It operates in seven segments: Travel, Electronic Retailing, Ticketing, Personals, Local and Media Services (LMS), Financial Services and Real Estate (FSRE), and Teleservices.
Travel segment makes travel products and services available from various commercial and charter airlines, lodging properties, car rental companies, and cruise lines and in-destination service providers.
Electronic Retailing segment sells consumer products, primarily through the HSN and America's Store television networks, and HSN.com, as well as through consumer catalog services and infomercials.
Ticketing segment provides online and offline ticketing services through Ticketmaster-owned Web sites.
It also offers operator-staffed call centers and independent retail outlets serving various venues, entertainment facilities, promoters, and professional sports franchises.
Personals segment provides single adults with an environment for meeting other singles through their respective Web sites, as well as through Match.com's affiliated networks.
LMS segment offers local content for major cities in the U.
S. and abroad, as well as practical transactional tools; markets coupon books, discounts, merchant promotions, and sally foster gift wrap; and offers free online invitation services, and online travel search engine and directory.
FSRE segment provides online exchanges that connect consumers and service providers in the lending and real estate industries.
Teleservices segment provides outsourced customer lifecycle management solutions.
IAC was incorporated as Silver King Broadcasting Company, Inc.
in 1986 and changed its name to HSN, Inc.
in 1996.
It further changed its name to USA Networks, Inc.
in 1998; to USA Interactive in 2002; to InterActiveCorp in 2003; and to IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2004.
IAC is based in New York City.
