American cable television network specializing in home shopping, which Barry Diller purchased in 1992 and used as the insight that interactive screens could power direct commerce.
Demonstrated that television could be a transactional medium — not just advertising-supported entertainment — providing the conceptual bridge Diller used to understand the internet's commercial potential a decade later.
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