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The Shopping Channel is New Zealand's first and only home shopping channel which broadcasts on Channel 18 on both free-to-view Freeview (New Zealand) and cable television SKY TV (New Zealand) in addition to live streaming online. The company was founded in 2010 and went live on 1 October 2012.

The Shopping Channel is owned by entrepreneur Greg Partington and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

History
In April 2011, NZ government-owned national broadcaster Television New Zealand announced that it would be discontinuing its commercial-free 24-hour news and information channel TVNZ 7 from July 2012, which was utilizing freeview digital channel 7 at that time. Greg Partington commenced negotiations with Television NZ to have The Shopping Channel broadcast on the same channel once TVNZ 7 had been closed down. However an agreement was not reached, and Partington subsequently took the concept to SKY TV.

In September 2012, The Shopping Channel announced that Eva Longoria would be visiting New Zealand for the first time, appearing in person live on air during the launch week of the channel in October 2012.

Southside Gig
Southside Gig, which first began in 2009, is a one day event which brings together hip hop music, breakdancing, or B-boying or breaking as it often called, as well as graffiti art and DJ battles celebrating urban culture in South Auckland.

Find out more here: PAST EVENT: Southside Gig at TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre - Mukuna http://www.mukuna.co.nz/auckland/south/gig55884.htm#ixzz28fPatcKV

Cult Couture
The Shopping Channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, of which eight hours each day is live, with pre-recorded content constituting the remaining 16 hours. The channel showcases various products which viewers can purchase by an E-commerce website.

Mixer
The Shopping Channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, of which eight hours each day is live, with pre-recorded content constituting the remaining 16 hours. The channel showcases various products which viewers can purchase by an E-commerce website. As with most home shopping cable channels, these products, such as jewellery and dresses, are mainly aimed at a female audience.

Other Festival events
The Shopping Channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, of which eight hours each day is live, with pre-recorded content constituting the remaining 16 hours. The channel showcases various products which viewers can purchase by an E-commerce website.

The on-air hosts include former New Zealand rugby league international Monty Betham, award-winning New Zealand Choregrapher Candy Lane, and Radio DJ/Presenter Mike Puru.