ShopHQ

{{Short description|America home shopping television network}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = ShopHQ
| logo = ShopHQ 2019 Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1991|03|12}}
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br>[[1080i]] ([[high-definition television|HDTV]])
| owner = iMedia Brands Inc.
| country = [[United States]]
| area = Nationwide
| language = [[English language|English]]
| headquarters = [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota]], [[United States]]
| former_names = ValueVision (1991–2000)<br>ShopNBC (2000–2013)<br>Evine Live (2015–2016)<br>Evine (2016–2019)
| website = {{url|shophq.com}}
| terr_serv_1 = Available in most markets
| terr_chan_1 = Check local listings for stations
| online_serv_1 = Live Stream
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vG0-ndcBLE Watch live (YouTube)]
| online_serv_2 = [[Digital media receiver]]
| online_chan_2 = [[Roku]], [[Apple TV]], [[Amazon Fire TV]]
}}
{{Infobox company
| name = iMedia Brands Inc.
| logo = 
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| image = 
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| trading_name = <!-- d/b/a/, doing business as - if different from legal name above -->
| romanized_name = 
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| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|IMBI}} (Class A)<ref name=yfp>{{cite web|title=IMBI Profile|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=IMBI+Profile|website=Yahoo! Finance|publisher=Yahoo|access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref><br>[[Russell Microcap Index]] component
| industry = Internet retail<ref name=yfp/>
| fate = 
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| founder = 
| defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| location_city = [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie, MN]]<ref name=yfp/>
| location_country = US
| locations = 2 (HQ, warehouse)
| area_served = 
| key_people = Tim Peterman (CEO)<ref>{{cite web|title= Evine Secures Multi-Million Dollar Strategic Investment & Exclusivity Commitment from The Invicta Watch Group; Tim Peterman Returns as CEO|url=https://investors.imediabrands.com/news/news-details/2019/Evine-Secures-Multi-Million-Dollar-Strategic-Investment--Exclusivity-Commitment-from-The-Invicta-Watch-Group-Tim-Peterman-Returns-as-CEO/default.aspx|access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref>
| products = 
| production = 
| services = Sales
| revenue = {{Increase}} $666.65M
| operating_income = {{Increase}} $.077M
| net_income = {{Increase}} $(2.515)M
| assets = {{Increase}} $233.7M
| equity = {{Increase}} $78.208M
| owner = {{ubl|IV Media {{smaller|(2023–present)}}}}
| num_employees = 957<ref name=yfp/>
| parent = {{ubl|Innovation Ventures, LLC {{smaller|(2023–present)}}}}
| divisions = 
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| homepage = {{URL|https://investors.imediabrands.com/overview/default.aspx}}
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'''ShopHQ''' (formerly '''ValueVision''', '''ShopNBC''', '''Evine Live''', and '''Evine''') is an American [[cable television|cable]], [[satellite television|satellite]] and [[terrestrial television|broadcast]] [[home shopping]] [[television network]] and multi-channel video retailer owned by iMedia Brands Inc., whose assets were acquired by IV Media on August 16, 2023.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230816017281/en/iMedia-Brands-Completes-Successful-Transaction-for-Asset-Sale-to-IV-Media-LLC|title= iMedia Brands Completes Successful Transaction for Asset Sale to IV Media, LLC |work=Business Wire|date= 16 August 2023 |access-date=2023-09-05|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Overview==
Launched on March 12, 1991 as '''ValueVision''', the channel has [[Qurate Retail Group|Qurate]]'s [[HSN]], [[QVC]], and [[Jewelry Television]] as its competitors. Already called between 2013 and 2015 with that name, it was called ShopHQ again in 2019.

In addition to ShopHQ, iMedia operates two other brands; '''ShopHQ Health''', offering health and wellness products, and the '''Bulldog Shopping Network''', which carries products for men. Controlled by The Clinton Group until 2023, [[Comcast]] had a 12.5% stake in the company.<ref name=4-traders>{{cite web|url=http://www.4-traders.com/EVINE-LIVE-INC-18632229/company/|title=EVINE Live Inc company : Shareholders, managers and business summary - Nasdaq: EVLV - MarketScreener|website=www.4-traders.com}}</ref>

Both ShopHQ and iMedia Brands (IMBI) are headquartered in [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota]].<ref name=tcb/> In August, 2023, they were acquired by IV Media, a subsidiary of Innovation Ventures, LLC.

