A day after cable TV giant Comcast Corp. announced it would start offering the system, Verizon said it would too. And Bright House Networks may not be far behind. ...more

December 3, 2009

The always-perky TV hosts at home shopping channel HSN have a new service to offer, just in time for Mother's Day. ...more

April 29, 2009

HSN has signed a deal with the flower delivery company Teleflora. ...more

April 28, 2009

Hit with an awful consumer spending market, home shopping channel HSN is paring back operations. ...more

December 5, 2008

It started with 112 electric can openers. In 1977, radio disc jockey Bob Circosta was hosting a talk show on WWQT-AM 1470 in Clearwater when an advertiser called to say it had run short on cash to pay its bill. Would the station take some Rival-brand can openers instead? Sure, Circosta decided. He went on air to sell the openers, and sold out in an hour. ...more

August 20, 2008

Goofy home shopping hosts, fabulous products and a professional implosion. It's perfect fodder for a movie, and Tampa Bay could be the stage for it. ...more

February 22, 2008

A former HSN executive has received financial commitments from Hillsborough County to help produce "Sellevision," a movie version of the same-titled book about the foibles and bizarre personalities of in the home shopping world. ...more

February 21, 2008

T he "pop-up" ad - that mainstay of Internet advertising - is starting to pop up in a new place: your television screen. And home shopping channel HSN is one of the first companies to start testing the advertising technique as a way to capture viewers directly from other channels on the lineup. ...more

February 20, 2008

St. Petersburg-based Home Shopping channel HSN will pay a civil penalty of $875,000 to settle allegations that it failed to report injuries and hazards related to Welbilt Electronic Pressure Cookers it sold. ...more

December 28, 2007

Shopping in an unassuming Brandon strip mall, Wayne Finley lets out a breathy "Oh, yeah," upon seeing stacks of Joy Mangano clothing steamers still in their boxes. Original price, $27.99 on the home shopping channel HSN. The price now, $9.99. ...more

December 22, 2007