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QVC iPhone App
In addition to providing robust seach-and-shopping functionality, the application nods in the direction of the social networking craze with “recommend-to-friends” and “remind-me-later” features. What’s more, in a fit of generosity, the retailer is offering the application for free! IntoMobile.com Dec. 4, 2009
Tags: iPhone Application, mobile shopping, QVC
Verizon Fios joins Comcast, Dish Network and Time Warner Cable’s Oceanic Serivce in offering HSN’s Shop by Remote shopping widget. The service offers different functionality on different services. Multichannel News Dec. 3, 2009
Long on the wane, their profits have been battered since the recession began in late 2007. To add insult to injury, ow some industry heavyweights are imagining a future without them. In December, CBS Corp.’s chief executive Leslie Moonves said that moving the CBS network to cable would be “a very interesting proposition.” WSJ article is an excellent overview of the television business over the past few decades. The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2009 Paid subscription may be required.
Tags: broadcast television affiliates, CBS, Leslie MoonvesDirecTV Group Inc., the largest U.S. satellite-television provider, reported a 4.6 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit after spending more to attract customers in a slowing economy. That investment paid off in the form of an additional 301,000 U.S. TV subscribers the year-ago period. That seems pretty good, given the times, or as one stock analyst put it, “DirecTV has, at least so far, been as little impacted by the recession as any company in America.” Bloomberg Feb. 10, 2009
Tags: DirecTVHSN in HD was one of thirteen new channels Verizon added to its FiOS service in the two New England states. The Boston Globe Verizon Press Release Feb. 6, 2009
Tags: HDTV, HSN, Verizon FiosAt least that’s the way it’s going to be for Time Warner Cable subscribers in the California desert. The cable operator has bumped a religious channel up the dial to digital and replaced it with HSN on its basic TV package. Chock one up for consumerism! The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) Oct. 9, 2008
Tags: Basic cable package, digital, Time WarnerHSN will take advantage of technology from ActiveVideo Networks that converts worldwide web video for viewing on a television set to give customers of Time Warner Cable’s Occeanic system in Hawaii greater control over their viewing experience. The roll-out of this technology by Time Warner comes on the heels of a successful test during the summer Olympics, which allowed subscribers to view “…single-screen mosaic coverage of multiple channels of broadcast and cable Olympics programming as well as Olympics news, photo albums, schedules and other content acquired from Web RSS feeds.” Presumably, that functionality will enable HSN to offer a “hybrid-type” shopping experience, incorporating the breadth of a website or catalog with the depth and excitement of a live, TV pitch. Broadcasting & Cable Oct. 8, 2008
Tags: ActiveVideo, Hawaii, HSN, Time Warner Oceanic Cable, web-to-TV technologyComcast is moving Jewelry Television (JTV) up the dial and into digital range, from channel 17 to 190, beginning October 15th. Jackson Citizen-Patriot (MI) Oct. 6, 2008
Tags: Comcast, JTV, MichiganStill Losing Subscribers, Dish Network has lost AT&T as a marketing partner, as the telecom giant has switched to Dish rival DirecTV. Although Dish still maintains a healthy subscriber base, DirecTV is surging. It performs well against the cable competitors. It boasts partnerships with the three largest U.S. phone companies, appeals to the higher end of the pay-TV market and its stock is trading at 18 times current year earnings estimates (compared to 8.7 for Dish). Observers think Dish must improve customer service and, perhaps, enter into partnerships with retailers that combine consumer electronics sales with first-year service contracts at the point of sale. Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 29, 2008
Tags: AT&T Inc., Dish Network