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and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in

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, near

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. The channel broadcast live between 19:00 and midnight daily.

Pre-launch

Gem Collector began beta testing on 8 October 2010; on the same day Gems TV celebrated its 6th birthday. The channel has replaced the former Gems TV 2 EPG slot on

. The channel was using the former Gems TV 2/ Rocks TV studio, which was also at the time being used by sister channel

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. The channel officially launched at 19:00 on Monday 11 October 2010.

Closure

On 13 December 2010, it was announced on Barry Kirley's official

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page that Gem Collector as a stand-alone channel would cease

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by the end of December and would continue from January 2011 as a programming strand within Rocks TV, which in itself rebranded as Gems TV Extra on 1 January 2011 and moved from 647 to 656 On-screen message

Programme block

Gemcollector is now broadcast on its website only.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gem Collector Shopping networks in the United Kingdom Defunct British television channels Television channels and stations established in 2010 Jewellery retailers of the United Kingdom