HomeShop18 is an Indian online and on-air
shopping channel
Shopping channels (also known in British English as teleshopping) are a type of television program or specialty channel devoted to home shopping. Their formats typically feature live presentations and demonstrations of products, hosted by on-air pr ...
. Previously, it was owned by the
Network 18
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned b ...
Group division of
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai. It has diverse businesses including energy, petrochemicals, natural gas, retail, telecommunications, mass media, and textiles. Reliance is ...
.
But, now it was closed by
Network 18
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned b ...
Group on 24 May 2019. According to close sources, there is news of the re-opening of HomeShop18 with a new name in 2023.
Investors
GS Home Shopping of South Korea, the third-largest and dominant home shopping company in the
e-commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain mana ...
market, has a 1.89% stake in the company. Skyblue Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. has the controlling stake of 16%.
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Television channel
The HomeShop18 television channel was launched on 9 April 2008. The television network can be currently seen on cable, satellite and some terrestrial channels in India.
It also became the country's first ever 24/7 home shopping channel to be available on DD Free Dish reach, a free-to-air direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting platform of Prasar Bharati. The channel was made available from 1 November 2015.
Acquisitions
HomeShop18 has acquired two companies, namely, Coinjoos.com and Shop CJ Network. Coinjoos was acquired in 2011 and Shop CJ Network was acquired in 2017. Coinjoos was an online music and books retailer and Shop CJ Network was a home shopping channel.
Carriage
HomeShop18 TV channel is available to all cable operators & leading DTH players: Tata Sky-151, Dish TV- 118, Reliance- 219, Airtel- 112, DD Free Dish-45.
References
Gurvinder Singh appointed as the new CEO of HomeShop18 by Network18
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Companies based in Noida
Shopping networks
Online retailers of India
Retail companies established in 2008
Retail companies disestablished in 2019
2008 establishments in Uttar Pradesh