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 |
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| Terrestrial | |
| Available in some market areas | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 313 |
| Dish Network | Channel 227 |
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| Available on many cable systems. | Check local listings for channels |
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.[citation needed]
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. In October 2008 the network started to broadcast in high definition.[1].
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[edit] Lawsuits
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.[2]
On May 23, 2008, a $5 million class action lawsuit was filed in California against Jewelry Television. The suit alleges since 2003 the shopping network has sold treated gemstones without disclosing the treatment while promising buyers that these stones were rare and untreated. [3]
On May 19, 2009, a lawsuit was filed against Jewelry Television alleging wrongful termination and age discrimination, alleging a "scheme" to get rid of employees with expensive health care costs.[4]
On April 3, 2009, a lawsuit was filed by Jewelry Television against Sterling Commerce (US District Court - Knoxville: Case 3:09-cv-00143), alleging JTV has spent over $5 million in payments to Sterling for an unfinished, non-integrated and functionally deficient software system and has also expended internally in excess of $5 million in support and development of the failed software implementation project. JTV has been critically injured by Sterling 's conduct. (JTV states) The problems with the systems will likely take years and millions of more dollars to fix. To even restore the functionality of JTV's legacy system that was in place before the failed implementation of bits and pieces of the Sterling software would require significant resources. - In its pleadings, JTV admits it's employee population is down to near half of previous high levels - only 1100 employees. Involved in the discussions/decisions for JTV are: Representing JTV were Wayne Lambert, Chris Meystrik (VP of Software Engineering), Dave Boeschenstein (VP of Operations), Joe Fields (Chief Operating Officer), and Tim Matthews (functioning at that time as the Chairman of JTV's Information Technology Steering Committee). Source: US District Court, Knoxville, TN Case 3:09-cv-00143
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tvpredictions.com/jtv092108.htm
- ^ "Diamonds.net News - Jewelry TV Sues Lloyd's, Plans More Suits in $3M e-Payment Fraud". http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=21056. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Knoxnews.com - Jewelry TV Blasted in Suit- Shopping network sold stones deceptively, customer alleges". http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jun/03/jewelry-tv-blasted-in-suit/. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ Harrington, Carly (2009-05-19). "Ex-Jewelry Television exec sues network". Knoxville News-Sentinel. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/19/ex-jewelry-television-exec-sues-network/. Retrieved on 2009-05-20.
[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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