New all gay channel on direct tv

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After a year or so of dtry talk about the ncept of a gay-themed TV work, DirecTV took the plunge Friday, lnchg the natn's first channel aimed exclively at the gay and lbian...

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New all gay channel on direct tv.

1, 2005 After a year or so of dtry talk about the ncept of a gay-themed TV work, DirecTV took the plunge Friday, lnchg the natn's first channel aimed exclively at the gay and lbian market. It also at a time when the prence of gay characters on televisn has generated lots of buzz, wh this summer's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Boy Meets Boy on Bravo.

"The potential here is exponential, " said Stt Seom, a spokman for the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. "The channel uld ci to do a block of gay and lbian realy shows. " Last year, MTV and Showtime, both owned by Via, announced plans to llaborate on a gay-themed work.

DIRECTV BEGS GAY-THEMED CHANNEL

DirecTV has bee the first U.S. distributor to agree to rry a pay-per-view service directed at a gay and lbian dience. * gay channels on directv *

Will clu dramas, edi and thrillers, featurg characters who happen to be gay. "In each se, we will be lookg for media imag that provi validatn and support for the gay muny, " he said.

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me is an adaptatn of a one-man play by David Drake that explor the urban gay male experience. "We will show relatnships the gay muny, " he said. We will show gay people at home wh their boyiends or their children.

We are also ncerned about gay teens not havg proper role mols.

DIRECTV BOWS PPV SERVICE FOR GAY DS

Distributor to agree to rry a pay-per-view service directed at a gay and lbian dience. To a 24-hour-a-day ble work targeted to gays and lbians. “We want mastream, middle-of-the-road programmg for gays and lbians om the age of 16 on up, ” he said.

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DirecTV begs gay-themed channel .

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