Yesshop

Yesshop (stylised as YESSHOP) was a New Zealand shopping channel. The channel was based on the South Korean model of home shopping.

Yesshop
CountryNew Zealand
Broadcast areaAustralia & New Zealand
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV) 16:9
Ownership
OwnerYes Retail
History
Launched4 November 2013 (2013-11-04)
Closed29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)
Replaced bySonLife Broadcasting Network (for Southern Cross Austereo stations)
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview NZ (virtual)21
Freeview AU (virtual)54/55/64/74

The channel originally launched in New Zealand on free-to-air television and pay television on 4 November 2013.[1] The channel announced on 12 November 2013, that creative student talent, from various schools in New Zealand, would feature on the channel on Sunday mornings, beginning on 17 November 2013.[2] The channel expanded to Australian pay television provider Foxtel, launching on 29 February 2016,[3] after signing a deal with them on 20 November of the previous year.[4][5] The channel hit the streets of Auckland to sing for the charity KidsCan, on 4 May 2016.[6] The channel also received a short-lived run on Australian regional free-to-air television via Southern Cross Austereo, launching on 1 August 2016.[7]

Yesshop's owner, Yes Retail, made the decision to cease trading on 29 September 2016 citing lack of funds to pay wages and the company's current losses of approximately 20 million dollars.[8] Employees' contracts were terminated the same day.[9] Two young business owners were upset at the demise of Yesshop, because they would be left out of pocket after the collapse of the channel's owner.[10] On Southern Cross Austereo's regional free-to-air television stations, on 17 July 2017, a channel owned by evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, SonLife Broadcasting Network, launched using this channel's old spectrum.[11][12]

References
  1. "Shake up for Home Shopping as Yesshop Launches". Scoop. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. "Creative student talent to feature on YESSHOP | Scoop News". Scoop. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. "New Zealand's #1 TV Shopping Channel Debuts Across Tasman | Scoop News". Scoop. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. "Yesshop signs deal with Foxtel". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. "YESSHOP signs deal with Foxtel | Scoop News". Scoop. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. "YESSHOP Hits the Streets of Auckland to Sing for Charity | Scoop News". Scoop. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  7. "YESSHOP coming to SCA regional viewers August 1". Southern Cross Austereo. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. "YesShop shopping channel shutting down". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. Edmunds, Susan (29 September 2016). "YesShop tells employees it must close immediately". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  10. Edmunds, Susan (1 October 2016). "Business owners upset at demise of TV shopping channel YesShop". Stuff. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  11. Knox, David (15 July 2017). "Religious channel coming to Southern Cross network". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  12. "Australia & New Zealand". SonLife Broadcasting Network. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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