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QVC-2 reduces live programming to one hour a day
- Thread starter MarcB
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As of Monday the 23rd QVC is using a skeleton crew to run the network. There are no longer any product guests in the studios. All product guests are now appearing on the network either via Skype or telephone. Sometimes now there is no product guest at all. The hosts are also no longer allowed to eat the food during the cooking and food shows.
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mrkymrk67
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Perhaps the cooking shows can be done without cooking any food so no food would be wasted on the set.
One thing we haven't seen in this crisis is a food shortage. Why do you think that would be necessary?
Mgomrjsurf
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If Host and so on can't sample it.
People are smart enough to know that.
Doesn't the crew eat all of the food?
I wonder if QVC will eventually suspend TV operations except for prerecorded programming. With the virus continuing to spread and no end in sight, I don't think QVC/HSN TV services will be essential. Online can continue. You definitely don't want the older hosts to get COVID-19. I don't think it would look right for all the hosts to broadcast from a Skype/Zoom connection from home and showcase items that they can't even model.
The only way they shut down is if someone in the building tests positive.
Last I saw, the combined revenue from QVC and HSN was in the seven billion dollar range, much of that from TV. Remember, there is much more than just what you see on TV. Products featured on TV and on line are also shipped to customers through their fulfillment centers, which is also charged to the product supplier.
It looks like with a Stay-at-Home Order now in effect for the state of Florida, HSN is also having their product guests appear via Skype or phone. Pre-recorded programming on HSN2 not withstanding as the order took effect today and some of the programming on HSN2 was recorded several days even weeks ago.
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mrkymrk67
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QVC2 is showing live programming from 6 PM until 10 PM daily, including the 9 PM QVC2 Big Deal.
They made that change last week. Forgot to post about it. Unless she previously recorded it, they're going to be live til Midnight this Friday. Mary D'Angelis mentioned on social media that she would be hosting a "Special Edition" of "In the Kitchen with Mary" Friday Night til Midnight on QVC2.
So what about HSN 2? Are they live still most of the day? Nobody seems to care about it just QVC2.
I have to wonder how long HSN stays on the air before they just take the best talent and move them to QVC.
We lowly end users are not privy to the sales performance of either network. Maybe HSN is serving shopaholics with a different set of buying preferences from QVC's addicts.
HSN to me always seemed like the cheaper bargain basement products. While QVC was always more upscale. They are both racing to stay with Amazon at this point tho.
Grandmothers and fixed-income shut-ins aren't online in great numbers. There's still a window of relevance for TV home shopping that won't be closing soon.
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