Television Shopping Network: QVC is the leader in electronic retailing, a televised shopping service that broadcasts live retail programming...

Television Shopping Network

QVC is the leader in electronic retailing, a televised shopping service that broadcasts live retail programming 24 hours a offering a wide variety of products including jewelry, apparel, electronics, home furnishings, and beauty.


A virtual shopping mall that never closes, QVC is a place where customers can, and do, shop at any hour at the rate of two customers per second. Themed programs are telecast live 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to 84 million households in the United States.

QVC The Shopping Channel, a joint venture with BSkyB, reaches an additional 9.6 million households throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, broadcasting live 17 hours a day (from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.).

QVC Deutschland GmbH, which launched on December 1, 1996, reaches more than 27 million households in Germany and broadcasts live 19 hours a day (from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.). QVC Japan began broadcasting April 1, 2001 and reaches over 5 million households. Currently, QVC Japan broadcasts live 15 hours a day from its studio located in Makuhari.