Home Shopping Network, Inc. Mergers and Acquisitions


Home Shopping Network, Inc.

1 HSN Drive
St. Petersburg, FL 33729
United States
Tel:1/727/872-1000
URL: http://www.internet.net

Parent Company:
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Industry:
Mail Order
Home Shopping Network, Inc. Company Snapshot

Home Shopping Network, Inc. Deal Timeline


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Home Shopping Network, Inc. M&A History


Home Shopping Network acquires HOT Home Shopping Network acquires HOTJun 13, 2002

GERMANY - Home Shopping Network Inc, a unit of Liberty Media Corp, acquired a raised its interest to ### from ##%, by acquiring a #% interest in Home Order Television GmbH & Co.

Home Shopping Network acquires Hot Networks AG Home Shopping Network acquires Hot Networks AGJun 07, 2002

GERMANY - Home Shopping Network Inc, a unti of Liberty Media Corp, acquired the remaining ##.##% interest in Hot Networks AG, home shopping TV channel, that it did not already own.

Home Shopping Network acquires RodRiguez Communications-K25FW from Spanish Broadcasting Sys Inc Home Shopping Network acquires RodRiguez Communications-K25FW from Spanish Broadcasting Sys IncDec 28, 2001

US - Home Shopping Network Inc, a unit of Liberty Media Corp, acquired the K##FW-TV station, located in Corsicana,Texas, from Spanish Broadcasting System Inc's RodRiguez Communications Inc subsidiary, a provider of telecommunications services.

Home Shopping Network acquires Craftopia.Com Inc (pending) Home Shopping Network acquires Craftopia.Com Inc (pending)Jan 17, 2001

US - Home Shopping Network Inc, a unit of Liberty Media Corp, agreed to acquire Craftopia.Com Inc, an online retailer of arts and crafts.

Home Shopping Network acquires a minority stake in Ticketmaster Group Inc Home Shopping Network acquires a minority stake in Ticketmaster Group IncJul 17, 1997

HSN acquired a ##.#% stake, or ##.## mil common shares, in Ticketmaster, from investor Paul Allen, in exchange for #.# mil HSN common shares valued at $##.# mil, subject to a collar agreement, in a privately

Silver King Communications Inc acquires Home Shopping Network from Liberty Media Corp Silver King Communications Inc acquires Home Shopping Network from Liberty Media CorpDec 20, 1996

Silver King Communications (SKC), minority controlled by investor Barry Diller, acquired Home Shopping Network (HSN), a unit of Tele- Communications' Liberty Media subsidiary, in a stock swap transaction valued at an estimated $#.### bil. HSN shareholders received .## SKC

Home Shopping Network acquires a minority stake in HOT(Quelle-Schickedanz AG) from Karstadt AG Home Shopping Network acquires a minority stake in HOT(Quelle-Schickedanz AG) from Karstadt AGOct 15, 1996

Home Shopping Network (HS), a unit of Tele-Communications' (TC) Liberty Media (LM) subsidiary, acquired a ##% stake in Home Order Television (HOT), a unit of Quelle-Schickedanz (QS). Terms were not disclosed. As a result of the transaction, QS

Silver King Communications Inc withdraws offer for Home Shopping Network Silver King Communications Inc withdraws offer for Home Shopping NetworkNov 27, 1995

Silver King Communications (SKC), a unit of RMS and minority controlled by Barry Diller, withdrew its options to acquire ## mil common shares, or a ##.##% stake in Home Shopping Network (HSN), a unit of Tele-Communications' Liberty Media

Silver King Communications Inc withdraws offer for minority stake in Home Shopping Network Silver King Communications Inc withdraws offer for minority stake in Home Shopping NetworkNov 27, 1995

Silver King Communications (SKC), a unit of RMS and minority controlled by investor Barry Diller, withdrew its offer to acquire ## mil common shares, or a ##% stake, in Home Shopping Network, a unit of Tele-Communications' Liberty Media subsidiary

Home Shopping Network acquires Internet Shopping Network Home Shopping Network acquires Internet Shopping NetworkSep 07, 1994

Home Shopping Network, a unit of the Liberty Media subsidiary of Tele-Communications, acquired Internet Shopping Network. erms were not disclosed.

