# Have You Noticed This (Cable TV Shopping Channels)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-this-cable-tv-shopping-channels/552618>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-this-cable-tv-shopping-channels/552618 "2010-09-04T20:11:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-this-cable-tv-shopping-channels/552618/1 "2010-09-04T20:11:04Z")

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We have a pretty weird CTV package-we have three shopping channels (english) and two in spanish.  
I never buy anything from them, but occasionally, whilst channel surfing, I will come to one…and notice that the sign on the bottom of the screen describes a totally different item than is being hawked above.  
How does this happen?