==History==

===ValueVision and ShopNBC/HQ===
After being founded in June 1990, ValueVision Media (VVM) had a part of the company sold to [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] ten years later.<ref name=bc>{{cite news|title=Valuevision vamping NBC brand|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/137783-Valuevision_vamping_NBC_brand.php|access-date=June 24, 2010|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=February 23, 2001}}</ref> When ValueVision was renamed ShopNBC in November 2000, its rebranding included a new logo that features the [[Logo of NBC|NBC peacock]],<ref name="b&c-vvtoshopnbc">{{cite news|title=ValueVision network becomes ShopNBC|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/146801-ValueVision_network_becomes_ShopNBC.php|access-date=June 24, 2010|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=March 12, 2001}}</ref> but the parent company retained its name.

In 2010, it was reported that NBC might sell its stake in ValueVision Media, due in part to a pending merger between NBCUniversal and Comcast. One month after formally announcing that it would sell its stake back to VVM,<ref name=sell>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/452902-NBC_To_Sell_Stake_In_ShopNBC.php NBC to Sell Stake in ShopNBC], ''MultiChannel News'', May 20, 2010</ref> NBCU ultimately decided to maintain its investment in the company in June.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks Suzukamo|first=Leslie|title=NBC holding on to ValueVision stake, for now|url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_15368160|access-date=June 25, 2010|newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=June 24, 2010}}</ref>

After acquiring NBCUniversal's financial interest in 2013, ValueVision Media announced the network would be renamed '''ShopHQ''' (visually branded as '''SHQP''').<ref name=tcb>{{cite news|last=Mahoney |first=Kevin|title=ValueVision Drops ShopNBC Name, Swings To A Profit|url=http://tcbmag.com/News/Recent-News/2013/May/ValueVision-Drops-ShopNBC-Name-Swings-to-a-Profit|access-date=June 19, 2013|newspaper=Twin Cities Business|date=May 23, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Mark Cuban]]'s American Dream'' aired on the network in 2014, and was part of a plan under the Clinton Group management to feature more celebrity hosts.<ref name=mspbj>{{cite news|last1=Halter|first1=Nick|title=Mark Cuban's other TV show brings him back to Minnesota|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2014/10/06/mark-cubans-other-tv-show-brings-him-back-to.html|access-date=February 13, 2015|work=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal|date=October 6, 2014}}</ref>

===Evine===
On February 13, 2015, the ShopHQ network was rebranded as EVINE Live, following ValueVision Media's acquisition of e-commerce company Dollars Per Minute, the owner of the EVINE trademark, in order to distance itself from the reputation it held under ValueVision/ShopNBC/ShopHQ.<ref name=strib>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/business/283055951.html|title=ValueVision to change name to EVINE Live|author1=Kennedy, Patrick  |author2=Kumar, Kavita|date=November 18, 2015|work=[[Star Tribune]]|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref>

The network hired former QVC host Kathy Levine, and has featured merchandise branded under different reality TV stars, including Lisa Vanderpump and Countess Luann DeLesseps. It has also premiered concepts from other well-known celebrities, including [[Paula Deen]], [[Vanessa Williams]], Nancy O’Dell, [[Holly Robinson Peete]], [[Karen Fairchild]], Dr. Terry Dubrow and [[Heather Dubrow]], [[Todd English]], [[Donny Osmond]] and [[Bob Vila]]. It also sells products on its e-commerce website, Evine.com.

EVINE Live launched a high definition feed of the channel in [[1080i]] (including the acquisition of HD tier channel slots under new carriage agreements) the same year, but until September 2017, remained in [[standard-definition television|standard definition]], merely rebroadcasting the SD feed. The network converted to an upscaled standard definition [[widescreen]] presentation in the fall of 2016, and quietly upgraded to HD a year after.

In July 2016, EVINE dropped 'Live' from their on-air name.

