

Pay TV only
- The Shopping Channel (Rogers Media)

Australia

Free to Air - Terrestrial
- 4ME (Prime Media Group)
- TVSN (Direct Group Pty Ltd)
Free to Air - Terrestrial Metropolitan
- Spree TV (Ten Network Holdings)
- Extra (Nine Entertainment Co.)
Free to Air - Terrestrial Regional
- Ishop TV (Prime Media Group)
- Aspire (Southern Cross Austereo)
- Gold (WIN Corporation)
- Gold 2 (WIN Corporation)
Free-to-Air - Satellite
- Expo Channel (Direct Group Pty Ltd)

New Zealand

Free to Air - Terrestrial
- The Shopping Channel
Free to Air - Terrestrial Metropolitan
- TVSN (Direct Group Pty Ltd)
- YesShop (NZ Computer Sales)

United Kingdom

Russia

TTS
Domashniy magazin
Stil i Moda
Shopping Live (HSE24 Group)

Italy

Malaysia

astro GS Shop / Go Shop ( GS Home Shopping Korea ) astro CH 118 & 318
CJ Wow Shop ( CJ Home Shopping Korea ) Media Prima TV3, ntv7, 8TV & tv9
TV Direct HyppTV CH 121

South Korea

GS Home Shopping
CJ Home Shopping
NS Home Shopping
Lotte Home Shopping
Hyundai Home Shopping
Home & Shopping

India

hot brands TV Shop
Naaptol
HomeShop 18
STAR CJ Alive

Brazil

Shoptime

Philippines

EZ Shop
O Shopping

Nigeria

Free to Air-Satellite
- MoneyMart TV (24hours) (SATELLITE SIGNALS IN THE COUNTRIES IN EAST, WEST, CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHERN AFRICA) (MONEYMART MULTIMEDIA SERVICE LIMITED WWW.MONEYMART.TV )
- MoneyMart TV (WAWOO MOBILE TV FOR ANDROID)
Pay TV only
- MONEYMART TV (MONEYMART MULTIMEDIA SERVICE LIMITED)

Other countries

TV SHOP (Europe)
European Home Shopping
La Tienda en Casa (Spain)

Middle East and North Africa - CitrussTV

Broadcast television networks in the United States

English-language broadcast television networks in the United States

Major

Minor

Public TV

PBS
- Encore
American Public Television (provider-only)
- Create
- World
CAS
MHz Worldview/Networks
NASA TV

Specialty

News/lifestyle	AccuWeather DrTV France 24 Ion Life Justice LWN WeatherNation

Sports	American Sports Network Frost Great Outdoors Pursuit Rev'n Tuff TV Untamed

Music	TheCoolTV TCN Heartland

Children	PBS Kids Qubo

Minority/International	Arirang Asia Vision Bounce CV DW ImaginAsian KBS World KEMS MBC America NATV NHK SBS International Soul of the South

Classic TV	Antenna Cozi TV Decades Family Channel Heroes & Icons MeTV Retro TV Genre Buzzr Comet Laff

Classic movies	Escape GetTV Grit Movies! This

Shopping	EVINE Live HSN Jewelry TV Liquidation Channel OnTV4U QVC

Defunct

Major	DuMont NET UPN The WB

Minor	A1 AIN Ch.America Hughes Mizlou N1 NTA Film Omni ON/UN PTN Plum Prime Time SFM Holiday Network Star Theater TVS UATV Variety

Specialty	ABC News Now All News Bohemia Visual Musicⁱ The Box Colours DoD News MTV2^c NBC Wx+/NBC+ Research Retro Jams Sportsman^c The Tube Tr3s^c UniSports WSTV

Shopping	America's Store Gems TV Shop at Home

^c - Now cable-only, ⁱ - Now internet-only

Spanish-language broadcast television networks in the United States

Major networks	Azteca Estrella TV Galavisión MundoMax Telemundo UniMás Univision

Specialty networks	América Tevé HITN HTV Inmigrante TV LATV (bilingual English/Spanish) Mega TV MiCasa Network Mira TV Multimedios NBC Universo TeleXitos TeLe-Romántica Teveo Tr3́s Univision Noticias V-me WAPA America

Defunct networks	América CV CNN Latino GEMS Television HTVN LAT TV La Familia La Familia Cosmovision NuvoTV NetSpan SIN Soi TV TuVisión VasalloVision

Religious broadcast television networks in the United States

English networks

3ABN Al Karma TV Amazing Facts TV BYUtv The Church Channel CBN CTN Cornerstone Television Daystar EWTN Family Channel GCN GEB God's Learning Channel God TV Hope Channel Hope Church Channel IQRA TV LLBN Sonlife Telecare TBN TBN Salsa Smart Lifestyle TV TCT TLN UBN Walk Word WHT

Music	JUCE TV The Worship Network

Children's and Teen	3ABN Kids The Family Channel Smile of a Child TV

Entertainment	FamilyNet INSP

Spanish networks

3ABN Latino
Aliento Vision
Almavisión
Aviva TV
CTNi
Enlace
Esperanza TV
Familia TV
Fe-TV
HCCN
Iglesia JEMIR
Red AdVenir
Tele Vida Abundante
Tvida Vision

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Digital television in North America

Terrestrial

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Cable

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Satellite TV

IPTV

Technical issues

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