Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:52:35 PM
QBID DD! Tons of solid DD here....
NEW! 06/01/05 Q sponsoring Outfest 2005! July 7th-18th! Premeire Sponsor! more great newssssssssssssss! thanks to a poster named Reindl for finding this.....
http://www.outfest.org/fest2005/2005sponsors.html
05/31/05 NEW Q WEBSITE LINK! KIIS FM presents the Q on the Move Summer Splash Tour '05 Kickoff Party with Nick Oram!
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/
05/28/05- Q is now on the Eurogames 2005 website in two places. Scroll down on the homepage and you will see Q. Q is also listed as a sponsor on the Eurogames website. thanks to a poster on RB named IntheCurl....
homepage link....
http://2005.eurogames.info/index.html
sponsor link.....
http://2005.eurogames.info/index.html
EuroGames Utrecht and Q Television Network have finalized an agreement for the exclusive US and Canadian broadcasting rights of the EuroGames Utrecht 2005.
Q Television will have access to all sports events, a host family of one of the Participants and will chronicle the activities of that athlete.
Subscribers of Q Television will get to view the EuroGames Utrecht 2005 and witness the triumphs and struggles the athletes endure while participating.
www.qtelevision.com
Q at "One Mighty Weekend!" June 3rd-June 5th at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida......
heres the website link...
http://www.onemightyweekend.com/events.html
Q in the Gay Day Orlando 2005 Guide. I spotted Q in 5 places in this guide. Not sure if I got'em all....
http://www.gayday.com/schedule/2005/guide2005.pdf
1) on page 26 and 27 of the Gay Day Orlando 2005 Guide you will see the "Travel Expo Floorplan" in which Q Television is listed in one of the large booths numbered B26 at the following event...
13th Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo/ World Welcome Center
June 3-4TH,2005
Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa
Lake Beuna Vista, Florida
2) On page 54 of the guide you will see Q Television as a New York Sponsor for the "Gay Life Expo" in Los Angeles September 24-25th, 2005 at the Hollywood Palladium and New York, November 19-20,2005 at the Jacob Javits Center.
3) On page 59, Q on the Move and Nick Oram will be at an event at Gay Day Orlando 2005 called Splash! A Gay Day Reunion.
4) Page 68 of the guide has this Full Page Q Television ad....
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=6513638
5) Page 96, Q LOGO, a Thank You Page for all Gay Day Olando 2005 Sponsors.
LINK TO CBS MARKETWATCH QBID INTERVIEW! Recent interview with Frank Olsen, CEO of QBID......
Q Television Network CEO Says Logo Debut Isn't A Threat
05/09/05
Q Television Network Chief Executive and President Frank Olsen says the June debut of Viacom's gay-themed Logo cable network will enhance his company's audience reach by opening doors to satellite and cable system operators.
http://guide.real.com/media/news?contentid=7294859&pageid=myreal.newsMAP&pageregion=A2&r....
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/11/2005 4:39:31 AM
Post #of 13829
Q ON OXYGEN!!!!1:30 SF West Coast time and the Q infomercial is on Oxygen.
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/11/2005 5:15:22 AM
Post #of 13830
An excellent compilation of what is on the Q Television Network. The infomercial ran from 1:3- to 2:00 west coast time on Oxygen and urged viewers to call 1-877-ITS-4QTV. It was great to finally see Jack E. Jett (this guy has star quality and the Q should focus a lot on the Jett), Nick Oram (I'm not gay but this guy is one good looking, buff guy), Scott Withers, Crisanne, Cassean, Toria Tolley and the rest of the Q group on the screen. The infomercial is composed of snippets from the Q shows, focusing on On Q Live (Jack E. Jett), Q on the Move (Nick Oram), Infoqus (Scott Withers), Women on Women (Torie Tolley and some women with spiked platinum hair, both who seem excellent, and a sampling of the movies, broadway musicals, concerts, and some of the series (Concrete Jungle, the Agenda)shown on the Q. It also focused on some of the hosts, including all of the personalities from On Q Live (Jett, Withers, Crisanne, Cassean, Jackie...), Nick Oram, Torie and the other hostesses of WOW, Honey, Cary Harrison, and two women who I was not familiar with, a Chelsie and an African-American women who skunks has mentioned but whose name I missed. It also showed many of the places the Q goes to -Sundance, Palm Springs, Washington, etc. and showed quick clips of celebrities including Jenny McCarthy, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ted Danson (holding a Q microphone), Donny Walberg, and Boy George. The infomercial ended with Nick telling viewers that "This Revolution Will Be Televised!"
