Price Drop is a British television shopping channel based in the UK, that runs daily live reverse auctions. It was the first reverse auction channel of its kind in the world. The channel is owned by Bid Shopping.

History[link]

Price-Drop.TV (2003-2005)[link]

The channel first launched as Price-Drop.TV on 11 June 2003. The channel began broadcasting from 4pm to 12am, Wednesdays to Saturdays. The hours of live broadcast have been extended since and currently operates from 7:45am to 1:30am, 7 days a week. It is available to more than 12 million homes in the UK, and makes weekly revenue of over £3 million.

Prior to December 2004, each 'price drop' started at the guide price. After guide prices were removed, it is no longer possible to judge how closely the starting prices reflect the true value of products. A certain number of units of a product are advertised at a specified price, and buyers can place orders by telephone. The price is decreased in steps until all units are sold. All purchasers pay the final, lowest, price. Occasionally, the channel has promotions where a small number of products "Megadrop" to £1 during a special event (it appears to be random, but directors choose which products will Megadrop beforehand). Megadrops are also used on sister channel Bid, but Price Drop was the first to use the promotion.

Price-Drop TV (2005-2011)[link]

On 21 January 2005, the channel was slightly renamed to Price-Drop TV, losing only the '.' part of the channel's name.

In October 2005, a start price graphic was introduced, effectively reinstating a rephrased guide price. The "start price" was used to show the starting price of the reverse auction, but was not used to represent a value or worth. Until 10 May 2006, prices were stated in pounds only; on that date the graphics were changed and products are sold in pounds and pence instead.

Price Drop (2011-present)[link]

On 1 August 2011, 'Price-Drop TV' rebranded as 'Price Drop' dropping the 'TV' and '-' from the channel's name.^[1] Along with the new name, new buying graphics were introduced on all three Bid Shopping channels and new idents compromising of different 3D products flying around the new logo designs were shown. The new design was created to make buying easier for the viewer. At the same time as the new channel design, multi-buy was introduced on certain products where the viewer can select to buy more than one product at the same time (P&P is still applied to each item).

On 30 March 2012 at 6pm, Price Drop "relaunched" with a completely new set, but still in their existing studio. The new set primarily consists of a brick-work wall design with blue and purple lighting filling the left and right window cut-outs. In the centre of the simulated wall there is another cut-out which houses four LCD screen panels that constructs the main visual display on the Price Drop set; this also provides a backdrop for images and video behind the presenters and assistants.

Broadcasting on Freeview[link]

Price Drop had to change its Freeview channel number on 1 October 2004, when ITV, owner of multiplex it had broadcast on, wanted the capacity to launch ITV3 a month later.

On 5 January 2009, Price Drop was removed from the Freeview digital platform,^[2] as Sit-Up Shopping losing its space on multiplex A. It was outbid for renewal of its carriage contract by Discovery Networks UK, which launched the entertainment channel Quest. The channel returned to Freeview in August 2009 - but, because it was time-sharing capacity with another channel, its hours were limited to 8am to 12am.

Presenters[link]

Assistants[link]

Although the presenters are male and female, the assistants are, at least currently, exclusively female.

• Yolisa Segone
• Jules Sowa
• Beccy Blease
• Hayley Selway
• Lisa Leyland
• Marina Berry
• Gemma Smallpage
• Lisa Celisse
• Lucinda Grossmith
• Rhiannon Duffin
• Tori Campbell
• Claire Louise Reid
• Janine Jones
• Kiri Bloore

Note: Not all staff are mentioned above

Retail Store[link]

A pilot retail outlet at the Hatfield Galleria opened in 2004 selling goods initially at close to RRP, and dropping the price each day. Another store opened at Kingsgate Shopping Centre in Huddersfield around the same time. Due to the global recession and questions over stock quality, both stores were closed in April 2009.^[3]

See also[link]

• Bid Shopping
• Bid
• Speed Auction

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Bid Shopping Official Site
• Parent company's official website

Steven James Stuart Anderson (born 19 December 1985) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for St. Johnstone. Anderson can play anywhere across the back line of defence although usually plays in central defence.

Career[link]

He joined the Perth club from Tayside rivals Dundee United in the summer of 2004.

External links[link]

• Steven Anderson career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at PlayerHistory.com
• St. Johnstone's official site profile

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• Gregory Scott
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• Greg Scott (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey right winger
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• All pages with titles containing "Gregory Scott"

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