Thane Direct

{{Short description|British home shopping television channel}}

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| name = Thane Direct

| logo = Thane Direct logo.png

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| launch_date = {{start date and age|2002|03|19|df=y}}

| closed_date = {{end date and age|2023|01|05|df=y}}

| owner = Thane UK

| picture_format = 576i

| country = United Kingdom and Ireland

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| website = [http://www.thanedirect.co.uk/ thanedirect.co.uk]

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Thane Direct was a home shopping teleshopping channel, airing over Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel exclusively offered half-hour paid advertisements from direct marketing company Thane International, along with extended information through its website. It aired through Sky and Freesat, though by its end it only aired on Sky, and wound down on 5 January 2023; Thane continues to offer teleshopping programmes throughout the industry and online otherwise.{{cite web|url=http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/thane-direct-returns-tomorrow|title=Thane Direct Returns Tomorrow|publisher= Join Freesat|date=2 November 2010}}{{Cite web |title=Additional and defunct channels on Sky (UK & Ireland) – TVCL – TV Channel Lists |url=https://www.tvchannellists.com/w/Additional_and_defunct_channels_on_Sky_(UK_&_Ireland)#Not_broadcasting |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=www.tvchannellists.com}}