K-tel

K-Tel International
Company typePrivate
Industryphonographic industry Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
FounderPhilip Kives
Headquarters,
Canada
ProductsTelevision advertising, music
OwnerPhilip Kives
Websitewww.k-tel.com

K-tel International Ltd is a Canadian company which formerly specialized in selling consumer products through infomercials and live demonstration. Its products include compilation music albums, including The Super Hits series, The Dynamic Hits series and The Number One Hits series and consumer products, including the Record Selector, the Veg-O-Matic, the Miracle Brush, and the Feather Touch Knife. The company has sold more than half a billion units worldwide.[1]

K-tel is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and has been in business since the late 1960s. It has subsidiaries or other controlled entities in the US and UK.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Philip Kives, K-tel founder and 'wait there's more' infomercial king, dies at 87". The Guardian, 29 April 2016
  2. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1972-10-28). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "K-Tel International (UK) Ltd". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-07-10.