21.   HSN Chairman Barry Diller hopes to use the cash generated by the shopping channel and Ticketmaster to form a U.S. network of television stations focused on local programming.

22.   HSN Chairman Diller hopes to use the cash generated by the shopping channel and Ticketmaster to form a U.S. network of television stations focused on local programming.

23.   It also adds a shopping channel.

24.   It sells its wares -- such as Marie Osmond dolls and Annette Funicello teddy bears -- on home shopping channels pitched by their namesakes.

25.   Last November, Fingerhut Cos. dropped plans for a shopping channel.

26.   Liberty Media is also invested in QVC, another home shopping channel previously run by Diller.

27.   Last year, she ordered a Barney doll with computer interface and CD-ROM after seeing them advertised on a home shopping channel.

28.   Liberty contends that no further government clearance is required on the matter of holding stakes in two home shopping channels.

29.   NBC also invested in Value Vision, a small cable shopping channel.

30.   Ms. Abraham also edited a new version of a cookbook that was featured on the QVC shopping channel.