International TV Shopping Systems

What International TV Shopping Systems does

International TV Shopping Systems (ITVSS) is a privately held Australian software company founded in 1995 that builds and licenses a turnkey, end-to-end software platform for TV home shopping operators. The company is headquartered in Kings Langley, New South Wales, and operates with 11-50 employees. Its core product is a modular, integrated system covering the full operational stack of a television shopping channel: airtime scheduling (with show themes, presenters, and graphics automation integration), web-based order processing with IVR and shopping cart functionality, a customer-facing Web module with an integrated 24-hour TV guide, a real-time sales analytics module with target/budget tracking, a debtors and fraud management module with payment gateway integration, and a product reference/management module supporting multiple price books and promotional mechanics. The architecture is explicitly designed to plug into external applications including graphics automation and warehouse management systems, and is positioned to allow customer IT costs to remain controlled as transaction volumes scale.

ITVSS sells exclusively to TV home shopping operators (broadcasters and retailers running dedicated shopping channels) through a direct enterprise sales motion, with prospects initiating contact via a website inquiry form. The revenue model is software licensing on a recurring subscription basis, with quote-based pricing disclosed only to engaged prospects. The company is privately owned by its founders, including co-founder and director Emmanuel Carydis, and has operated continuously for over 30 years without disclosed external funding. Its most prominent customer and channel partner is TVSN Channel, Australia's major TV shopping network, which functions as both a reference account and a credibility anchor in the local market. Underlying technology partnerships with Sybase, SGI, Revelation, and Oryx Software provide the database, computing, and tooling infrastructure that supports the platform.

Name

International TV Shopping Systems

Legal name

International TV Shopping Systems

Website

https://itvss.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

International TV Shopping Systems (ITVSS) is a privately held Australian software company that provides a turnkey, modular software platform for TV home shopping operators, covering airtime scheduling, order processing, web, real-time sales analytics, debtors management, and product reference. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New South Wales, it sells to broadcasters and dedicated shopping channels on a subscription basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

TV Home Shopping Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

FAST Channel Networks & Platforms (MPACAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Production Switching & Routing (Vision Mixers, Routers) (MPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• TV home shopping software
• Broadcast order management
• Airtime scheduling system
• Real-time sales analytics
• Debtors management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: ITVSS provides its TV Home Shopping System software as a turnkey solution, with costs remaining low as the business scales. The system integrates multiple modules including scheduling, order processing, web, real-time sales, debtors, and reference modules.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ITVSS provides a turnkey, fully integrated software system that forms the operational backbone for TV Home Shopping broadcasters and retailers. The platform covers every facet of the business — from initial order entry via web or IVR, through airtime scheduling, real-time sales analysis, debtor management and product/reference data — and is engineered so that IT costs stay low as the operator's sales grow. The system is extensible and can plug into any external application including Graphics Automation and Warehouse Management Systems.

Product overview

International TV Shopping Systems (ITVSS) offers a single unified product — the ITVSS core platform — which is a turnkey TV home shopping system. The platform is offered as a comprehensive, fully integrated software solution that includes multiple functional modules: Scheduling (for managing airtime, shows, presenters, and graphics automation), Order Processing (web-based order entry with IVR and shopping cart), Web (customer-facing website with integrated TV guide), Real-Time Sales (sales analysis and target tracking), Debtors (fraud management and payment processing), Reference (product management and pricing), and an expandable IVR system. All modules are designed to work together as an integrated backbone, with the ability to plug into external applications including graphics automation and warehouse management systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ITVSS TV Home Shopping System (Core Platform)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TVSN ChannelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTVSN Channel (Television Shopping Network) is listed on the ITVSS Links page as a partner. TVSN is a major Australian TV shopping channel, representing a key customer and reference partner for ITVSS in the TV Home Shopping industry.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Mirakl: Marketplace and catalog platform enabling third-party seller commerce. Conceptually adjacent to ITVSS's reference/product catalog and pricing modules for retailers running multi-vendor TV shopping catalogs.
• VTEX: Enterprise e-commerce and marketplace platform used by retailers running multi-channel commerce. Adjacent to ITVSS's order entry, pricing, and debtor management modules for omnichannel retail operations.
• Shopify: Dominant e-commerce platform offering order management, pricing, and storefront capabilities. Adjacent to ITVSS's order-processing and web modules, and a potential substitution threat as TV shopping migrates online.

Emerging players

• Pluto TV (Paramount): Operates a large FAST channel network monetised via advertising. Comparable as a modern linear-TV operator whose channel-management and scheduling challenges parallel those ITVSS solves for TV shopping operators.

Broad incumbents

• Amagi: Provider of cloud-native broadcast and FAST channel playout, scheduling, and monetisation technology. Comparable as a broader broadcast-software/automation player serving the same linear TV operator ecosystem that ITVSS targets.
• Grass Valley: Long-established broadcast technology vendor offering playout, scheduling, and automation systems. Overlaps with ITVSS's scheduling and graphics-automation integration capability for TV broadcast operations.
• Red Bee Media: Provides broadcast services including playout, scheduling, and content management for TV networks. Comparable as a broader broadcast-software/services incumbent whose scheduling and playout footprint overlaps with ITVSS's domain.
• Vizrt: Supplies broadcast graphics, automation, and playout software used by TV channels worldwide. Adjacent to ITVSS's scheduling and graphics-automation integration modules within TV shopping operations.
• Roku (Channel Store / FAST): Operates a FAST channel ecosystem and TV-channel distribution platform. Relevant as a broader incumbent defining the modern TV-channel operating model that ITVSS's customers must interoperate with.

Direct peers

• TVSN Channel: Australia's leading TV shopping channel and ITVSS's named reference partner. Operates the same end-customer formula (linear TV + order capture) that ITVSS's software is purpose-built to support, making it both a customer and a direct functional comparator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-tv-shopping-systems-pty.-ltd.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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