The Shopping Channel

The Shopping Channel
Logo for the channel, released in 2013.
Launched	January 1, 1987
Owned by	Rogers Media
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (2011-present) 480i (SDTV) (1987-present)
Slogan	Discover. You.
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Mississauga, Ontario
Formerly called	Canadian Home Shopping Network (1987–2000)
Website	The Shopping Channel
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV	Channel 660 (SD)
Shaw Direct	Channel 392 (Classic) / 94 (Advanced) (SD)
Cable
Available on most Canadian cable systems	Check local listings, channels may vary
IPTV
Bell Aliant Fibe TV	Channel 16 (SD)
Bell Fibe TV	Channel 106 (SD)
MTS	Channel 7 (SD)
Optik TV	Channel 129 (SD)
SaskTel	Channel 21 (SD) Channel 321 (HD)

The Shopping Channel (also known as TSC) is a Canadian English language cable television home shopping channel. The Shopping Channel is a division of Rogers Media. The channel is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. It showcases various products which viewers can purchase either by telephone or internet. TSC also distributes a catalogue twice per year and owns an off-air outlet store located in Toronto.

The only day that TSC doesn't sell any items is Christmas Day. Sale broadcasts were replaced by Christmas scenes with holiday music in the background until 2008, but have been replaced since with the TSC on-air personalities and celebrity guests sharing their Christmas memories. TSC usually ends live broadcasting for the Christmas holiday at about 4 P.M. EST Christmas Eve, with taped sales segments airing from 4PM-10PM ET. They go back to regular broadcasting at 10PM ET Christmas Day, with taped sales segments, and return to live broadcasting at 7AM ET Boxing Day.

As with most home shopping cable channels, the products, such as jewellery and dresses, are mainly aimed at a female audience.

Founded by Canadian entrepreneur John Goldberg, the channel went on the air on January 15, 1987 as the Canadian Home Shopping Network (CHSN), under the umbrella of the Canadian Home Shopping Club (CHSC), and was affiliated with the U.S. Home Shopping Network (HSN). The channel was exempted from licensing by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), but for several years this was on the condition the channel not use live motion video to demonstrate its products. Animated graphics could be used, but otherwise CHSN was limited to a slide-show format with voice-overs. This restriction was lifted in 1995.