O Shopping was a Philippine

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channel owned by ACJ O Shopping Corporation, a joint-venture between Philippine entertainment and media conglomerate

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and South Korean

home shopping Home shopping is the electronic retailing and home shopping channels industry, which includes such billion dollar television-based and e-commerce companies as Shop LC, HSN, Gemporia, TJC, QVC, eBay, ShopHQ, Buy.com and Amazon.com, as well as tradit ...

company

CJ ENM CJ ENM (, CJ Entertainment aNd Merchandising) is a South Korean entertainment and retail company founded in 2018. CJ ENM was established as a result of the merger of two CJ Group subsidiaries, CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping respectively, in July 20 ...

O Shopping Division. The channel was launched on October 14, 2013. O Shopping programs were previously aired on ABS-CBN and

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during midnights, as well as on S+A (ABS-CBN Sports and Action),

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, and online via

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History

O Shopping was launched on October 14, 2013, when

ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned by t ...

signed a deal with

O Shopping Division (formerly CJ O Shopping Corporation) to create a TV home shopping channel in the Philippines. Operated by ACJ O Shopping Corporation, ABS-CBN Corporation invested an initial 200 million pesos for the joint-venture. ABS-CBN provides the media platforms and the production of programs while CJ O Shopping provides the products and the logistics. Prior to the launch of its standalone channel on July 30, 2018, O Shopping programs were launched as part of

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's content lineup in 2014 until October 1, 2018, as a short-lived afternoon block on state-run broadcaster PTV 4 (People's Television Network) (at that time as a way to fund its operations), and later via ABS-CBN TVplus' encrypted channels 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM from Monday to Thursday during their respective main programming downtime. As of 2016, O Shopping generated 2.2 million pesos in daily sales or 60 million pesos in monthly sales. About 70% of the product purchases on O Shopping are made via cash on delivery payment, with a 5% cancellation rate.

Dissolution

O Shopping was put off-the-air on

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on April 21, 2020, due to the

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and the

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. The channel also suspended its operations on digital terrestrial television and

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. O Shopping was affected by the shutdown of ABS-CBN on May 5, 2020, due to the cease-and-desist order (CDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Solicitor General Jose Calida caused by the expiration of ABS-CBN's legislative franchise. On July 8, 2020, ABS-CBN released a statement that O Shopping would cease operations towards the end of 2020, and CJ-ENM has decided to move out of business completely. The

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of employees was held in August 2020. O Shopping permanently ceased its operations on

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and iWantTFC on November 1, 2020. Meanwhile, the official online store website operated a "Good-BUY Sale" online promo event which lasted until November 15, 2020. On the following day, the website has ceased its operations. On July 7, 2021, the social media accounts of O Shopping was renamed as their new brand K Onstyle Philippines. Their online store launched on July 15, 2021, on

Shopee Shopee Pte. Ltd. (Shopee) is a Singaporean multinational technology company that specialises in e-commerce. The company was launched in Singapore in 2015, before it expanded abroad. , Shopee is considered the largest e-commerce platform in S ...

and

Lazada Lazada Group ( t/a Lazada) is an international e-commerce company and one of the largest e-commerce operators in Southeast Asia, with over 10,000 third-party sellers as of November 2014, and 50 million annual active buyers as of September 2019. ...

, selling their existing products of the brands by the former.

Final hosts

;Main hosts * Victor Anastacio ) * Cara Eriguel * Hiyasmin Neri * Lesley Lina * Sandro Hermoso * Justine Peña * Jamie Gabuya * Maiko Williams * Kyle Ortega * Adi Amor * Andre Co * Cholo Dela Cruz ;Guest host * BJoy Balagtas ;Celebrity guest host *

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Programming block

* Cine Mo! (simulcast; when the channel is off-air) *

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(simulcast; when the channel is off-air) * PTV * S+A *

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(simulcast; when the channel is off-air)

References

External links

Official website
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