Gem Collector is an eCommerce website. Previously it was a British

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and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in

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, near Birmingham. The channel broadcast live between 19:00 and midnight daily.

Pre-launch

Gem Collector began beta testing on 8 October 2010; on the same day

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celebrated its 6th birthday. The channel has replaced the former Gems TV 2 EPG slot on

. The channel was using the former Gems TV 2/ Rocks TV studio, which was also at the time being used by sister channel Jewellery Maker. The channel officially launched at 19:00 on Monday 11 October 2010.

Closure

On 13 December 2010, it was announced on Barry Kirley's official

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page that Gem Collector as a stand-alone channel would cease

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by the end of December and would continue from January 2011 as a programming strand within Rocks TV, which in itself rebranded as Gems TV Extra on 1 January 2011 and moved from 647 to 656.On-screen message

Programme block

Gemcollector is now broadcast on its website only.

References

External links

Official website
Shopping networks in the United Kingdom Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 2010 Jewellery retailers of the United Kingdom {{internet-stub