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HSN Survey

Moonchilde — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:12:51 GMT

I had an interesting survey in my email this morning from HSN. I do buy things from HSN, but maybe once or twice a year max. So, I sure didn’t get the survey because I’m an active HSN shopper. They’re probably sending them either to almost everyone, or just to people who don’t shop HSN often.

The survey was asking questions about how you view HSN currently - over-the-air with antenna, online, satellite, cable, or one of the online streaming services. It asked if you were going to cut the cable in the next six months (or maybe it was 12 months) and if so whether you would stop watching HSN altogether or whether you’d just buy online from the website, or watch via streaming services or Roku, Fire stick, Smart TV, etc.

I’m wondering if they’re trying to decide whether to add another HSN channel or, more likely IMO, to stop paying cable and satellite companies and just go over-the-air and via streaming.

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NickNack — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:22:04 GMT

I got a survey from HSN earlier this year asking about hosts and shows that I knew the names of. I do know some of them, but I almost never buy from or watch HSN. I was surprised I got the survey.

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Spurt — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:24:08 GMT

Im wondering if they will ditch them from cable all together and go with live streaming................

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Bri36 — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:26:26 GMT

It seems like more and more people are cutting ties to cable/satellite. They're going to lose viewers. They're going to have to do something...

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cherry — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:42:04 GMT

I think something is up with them. They don't have the Clever Carriage handbag shows like the did,and Sharif is over at Evine now.

They were both good sellers.

I haven't seen Diane Gilman on ,in weeks and this is counting down time for Christmas

I don't think they have as much in the clothing line as Q.

They don't have the Jewelry they used to, either

Victoria Weick is at Evine

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Bri36 — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:54:20 GMT

I didn't know Sharif was going to Evine too.

I saw some of Victoria's shows this weekend. I always loved her line...

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Moonchilde — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:59:37 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
Im wondering if they will ditch them from cable all together and go with live streaming................

That’s what I am thinking. It costs networks a fortune to pay to be on cable and satellite. Back in the day when I had very basic, no-frills same-as-antenna cable, HSN was still viewable, and I think (don’t remember for sure) QVC was too. Maybe the cable/dish services make them all pay big bucks now for being part of the lineup at all.

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JaneMarple — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:04:31 GMT

I prefer HSN over QVC and they are my preferred TV shopping site, they have better deals, coupons and flex pays.

I love Huggable Hangers, Perlier, Iman, DG2, Slinky, Marla Wynne, Iris Apfel, Vince Camuto, Korres, Prai, Carol's Daughter, Highgate Manor, Origami, Wolfgang Puck, Ming Tsai, Curtis Stone and on and on

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Moonchilde — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:08:11 GMT

It would seem very odd to me if HSN ends up kind of disappearing from on-air broadcasting, or becomes much less easy to access, in view of Liberty Media’s recent purchase of HSN. Did they buy the entire business just to tank it? I would have thought the purchase was meant to be complemental to QVC, airing things QVC doesn’t offer. But who knows, maybe they did buy it just to destroy the competiton.

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NickNack — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:59:33 GMT

I would be surprised if HSN went off cable. Older people watch TV shopping channels more than anyone, and they are less likely to drop cable IMO. I think they'd be really hurting themselves if they did that.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:58:50 GMT

I can get QVC, Q2, HSN, JTV on UHF channels using a $14. interior antenna. No cable needed. I also get all the local channels, PBS, a million Spanish and religion channels.

@Moonchilde. I got the same survey.

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Moonchilde — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:23:04 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I can get QVC, Q2, HSN, JTV on UHF channels using a $14. interior antenna. No cable needed. I also get all the local channels, PBS, a million Spanish and religion channels.

@Moonchilde. I got the same survey.

You’re pretty lucky with that, @Kachina624. What a house will receive via antenna depends on a lot of things, most of them not under any control of the homeowner.

When the digital changeover occurred, I had a co-worker who refused to get anything but an antenna, she would not pay a nickel for her TV except the cost of an antenna.

