TVSN
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Home shopping television |
| Founded | 1995-12-04 |
| Headquarters | Frenchs Forest, Sydney , Australia |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand |
| Products | Home shopping television channel |
| Owner | Direct Group Pty Ltd |
| Website | www |
TVSN (Television Shopping Network) operates as a home shopping television channel serving audiences in Australia and New Zealand via broadcast, cable, and satellite platforms. It is owned by Direct Group Pty Ltd, a home marketing enterprise headquartered in Frenchs Forest, Sydney. Additionally, the company manages the affiliated channel Expo.
The network broadcasts live every day from 08:30 to 21:30 AEST.
History
TVSN launched its initial transmission on 4 December 1995 under the name The Value Channel, broadcasting from studios in North Ryde owned by Global Television. At that time, warehousing, management, and purchasing functions were handled offsite. In June 1996, following acquisition by investors from Hong Kong in May of that year, the channel was rebranded as TVSN. The company experienced steady expansion and subsequently became publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999. By 2001, operations were centralized into a custom-built facility located in Lane Cove, integrating warehousing and management departments on a single site for the first time.
In 2004, Innovations Direct Group Pty Ltd—an Australian direct marketing firm known for producing catalogue publications such as Innovations and Homecare magazines—acquired TVSN. Channel operations were relocated to new premises in Frenchs Forest alongside the parent company’s offices. Between Christmas and New Year 2006, broadcasting resumed utilizing technology from an external broadcast truck until permanent control rooms were established.
In April 2022, Direct Group, TVSN’s parent company, received a $40 million investment from equity partners CPE Capital to support its strategic growth initiatives.
Channels and livestreaming
TVSN is included in the basic subscription packages of Australian pay-TV providers including Foxtel, Austar, and Optus TV. The channel is also accessible free-to-air via the Optus C1 satellite and offers live streaming through its official website as well as on the TVSN Now app available for Android TV, Samsung, LG, and Apple TV platforms.
On 24 September 2012, TVSN debuted as a free-to-air datacast channel on LCN 14 through a collaboration with Network 10. From December 2012 until July 2016, regional audiences could view TVSN on Southern Cross Ten at LCN 54. Additionally, Southern Cross Austereo broadcasted the channel on LCN 64 in Tasmania and LCN 74 in Darwin.
Following affiliation changes effective 1 July 2016—where Southern Cross Ten aligned with the Nine Network and WIN Television partnered with Network 10—TVSN moved to LCN 84 across regional Queensland, Southern New South Wales, ACT, Griffith, regional Victoria, Mildura, Tasmania, Eastern South Australia, and regional Western Australia via WIN.[1] Concurrently, Southern Cross Austereo replaced TVSN’s former slot with New Zealand’s shopping channel Yesshop, which launched on 1 August 2016 across multiple regional markets.
On 20 December 2016, TVSN reappeared in Northern New South Wales, Gold Coast, Darwin, Broken Hill, and Spencer Gulf regions on LCNs 57 and 75. In WIN areas on 30 August 2018, the channel transitioned to MPEG-4 encoding to facilitate the introduction of Sky News on WIN.
In metropolitan regions, TVSN shifted from Channel 14 to Channel 16 on 16 September 2020 to accommodate Network 10’s new digital channel 10 Shake. More recently, on 22 January 2024, TVSN revealed a new broadcasting agreement with Seven West Media, moving its transmission from Network 10’s multiplex (channel 16; channels 54/84 in WIN regions) to the Seven Network multiplex on channel 77 (channel 67 in regional markets), beginning 1 July 2024. This arrangement also includes live streaming availability via 7plus.
New Zealand edition
Starting 20 August 2013, Kordia provided a localized TVSN feed on LCN 20, accessible nationwide in New Zealand via the Freeview terrestrial platform and the encrypted Sky satellite service. TVSN ceased broadcasting on Sky as of 19 August 2020 and was subsequently removed from Freeview on 21 August 2021.
On 21 May 2020, TVSN introduced the TVSN Now application for Android TV, Samsung, LG, and Apple TV devices, enabling complimentary live streaming of both the New Zealand and Australian editions.
See also
- Expo – the affiliated home shopping channel to TVSN
- Shopping channels – compilation of home shopping networks globally
- Seven Network – current partner for free-to-air broadcasts
- Network Ten – previous free-to-air broadcast collaborator
- HSN
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