HSN Shop by Remote app on Samsung's Internet@TV

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Consumers will have yet another way to shop with HSN. The interactive multichannel retailer will offer the HSN Shop by Remote app on select 2010 Samsung HDTVs, Blu-ray players and Home Theater Systems through the upgraded Internet@TV – Content Service. The HSN Shop by Remote app will allow viewers to access live streaming HSN video and make purchases using their remote controls.


Samsung’s upgraded Internet@TV feature includes Samsung Apps, providing consumers with an expanded, easy to navigate selection of content and applications from leading services that span video, information, lifestyle, games, and sports. The HSN app will be included in the first group of TV apps that will be available on Samsung Apps in spring 2010 free of charge to consumers. Premium apps will be available for purchase via Samsung Apps’ transactional interface in summer 2010.

Samsung viewers will require a broadband connection to access Internet@TV including the HSN app. The full-screen app will appear with the following categories listed for browsing:

  —  Current On Air Item – Product detail of the item currently airing live
      on HSN.
  —  Today’s Special – Available at an exclusive special retail price for
      the day.
  —  Deal of the Day – A must-have item that has never been discounted
      before will be unveiled daily at a special rate.
  —  Last 15 Items Aired – Customers can go back and browse a list of the
      last 15 products on air.