===Return to ShopHQ===
On July 17, 2019, Evine Live Inc. began doing business under the new corporate banner of iMedia Brands Inc, with their shares traded under a new ticker of IMBI; [[Invicta Watch Group]] (which has a number of hours on the network as its largest vendor) invested an additional $6 million into the company.

The television network returned to the ShopHQ name effective August 21,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/starting-wednesday-eden-prairie-home-shopping-network-will-be-shophq-again/557198192/|title=Eden Prairie home shopping network is now ShopHQ again; Evine is rebranding to a former name in a broader effort to reignite home-shopping sales.|last=Crosby|first=Jackie|date=21 August 2019|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> which the company used between 2013 and 2015, with the cited reason being market research suggesting confusion with the "E" name being confused for an [[entertainment news]] brand such as [[E!]] or ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''.

IMBI announced plans to launch a Spanish-speaking shopping channel called '''LaVenta Shopping Network''', along with the male-focused '''Bulldog Shopping Network''', itself a rebranding of evine TOO, a [[timeshift channel]] with only minimum cable distribution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/it-s-official-shophq-is-in-evine-is-out/512803362/|title=It's official: ShopHQ is in, Evine is out as retailer rebrands again |author1=Crosby, Jackie |date=July 16, 2019|work=[[Star Tribune]]|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

Though the channel slot for Bulldog Shopping Network was activated in the spring of 2020, its focused was quickly changed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. A new concept around health and wellness products (including [[surgical mask]]s, both disposable and cloth) called '''ShopHQ Health''' was launched within weeks of the pandemic and soon became the network space's main concept, and became its new official branding on September 1.<ref>{{cite press release|title=iMedia Brands taps health and wellness opportunity|publisher=WARC|date=27 August 2020|url=https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/imedia-brands-taps-health-and-wellness-opportunity/44018|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=NYC_NMahattan_Brooklyn_Queens_NY_Bulldog IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP|publisher=[[Charter Communications]]|url=https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/NYC_Brooklyn_Queens_NY_Bulldog%20(1)_0.pdf|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>

Bulldog again launched anew in June 2021, but was discontinued on most providers at the end of December the same year after the network's satellite lease with Olympusat expired and was replaced with [[Kenneth Copeland]]'s Victory Channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leicesterma.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif781/f/uploads/11.15.2021_ma_victory_channel_nbcsn_magnolia.pdf|title=Re: Charter Communications – Upcoming Changes|last=Maher|first=John|date=15 November 2021|work=Letter from [[Charter Communications]]|publisher=City of [[Leicester, Massachusetts]]|access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>

Some of ShopHQ Health's cable carriage was wound down at the end of May 2022 after its Olympusat satellite lease expired and was replaced by [[QVC]] to carry QVC3;<ref>{{cite press release|title=ShopHQ Health Rebrand to QVC|publisher=[[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]]|date=1 May 2022|url=https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2022-05/Shop%20HQ%20Health%20Rebrand%20to%20QVC%203_NYC_N.ManhattanStatenIsl_NY.pdf|access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> both properties continue streaming online and feature some over-the-air carriage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=ShopHQ+Health | title=RabbitEars.Info }}</ref>

===Sale to Innovation Ventures, LLC===

After filing for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] on June 28, 2023,<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/imedia-brands-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-in-delaware?context=search&index=0|title=iMedia Brands Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Delaware|date=June 28, 2023|access-date=June 28, 2023|website=Bloomberg Law|language=en}}</ref> the channel's parent company, iMedia Brands, said on July 10 that it could sell its assets to [[WRNN-TV|RNN Media Group]] for $50 million, in a deal scheduled to close in August. RNN already had an agreement with IMBI, having affiliated its stations with ShopHQ in a three-year agreement in 2021.<ref name="st-saletornn">{{cite news |last1=Gilyard |first1=Burl |last2=Kennedy |first2=Patrick |title=iMedia Brands to be sold for $50 million out of bankruptcy |url=https://www.startribune.com/eden-prairie-imedia-brands-to-be-sold-for-50-million-out-of-bankruptcy-rnn-shophq-christopher-banks/600288585/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=[[Star Tribune]]}}</ref>

