http://pitchandship.com News about direct response, network television and affiliated e-commerce Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:01:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pitchandship.com/2009/01/07/qvc-to-pitch-obama-skus-at-inauguration-remote/ http://pitchandship.com/2009/01/07/qvc-to-pitch-obama-skus-at-inauguration-remote/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:13:30 +0000 admin http://pitchandship.com/?p=435 [...]]]> On the evening of January 20th, QVC host Leah Williams will conduct the sales proceedings from the Creative Coalition’s Inaugural Ball, dressed in an inaugural gown.  Perhaps taking the business selling collectibles and other trinkets too seriously, QVC’s vice president of multichannel programming, Doug Rose, said, “Frankly, if we were not at the inauguration, we would feel like we were not doing our job.”  Presumably, his counterparts at HSN and ShopNBC feel differently.  They’re still looking to cash in on Obama-mania, but they will do it from their home studios.  Associated Press Jan 6, 2000

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