Jewelry Television
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| Jewelry Television | |
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| Launched | October 15, 1993 |
| Owned by | Independent |
| Headquarters | Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Formerly called | America's Collectibles Network (until 2000) |
| Website | jtv.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Available in some market areas | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 313 |
| Dish Network | Channel 227 |
| Cable | |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 135 |
| Also available on other cable systems such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable, etc. | Consult your local cable provider |
Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" (ACN). It has an estimated coverage area of over 65 million viewers in the USA. The network also offers online streaming of its network through their website. The headquarters of Jewelry Television are located in Knoxville, Tennessee. In addition it has manufacturing facilities in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and Thailand. In addition to being one of the top 15 largest jewelry retailers in the world, Jewelry Television is the world's largest retailer of loose gemstones.
Jewelry Television broadcast its first live show on October 15, 1993, from a studio located in Greeneville, Tennessee. Originally, Jewelry Television offered collectible items such as coins, knives, quilts and even skin care products, but has since offered only jewelry and gemstones.
On June 21, 2006, Jewelry Television replaced Shop at Home on Shop at Home-affiliated stations owned by E.W. Scripps, following Shop at Home's closure. Jewelry Television will also acquire some assets and employees from Shop at Home.
Its suggested display call letters for programming guides is JTV or JWLTV.
On March 26, 2008, Jewelry Television filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Tennessee against Lloyd's of London, as a result of a criminal scheme the company alleges took place in 2006 and 2007. A person used a bank account of the Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York to buy more than $3.5 million in jewelry. Jewelry Television has cited that Lloyd's is exploiting a loophole in their insurance agreement to withhold recompensing the jeweler.[1]
As of late there have been an exorbitant amount of prank phone calls to Jewelry Television known to be by two young men in Wisconsin. These prank callers are only known as the "8682" number, and have made an estimated 740 prank calls to Jewelry Television.
[edit] References
- ^ Diamonds.net News - Jewelry TV Sues Lloyd's, Plans More Suits in $3M e-Payment Fraud. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
[edit] See also
- List of United States over-the-air television networks
- List of DirecTV channels
- List of Dish Network channels
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