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In a counter-libel suit, GTE claimed that HSN had slandered the corporate; GTE received a $a hundred million judgment. Home Shopping Europe was launched in Italy in 2001 as Home Shopping Europe, replacing H.O.T. Italia (when this acronym meant the tv channel Home Order Television). In 2003, the frequencies of HSE were sold to Mediaset and the channel was renamed Mediashopping.