This weekend the Home Shopping Network is celebrating it's 35th birthday. Over the past 35 years we have seen several of their competitors come and go. Also in the past 35 years we've seen many traditional "brick and mortar" department stores and chains go out of business. Meanwhile (correct me if I'm wrong) HSN remains the number 2 TV Shopping Network behind QVC and ahead of ShopNBC.
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Home Shopping Network celebrates 35th Anniversary
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All this from selling can openers on the radio! Our cable systems added the channel the summer of 1986. I figured it would last long....shows what I know. ;D
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cd637299
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...and don't forget that in 1987 they had the game show "The Home Shopping Game."
OK I take that back....forget it.....
cd
OK I take that back....forget it.....
cd
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Darth_vader
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Too late, cd637299--
1. https://youtube.com/v/ROQ-ADvAh2w
2. https://youtube.com/v/dWrxI9gJAI0
3. https://youtube.com/v/F6ATN28ZHV8
I very vaguely remember seeing this via KBSP (now KPXG) at my Grandma's place when I was a little kid....
1. https://youtube.com/v/ROQ-ADvAh2w
2. https://youtube.com/v/dWrxI9gJAI0
3. https://youtube.com/v/F6ATN28ZHV8
I very vaguely remember seeing this via KBSP (now KPXG) at my Grandma's place when I was a little kid....
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cd637299
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Darth_vader said:
Hmmm....if the URL's begin with the secure "https", does that mean that they are ashamed?
[EDIT: I see your sig line now]cd
According to the HSN Wikipedia page, as of 2009, HSN's website was one of the top-10 most-trafficked e-commerce sites. As far as the latest financials (from Nasdaq and RTTNews), 1st quarter net income was $26,170,000 (last year's 1st quarter: $20,280,000); while 1st quarter net sales were $747,310,000 (last year's 1st quarter: $710,560,000).
They must be doing all right financially. Another thing I heard years ago, they do such a huge mailing volume, that their main Tampa HQ/processing center has it's own zip code.
They must be doing all right financially. Another thing I heard years ago, they do such a huge mailing volume, that their main Tampa HQ/processing center has it's own zip code.
Like the HSN network itself, the Home Shopping Game was usually relegated to either late night spots, or on a low-budget independent.
And don't forget CVN - Cable Value Network. That went out of business circa 1990, and Seattle didn't have QVC on cable until at least 1991. Remember the CVN ladder incident?
-crainbebo
And don't forget CVN - Cable Value Network. That went out of business circa 1990, and Seattle didn't have QVC on cable until at least 1991. Remember the CVN ladder incident?
-crainbebo
dgendvil said:
The cable channel HSN went on the air in 1985. So I originally thought they were in business for just 27 years. I do remember full power WEHS channel 60 Aurora, IL carried HSN (they were calling themselves HSC 2 back then) after WPWR moved from 60 to 50 in January 1987 (though I believe WEHS carried then HSC 2 a month or 2 later). I remembered when HSN created both HSN & HSN 2, HSN was strictly carried on cable, while HSN 2 was carried on cable & OTA TV. I don't know if by now, it's just one HSN channel.
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