We lived in the middle of four million people. She was able to get maybe 10 channels and of those 10, only 2-3 with really good pictures. I looked at the charts that were put out at the time, and our huge, densely populated urban area was basically kwap generally for digital antennas.

She tried out 2-3 different antennas, not just one and done. There wasn’t one that was a lot better, just passably better.

Reception depends on the direction of the dwelling, the direction of the TV, proximity to windows, and line-of-sight to the larger antennas/broadcasting. A person on Main St might get 20 channels but a person on 1st Ave two blocks away might get 8. It also depends on interference of tall buildings and mountains.

I think you live kind of rural? You are actually better off, antenna-wise, than some in populated areas.

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willdob3 — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:11:11 GMT

@Moonchilde

I don’t for a second think HSN is considering going to internet only.

I haven’t had cable for years. I stream only, various ways. But HSN has a huge following of people that are TV only shoppers. Not everyone has internet and even many who have it aren’t interested in shopping online.

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willdob3 — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:15:25 GMT

@Moonchilde

BTW, Afrer Hurricane Irma, when electricity was working again but my internet was not, I somehow got HSN and QVC on my TV. They did not come in very well but there they were. I was flipping through channels just to see what I could get with my poor reception & no cable. I don’t know how or why they came in when, to my understanding, both are cable channels.

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Shelbelle — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:23:07 GMT

We get HSN2 but not Q2 on our Comcast lineup.

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floridagal46 — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:31:02 GMT

Thanks for the info on Victoria Weick!

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Moonchilde — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:02:45 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@Moonchilde

BTW, Afrer Hurricane Irma, when electricity was working again but my internet was not, I somehow got HSN and QVC on my TV. They did not come in very well but there they were. I was flipping through channels just to see what I could get with my poor reception & no cable. I don’t know how or why they came in when, to my understanding, both are cable channels.

You probably had an antenna hooked up without realizing it, or your TV has an internal one that just activates.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:10:43 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@Moonchilde

I don’t for a second think HSN is considering going to internet only.

I haven’t had cable for years. I stream only, various ways. But HSN has a huge following of people that are TV only shoppers. Not everyone has internet and even many who have it aren’t interested in shopping online.

They surely must be considering going cheaper, perhaps planning to no longer pay for a particular cable co if they have a very small number of respondents who use that service. They’re clearly interested in viewership - yes, no, maybe. I thought it was interesting that the #1 question choice at the beginning was “I will no longer watch QVC” if it was a cord-cutting household. A question calculated to tell just how many people would watch with streaming services, Roku Firestick, smart TVs if cable/satellite was not used.

I think that they’re buying into the feeling that “most” people are cutting the cable. While many are, I don’t think “most” are, and I think it’s not good to think that “most” are; maybe the nitty-gritty of why the survey.

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september — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:13:26 GMT

I've been a bigger HSN shopper in the past. This year, I'd say I've only placed three orders. So if they're trying to get input from those of us who aren't buying much...I would have gotten this survey,and I didnt.

It really doesn't make much difference to me if home shopping channels are or are not available for me to watch "live". That would have been my answer, if I'd been asked.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:31:44 GMT

@september wrote:
I've been a bigger HSN shopper in the past. This year, I'd say I've only placed three orders. So if they're trying to get input from those of us who aren't buying much...I would have gotten this survey,and I didnt.

It really doesn't make much difference to me if home shopping channels are or are not available for me to watch "live". That would have been my answer, if I'd been asked.

The biggest single factor as to why my HSN shopping has lessened is that in LA on U-Verse, all of the shopping channels were right next to each other on the dial and just changing channels I could easily see what was on in a few seconds. Now with our DirecTV, none of the shopping channels are “in a row” so I don’t always see them all. I actually wish they would swap channel #s between Evine & HSN, I would see it more easily.

I will happily look something up from a shopping channel’s website and buy, but I have to have seen it on-air first, or seen/heard a reference to it - something to remind me.