TGGC Outlet

TGGC Outlet (The Genuine Gemstone Company Outlet) was a British reverse auction clearance jewellery shopping channel. The channel was available on Sky and online. The channel's operations were based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham. The channel broadcast live from 11am to 7pm and used a clearance format and is the sister channel to Gems TV and Jewellery Maker.

TGGC Outlet
Launched25 July 2008 (online)
1 December 2009 (TV)
Closed15 July 2013
Owned byThe Genuine Gemstone Company
Picture format576i (16:9, SDTV)
Slogan"Your auction family jeweller" (2010)
"14 jewellery collections, 1 shopping channel" (2008–2010)
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersWarwickshire
Formerly calledRocks TV (25 July 2008 – 2 January 2011)
Gems TV Extra (2 January 2011 – 13 December 2012)
ReplacedTravel Deals Direct
Replaced byHigh Street Xtra
Sister channel(s)Gems TV
Jewellery Maker
Websitewww.tggcoutlet.com
Availability at time of closure
Satellite
SkyChannel 656
Eutelsat 28A12523 V 27500 2/3

History

Rocks TV (2008–2011)
Original Rocks TV logo used from 25 July 2008 to July 2010

The channel originally launched as Rocks TV and was founded by the formation of The Coloured Company Group Limited in 2008 by Steve Bennett, his brother John and his wife Sarah. Steve had already had experience in the field of jewellery and shopping television as he was one of the original founders of Gems TV, of which he left a year prior to the launch of Rocks TV.

Final Rocks TV logo used from July 2010 to 2 January 2011

Gems TV Extra (2011–2012)

On 7 December 2010, it was announced on the channel that Rocks TV would be rebranded as Gems TV Extra[1] and would merge with sister channel; Gem Collector. As a result, the channel moved from Sky 647 to Sky 656 and on 1 January 2011, its EPG slot on 647 was sold to Retail Therapy TV.

The new format included more themed hours and regular Gem Collector hours.

Gems TV Extra was added to Freesat channel 818 on 1 February 2011.

TGGC Outlet (2012–2013)

On 13 December 2012, Gems TV Extra ceased broadcasting. The channel was relaunched as TGGC Outlet, with a new studio and clearance format on 15 December 2012. On 2 April 2013, the channel was removed from Freesat It was replaced by a new channel called 'The Lounge'.[2]

On 15 July 2013, the channel was replaced by High Street Xtra, a sister channel to High Street TV.

Online only launch

Rocks TV started out as an online only based shopping 'Television channel'. The channel started a 3-day beta testing on 25 July 2008, which was exclusively available for friends of the company and members at ShoppingTelly.com.[3] The official launch of the channel was on 28 July 2008 and was initially live between 5pm and 11pm.

TV launch

On 1 December 2009, Rocks TV successfully acquired an EPG slot on Sky 647 from Travel Deals Direct and started broadcasting pre-recorded shows throughout December until 6 January 2010, when the company returned from the Christmas break and started broadcasting live on TV and online. Its broadcasting hours were extended following the online launch in July 2008.[4][5]

gollark: GEORGE (86% confidence), yes.
gollark: Evil plan #92827261: tunnel HTTP over UDTP.
gollark: Perhaps I should somehow make a way to run my multicast chat program over the netz™.
gollark: As a backup plan, GEORGE will be periodically etched into the moon.
gollark: Yes, we're working on using firmware hacks on display controllers and certain extremely rapidly changing arrangements of pixels to create optically pumped lasers.

References
  1. On-screen message
  2. "VIVA and Travel Channel join Freesat". a516digital. 2 April 2013.
  3. "Press launch, beta testing, launch!". Coloured Rocks Blog. 23 July 2008.
  4. "Rocks TV On The Telly!!". Coloured Rocks Blog. 8 December 2009.
  5. "Live At 4pm Today!". Coloured Rocks Blog. 6 January 2010.

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