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

Television sales giant HSN operates another, less-high profile operation - a set of three plainly decorated outlet stores that sell overstocked, discontinued and returned items. Prices drop the longer products stay in the store, sometimes to 75 percent off. Tuesday is "Senior Day," when people 50 and older receive an extra 10 percent off. ...more

December 22, 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

Rhonda Shear is still getting laughs in late-night. The comic, undergarment maven and former host of USA network's "Up All Night" is bringing her "Pajama Party" to the first Tampa Bay Comedy Festival, which runs today through Saturday at various locations in St. Pete Beach. ...more

November 14, 2007

Rhonda Shear is still getting laughs in late-night. ...more

November 13, 2007

Home shopping giant HSN will become an independent company - again. ...more

November 5, 2007

Home shopping channel HSN will become an independent company - again. ...more

November 5, 2007