TVSN (an acronym for "Television Shopping Network") is an Australian and New Zealand

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and

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specializing in

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. It is owned by parent company

Direct Group Pty Ltd Direct Group is a direct marketing holding company operating in Australia and New Zealand. The company, founded in 1985, operates with three primary divisions: Direct marketing, direct selling and direct television. The company owns Australian ...

, a home marketing and shopping company based in the

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suburb of

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, which also owns sister channel

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. The channel broadcasts live every day from 08:30 to 21:30 AEST.

History

TVSN began broadcasting in 1995 from their Lane Cove, Sydney headquarters. It was soon listed on the

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in 1999 after sustaining some growth. In 2004, the network was acquired by Innovations

, an Australian-based

company which produces a number of direct catalogue publications, including Innovations and Homecare magazines. Channel operations soon moved to new facilities in Frenchs Forest alongside the parent company.

Channels and Live Streaming

Some Australian

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services carry TVSN as part of their basic subscription package. These services include

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and

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. It was previously carried by

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. The channel is also available

free to air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscriptio ...

via the

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satellite. In addition, the company's website and their TVSN Now app for Android TV, Samsung, LG and Apple TV broadcasts a live

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of the channel. In September 2012, TVSN became available to free-to-air to metropolitan viewers after

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and TVSN partnered to broadcast the channel as a

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service on LCN 14. From December 2012-July 2016, regional

affiliate

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began broadcasting the channel to regional viewers on LCN 54. On 1 July 2016, Southern Cross Ten became part of

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affiliated to the

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, while

WIN Television WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single television station covering the Wollongong region. The WIN Netwo ...

became the

Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

affiliate. Consequently, TVSN would be broadcast on LCN 84 in regional Queensland, Southern New South Wales and ACT, Griffith, regional Victoria, Mildura, Tasmania, Eastern South Australia and regional Western Australia via WIN while Southern Cross Ten would move TVSN in Northern New South Wales and Gold Coast from Channel 54 to Channel 57. On 2 September 2018 in WIN areas, TVSN became MPEG-4 to collide with the launch of

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. On 16 September 2020 in Metropolitan areas, TVSN moved from Channel 14 to Channel 16 due to the launch of Network 10's third digital channel 10 Shake.

New Zealand version

From 20 August 2013,

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began broadcasting a localised version of the channel on LCN 20 to a national

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audience on the

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terrestrial service and the encrypted

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satellite channel launched at the same time. TVSN was removed from Sky on 19 August 2020. As of 2022, TVSN is no longer available via Freeview. From 21 May 2020, TVSN launched the TVSN Now app across Android TV, Samsung, LG and Apple TV which live streams their broadcast for free. The app provides both New Zealand and Australian versions of the stream, selectable in the menu.https://www.tvsn.co.nz/apps/page/aboutus

Logos

Tvsn logo 1995.png, Logo used between 1995 and 2001 Tvsn.svg, Logo used between 2001–2010 Shopping bag logo no shadow.png, Current logo used since 2018

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