The Jewelry Channel

Infobox_TV_channel
name= The Jewelry Channel
logofile= JewelryChannel.png logoalt=
logosize=
slogan= Make Life Sparkle
launch=April 18, 2007
owner= | headquarters= Austin, Texas, United States
web= [http://www.tjc.tv www.tjc.tv]
terr avail=Available in some market areas
terr serv 1=Available in some market areas
sat serv 1=DirecTV
sat chan 1=Channel 226
sat serv 2=Dish Network
sat chan 2=Channel 218
cable serv 1 = Available on many cable systems.
cable chan 1 = Check local listings for channels
cable serv 2=
cable chan 2=
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The Jewelry Channel is an American home shopping channel that specialises in sale of jewelry, in the manner of a reverse auction. Based in Austin, Texas, the channel broadcasts on many cable systems nationwide, as well as on DirecTV Channel 226 and Dish Network Channel 218, and is also available on the internet through its website.

The Jewelry Channel also has overseas versions of their channel in the United Kingdom (The Jewellery Channel) and Germany (Der Schmuckkanal).

Closure

It was reported on the Austin American-Statesman web site on June 16, 2008 that TJC would close its doors and cease broadcasting in early August 2008, with its staff of 106 employees being laid off.

From a story on the Austin Business Journal's website, TJC was scheduled to close up shop on August 4, 2008. [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/06/16/daily8.html] However, as of October 10th, 2008, the channel is still on the air, broadcasting it's "Going Out of Business Sale". The sale has been going on since mid-June, 2008, approximately at the time the Austin Business Journal's article was released.

External links

* [http://www.tjc.tv Company site]
* [http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2008/06/16/jewelry_channel_to_shut_down_i.html Austin Statesman-American: "Jewelry Channel to Shut Down"]