Jewellery Maker
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Jewellery Maker is a British jewellery shopping channel. It is the first channel of its kind, to focus solely on making your own gemstone jewellery through purchasing kits and making it yourself. The presentation and format of the channel is similar to the crafting channel; Create & Craft
. Jewellery Maker is available on Freesat
, Sky and online. The channel operations are based at Rocks TV
's former studios in Warwickshire
. The channel currently broadcasts live between 9am and 1pm and rebroadcasts the live shows during its downtime.
. Jewellery Maker is currently using the former Rocks TV
studio, after it moved into the former Gems TV 2
studio following the acquisition of Gems TV UK Limited.
On 10 August 2010, Jewellery Maker launched on Freesat
channel 807. On 8 September 2010, the channel also launched on Virgin Media
channel 756, replacing Gems TV 2.
Following the acquisition of a 24-hour Freeview slot for Gems TV
in 2011, Jewellery Maker is now broadcast on Freeview channel 43 during its live hours (9am-1pm), as Gems TV is broadcast as a teleshopping block on 5* during this period; channel 43 relays Gems TV between 1pm and 9am.
Ideal World
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. Jewellery Maker is available on Freesat
Freesat
Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008...
, Sky and online. The channel operations are based at Rocks TV
Rocks TV
Gems TV Extra is a British reverse auction jewellery shopping channel. The channel is available on Sky, Freesat and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham...
's former studios in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
. The channel currently broadcasts live between 9am and 1pm and rebroadcasts the live shows during its downtime.
History
Jewellery Maker was launched on 1 May 2010 after The Colourful Company Group successfully purchased the Thomas Cook TV EPG slot on Sky. For the first 2 months, the channel broadcast solely pre-recorded shows. On 7 July 2010, Jewellery Maker started broadcasting live, due to the completion of the sale involving rival channel Gems TVGems TV (UK)
Gems TV is a British reverse auction jewellery shopping channel. It is officially the first channel of its kind in the UK. The channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat, Freeview and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham...
. Jewellery Maker is currently using the former Rocks TV
Rocks TV
Gems TV Extra is a British reverse auction jewellery shopping channel. The channel is available on Sky, Freesat and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham...
studio, after it moved into the former Gems TV 2
Gems TV (UK)
Gems TV is a British reverse auction jewellery shopping channel. It is officially the first channel of its kind in the UK. The channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat, Freeview and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham...
studio following the acquisition of Gems TV UK Limited.
On 10 August 2010, Jewellery Maker launched on Freesat
Freesat
Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008...
channel 807. On 8 September 2010, the channel also launched on Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
channel 756, replacing Gems TV 2.
Following the acquisition of a 24-hour Freeview slot for Gems TV
Gems TV (UK)
Gems TV is a British reverse auction jewellery shopping channel. It is officially the first channel of its kind in the UK. The channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat, Freeview and online. The channel operations are based at Eagle Road Studios in Redditch, near Birmingham...
in 2011, Jewellery Maker is now broadcast on Freeview channel 43 during its live hours (9am-1pm), as Gems TV is broadcast as a teleshopping block on 5* during this period; channel 43 relays Gems TV between 1pm and 9am.