Turner Broadcasting Systems is rumored to be planning to acquire Home Shopping Network from Liberty Media Corp Turner Broadcasting Systems is rumored to be planning to acquire  Home Shopping Network from Liberty Media CorpMar 28, 1994

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) was rumored to be negotiating to acquire Home Shopping Network (HSN) from Liberty Media. TBS was also rumored to be very interested in ## UHF stations operated as HSN affiliates.

Home Shopping Network withdraws offer for QVC Network Inc Home Shopping Network withdraws offer for QVC Network IncJul 12, 1993

Home Shopping Network (HSN) terminated its agreement to merge with QVC in a tax-free reverse stock swap merger valued at $#.### bil. QVC common shareholders were to receive # HSN common shares per share held. Based on HSN

Liberty Media Corp acquires a minority stake in Home Shopping Network from Liberty Media Corp Liberty Media Corp acquires a minority stake in Home Shopping Network from Liberty Media CorpMay 20, 1993

Liberty Media (LM), a majority owned unit of Tele-Communications, completed a tender offer to acquire ##,###,### common shares, or ##.##%, of Home Shopping Network (HSN) for $# per share, or a total of $### mil. The

Liberty Media Corp acquires Home Shopping Network Inc Liberty Media Corp acquires Home Shopping Network IncFeb 12, 1993

Liberty Media (LM) withdrew its offer to acquire all the shares of Home Shopping Network (HSN) that it did not already own for $### mil. LM offered $#.# in cash and .# Class A common share for each of

Liberty Media Corp acquires a minority stake in Home Shopping Network Inc Liberty Media Corp acquires a minority stake in Home Shopping Network IncFeb 12, 1993

Liberty Media, a unit of Tele-Communications, acquired a ##.##% interest, or ## mil Class B common shares of Home Shopping Network (HSN) from RMS for $### mil. The consideration consisted of $## mil in cash and #,###

Home Shopping Network Inc acquires a minority stake in NRI Home Shopping Network Inc acquires a minority stake in NRIApr 28, 1992

Home Shopping Newtwork acquired ###,### Series A convertible preferred shares from National Registry for $## mil in a privately negotiated transaction. Consideration consisted of $# mil in cash and $# mil in various back office services. The preferred shares

Home Shopping Network Inc withdraws offer for QVC Network Inc Home Shopping Network Inc withdraws offer for QVC Network IncFeb 27, 1992

Home Shopping Network ended preliminary negotiations to merge with QVC Network. Terms were not disclosed.

Home Shopping Network Inc withdraws offer for minority stake in SkyPix Corp Home Shopping Network Inc withdraws offer for minority stake in SkyPix CorpMar 11, 1991

Home Shopping Network withdrew from an agreement to provide $## mil to a joint venture it was to form with SkyPix, a unit of Northwest StarScan, in return for a ##% interest in SkyPix. The consideration was to have been

Home Shopping Network Inc acquires Telemation-Chicago,Denver Asts from Telemation Inc Home Shopping Network Inc acquires Telemation-Chicago,Denver Asts from Telemation IncJul 05, 1989

Home Shopping Network bought the operating assets of Telemation for $# mil cash. The transaction would leave Telemation with $## mil in cash, and Telemation was to be renamed TLM.

Home Shopping Network Inc acquires Mistix Corp Home Shopping Network Inc acquires Mistix CorpMar 14, 1988

Home Shopping Network acquired Mistix. Terms were not disclosed.

Home Shopping Network, Inc. M&A Summary


Home Shopping Network, Inc. has made 12 acquisitions while taking stakes in 4 companies. Home Shopping Network, Inc. has 1 divestiture during this period.
YearAcquisitionsStakesDivestitures
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1989100
1988100
1987500
1986200
Total1241

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