TVSN (an acronym for "Television Shopping Network") is an Australian and New Zealand

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and

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network specialising in home shopping. It is owned by parent company Direct Group Pty Ltd, a home marketing and shopping company based in the

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suburb of Frenchs Forest, which also owns sister channel Expo. The channel broadcasts live every day from 08:30 to 21:30 AEST.

History

TVSN began broadcasting on 4 December 1995 from the North Ryde studios owned by Global Television (originally owned by Channel 10 Sydney) as The Value Channel. Warehousing was located off-site, as were the management and buying team. In May 1996, the channel was acquired by investors in

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and was rebranded as TVSN in June. It was soon listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999 after sustaining some growth. Later in 2001, the channel moved to a purpose-built facility close by in Lane Cove, which also included onsite warehousing and management offices, being the first time all aspects of the operation were contained within the one location. In 2004, the network was acquired by Innovations Direct Group Pty Ltd, an Australian-based home shopping company which produces a number of direct catalogue publications, including Innovations and Homecare magazines. Channel operations soon moved to new facilities in Frenchs Forest alongside the parent company. The new studios began broadcasting between Christmas and New Year in 2006 using some technology contained in an outside Broadcast truck located in an adjacent laneway, which was eventually redundant a few months later as the control rooms were completed soon after. In April 2022, equity partners CPE Capital invested $40 million into its parent company Direct Group.

Channels and livestreaming

Some Australian

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services carry TVSN as part of their basic subscription package. These services include

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, Austar and Optus TV. It was previously carried by Neighbourhood Cable. The channel is also available free to air via the

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satellite. In addition, the company's website and their TVSN Now app for Android TV, Samsung, LG and Apple TV broadcasts a live video stream of the channel. On 24 September 2012, TVSN became available to free-to-air to metropolitan viewers after

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and TVSN partnered to broadcast the channel as a datacast service on LCN 14. From December 2012 to July 2016, regional

affiliate Southern Cross Ten broadcast the channel to regional viewers on LCN 54. At the same time, Southern Cross Austereo also broadcast TVSN on LCN 64 in Tasmania and LCN 74 in Darwin. On 1 July 2016, Southern Cross Ten became part of Southern Cross Nine affiliated to the

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, while

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became the

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affiliate. Consequently, TVSN would be broadcast on LCN 84 in regional Queensland, Southern New South Wales and ACT, Griffith, regional Victoria, Mildura, Tasmania, Eastern South Australia and regional Western Australia via WIN. Southern Cross Austereo used their old TVSN channel space to broadcast a similar New Zealand-based shopping channel, Yesshop, in their regional areas. The Yesshop channel became available on 1 August 2016 in Queensland, Southern NSW, ACT and Victoria on LCN 55; Northern NSW, Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill on LCN 54; Tasmania on LCN 64 and Darwin on LCN 74. Northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast, Darwin, Broken Hill, and the Spencer Gulf, relaunched TVSN on 20 December 2016 on the LCNs 57 and 75. On 30 August 2018 in WIN areas, TVSN became MPEG-4 to prepare for the launch of Sky News on WIN. On 16 September 2020 in metropolitan areas, TVSN moved from Channel 14 to Channel 16 due to the launch of Network 10's third digital channel 10 Shake. On 22 January 2024, as part of a new broadcast deal with

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, TVSN moved channel numbers from the

multiplex on channel 16 (channel 54/84 in

areas) to the

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multiplex on channel 77 (channel 67 in regional areas), from 1 July 2024. As part of the deal, TVSN also live streams on 7plus.

New Zealand version

From 20 August 2013, Kordia began broadcasting a localised version of the channel on LCN 20 to a national

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audience on the Freeview terrestrial service and the encrypted

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satellite channel launched at the same time. TVSN was removed from Sky on 19 August 2020. On 21 August 2021, TVSN was removed from Freeview. From 21 May 2020, TVSN launched the TVSN Now app across Android TV, Samsung, LG and Apple TV which live streams their broadcast for free. The app provides both New Zealand and Australian versions of the stream, selectable in the menu.

Logos

File:Tvsn.svg, 2001–2010 File:Tvsn logo.png, 2010–2018 File:Shopping bag logo no shadow.png, 2018–present

References

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