Auction Network is a 24-hour

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and cable

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

channel that allows viewers to participate remotely in

auctions An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition ex ...

taking place throughout the world. Viewers become “virtual bidders” in live auctions of items, including automobiles,

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, million dollar thoroughbreds, art, wine collections, and sports and celebrity

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, among other things, with a portion of proceeds occasionally being donated to charity. The network launched October 28, 2007 as an Internet television network with streaming video, interactive

bidding Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed ...

capability,

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and gaming content. The cable and satellite television platforms was launched in 2008. Supported by the National Auctioneers Association (NAA), Auction Network is the first network dedicated entirely to the global auction industry.

References

External links

* {{Official website, www.auctionnetwork.com

Television networks in the United States Online auction websites of the United States