Overall, a great job by the Q - and another "proomise" fulfilled. Hopefully, more than one person saw it, but apparently it will be repeated in the infomercial fashion. LOL
QBID Investor Information from the QBID website. heres the link.....
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/investorinfo.asp
5/10/2005 - RE: Marketwatch Interview
Please watch Frank Olsen in an exclusive interview on CBS Marketwatch.
www.marketwatch.com
Posted by: Garvis
In reply to: None Date:5/9/2005 6:42:44 PM
Post #of 111842
Q will be HUGE.... Wake up all...
Interview with Frank at MarketWatch :
15 000 suscribers and growing daily...
1.5 millions request in a month...
Worldwide soon...AUTRALIA in JULY...
Work with TIME WARNER and others...
He say many carriers soon...
Morning show soon : Gay Day...
Gay court ready...
Reality show...
Fund until 2008 for break even...
WOW !!!
Q will be HUGE soon
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw
5/10/2005 - From Frank
Dear Shareholders,
I would like to address all of the owners of QBID. First, things are going very well and although there are many items I cannot discuss because of confidentiality agreements, we are confident that we will make each and every one of you proud to be a shareholder. We are well beyond our estimated target with both discussions that our team is having with carriers and our internal restructure to have QTelevision fully reporting. Our network is a first of its kind and it's very important to have all its components in place to achieve complete success. The approach we've taken in being a 24X7 network will represent the GLBT community best. Our business plan has not veered and we know that this approach is more difficult than VOD, but ultimately it is the right choice. That said, all of the underlying components must continue to be in place for the large growth we are experiencing. All of the press releases we have disseminated have been to inform the investors of what we have been doing. We feel the investors should always be aware of our day to day activities and I understand that some investors have shown dismay due to some missed deadlines, but these deadlines are made to the best of our ability. Careful analysis goes into each release, but there are many variables that go into these contractual agreements and when legal departments take longer than expected or a key person involved is removed from the project, etc. this delays the negotiation. What is important for all of you to understand is in the end, all of these press releases will have come together exactly the way we intended it.
We have assembled the most sought after team in the country. Cathy Rasenberger, Carol Hinnant and Rubenstein Associates, Inc. are the "Dream Team" any new network could ask for. We have assembled this team to lead our company towards securing carriage, to continue subscriber growth in all areas and effectively hand over the responsibilities to our senior management once completed. We must show the industry that our network is viable, can produce revenue and justifies the limited bandwidth these MSO's have - our team is doing exactly that.
Our management team has internally been getting our company poised for the significant growth that will be coming shortly. We are working diligently on getting QTelevision fully reporting so both our individual investors as well as the institutions can better gauge their investment. Our company is fully funded until break even, 2008.
Again, I would like to thank the investors for sharing the same dream we've had for many years.
Frank
Q Television DD.....plenty more coming, just need to find the time
Q Television Website.......
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/
This photo and DD were provided to us by skunksyard. Thanks! Its a New Q Television Ad in the latest issue of Scene Magazine, June issue.
heres the ad, if its not working go to the link below and you will find it in the photo album named "Scene Magazine"....