==Former logos==
<gallery>
File:ShopNBC logo.svg|Logo for when the network was known as ShopNBC. The logo was used from 2000 to 2009 and the name was retired in 2013.
File:ShopHQ logo.png|Logo for when the network's prior ShopHQ iteration from 2013 to 2015
Image:EVINE Logo.png|Evine's logo from 2015 to 2019; for its first year under Evine Live, it was rendered in the same form, except in an abstract design consisting of strips of varying colors vertically rendered in various red, orange and pink shades, and the text in white; the "e" on the right was also rendered backwards.
</gallery>

==Affiliates==
* [[KSCI]] 18.1 Long Beach/Los Angeles, California; owned by WRNN-TV Associates 
* [[KCNS]] 38.1 San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, California; owned by WRNN-TV Associates 
* [[KUBE-TV|KUBE]] 57.1 Baytown/Houston, Texas; owned by WRNN-TV Associates 
* [[KFWD]] 52.1 Fort-Worth/Dallas, Texas; owned by WRNN-TV Associates
* [[WWDP]] 46.1 Boston, Massachusetts; owned by WRNN-TV Associates
* [[WWCI-CD]] 10.2 Vero Beach/West Palm Beach, Florida; owned by [[Innovate Corp.]]
* [[KZMM-CD]] 22.2 Fresno, California, owned by Caballero Acquisition, LLC
* [[WRTN-LP]] 6.6 Alexandria/Nashville, Tennessee; owned by Richard C. and Lisa A. Goetz
* [[WWLM-CD]] 20.3 Washington/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WMCN-TV]] 44.1 Princeton, New Jersey; owned by WRNN-TV Associates
* [[WMDE]] 36.2 Dover, Delaware; owned by WRNN-TV Associates
* [[KSKJ-CD]] 45.5 Van Nuys, California; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[K21OM-D]] 20.4 Lafayette, Louisiana; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[W23BW-D]] 23.3 Madison, Wisconsin; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KOHC-CD]] 45.3 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; owned by Innovate Corp.
* KDNU-LD 7.3 Las Vegas, Nevada; owned by Bridge Media Networks.
* [[WRCZ-LD]] 35.2 Ocala, Florida; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WUVM-LD]] 4.5 Atlanta, Georgia; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WPSJ-CD]] 8.5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WESV-LD]] 25.4 Chicago, Illinois; owned by [[Estrella Media]]
* WCHU-LD 3.3 Oakwood Hills, Illinois; owned by Bridge News, LLC
* [[WOST]] 14.1 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[W20EJ-D]] 26.1 San Juan, Puerto Rico; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[W27DZ-D]] 14.1 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WWKQ-LD]] 14.1 Quebradillas, Puerto Rico; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WQQZ-CD]] 14.1 Ponce, Puerto Rico; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WDWO-CD]] 18.3 Detroit, Michigan; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WVTT-CD]] 34.1 Olean/Buffalo, New York; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KBKI-LD]] 27.1 Boise, Idaho; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KLKW-LD]] 22.6 Amarillo, Texas; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KAXW-LD]] 35.4 Mullin/Waco, Texas; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WTNO-CD]] 22.2 New Orleans, Louisiana; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[K17JI-D]] 12.2 Fresno, California; owned by Innovate Corp.
* KVDF-CD 31.3 San Antonio, Texas; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KQDF-LD]] 25.2 Santa Fe, New Mexico; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KLDF-CD]] 17.2 Lompoc/San Luis Obispo, California; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[KSAO-LD]] 49.3 Sacramento, California; owned by [[Manoj Bhargava|Bridge Media Networks]]
* [[WHDO-CD]] owned by Western Pacific Broadcast
* [[K33LN-D]] 33.5 Minneapolis, Minnesota; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WXAX-CD]] 26.2 Clearwater/Tampa, Florida; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[W15EB-D]] 21.1 Charlotte, North Carolina; owned by Innovate Corp.
* WQAW-LD 69.4 Lake Shore/Baltimore, Maryland; owned by Innovate Corp.
* [[WIRP-LD]] 27.1 Raleigh, North Carolina; owned by Innovate Corp.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.shophq.com}}
*[https://investors.imediabrands.com/overview/default.aspx iMedia Brands, Inc.], corporate website
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