New Scene Magazine Ad here also:
http://photos.yahoo.com/fireboy212000
ANOTHER AD IN SCENE MAGAZINE
Yet another AD in Scene
June issue of SCENE magazine
http://www.scenemag.net
Q Television Network Inks Marketing Agreement With SCENE Magazine
Wednesday April 20, 1:55 pm ET
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2005--Q Television Network, (Pink Sheets: QBID - News) announced today that it has entered into a marketing agreement with SCENE Magazine. The partnership will bring greater entertainment options to the GLBT community in terms of content, event marketing and other initiatives.
Partnership opportunities include new programs to air on Q Television, joint events, magazine features, and online opportunities. SCENE Magazine is a new, international, gay men's magazine now available in over 700 bookstores and newsstands throughout the United States and in parts of Canada and Europe.
"We are thrilled to enter into a partnership with SCENE Magazine because the publication is geared to our audience, so it's a natural fit for us," said Frank Olsen, President and CEO of Q Television Network. "There are enormous possibilities with this partnership, and we intend to explore all avenues to get the word out about Q Television and SCENE."
"The partnership with Q Television Network creates an unprecedented media platform to collateralize our respective content for the betterment of both our companies and the community," said Mark Lund, Publisher of SCENE magazine. "This marketing agreement is unique in GLBT media and one that will benefit all concerned."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050420/205846.html?.v=1
RCN information............
Posted by: firefight4
In reply to: None Date:4/14/2005 3:44:18 PM
Post #of 102741
A MUST READ! Q will air in Chicago, LA and Philly on RCN. Just a matter of when.....
This email quickly dispels any theory about RCN possibly dropping Q. It clearly shows that RCN will be adding Q in Chicago, LA and Philly. It lends credence to Richard's explanation that Q is not on RCN in those areas due to a bandwidth issue.
To: fireboy212000@yahoo. com
From: cabletv@rcn.com Add to Address Book
Subject: {100-23478} RE: RCN - Customer Feedback Form Submission
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:19:07 -0400
A Customer Care expert has responded to your help desk request.
-----------------------------------------------
[Submitted 14-4-2005-12:19 ]
-----------------------------------------------
Dear xxxxxxx,
My name is John. Thank you for contacting the Email Support Staff. We
are happy to provide you with the exceptional customer service you
deserve.
In response to your recent email, there are plans of eventually adding
Q TV to LA, Chicago, and Philadelphia, there is no set date as to when
this will happen. As soon as a date is set, it should be announced.
Thank you for your patience in this matter. If you should have any
further questions or concerns please feel free to contact the Email
Support Staff. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you.
John
Q Television will be filming at the Equality Forum all week in Philadelphia! April 25th- May 1st.
http://www.equalityforum.com/
Comcast is a MAJOR Sponsor....here is the sponsor list.....
http://www.equalityforum.com/2005/sponsors.cfm
From: "Malcolm Lazin" <mlazin@equalityforum.com> Add to Address Book
To: " <fireboy212000@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Equality Forum......
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:22:01 -0400
xxxxxx –
Q Television is sending in a crew. They arrive on Tuesday, April 26 and will be filming the entire week including the National Celebration on Sunday, May 1.
Hope you can join us.
Our best.
<Malcolm>
Malcolm Lazin
Executive Director
Equality Forum
www.equalityforum.com
(215) 732-7375
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:fireboy212000@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:49 PM
To: info@equalityforum.com
Subject: Equality Forum......
Hello, my name is xxxxxx and I am a firefighter and small business owner in NY. I have been following the updates and information on the Equality Forum website and I am extremely excited about it. I wanted to ask you a question about the Sponsors list on the website. It seems it has not been updated since December. I am trying to find out if Q Televsion will be a sponsor and if they will be involved in the Equality Forum. I have seen the commercials for the Equality Forum on Q Television and was wondering if Q Television will be filming at the event. thank you!
Here are some of the events Q will be attending soon...
thanks to skunksyard for sharing this info. This info is from Q's live show every weeknight from 7:30-10 pm est called, On Q Live. The following people are reporters for QTN and these are the events they will be reporting on for Q.........
click here to find out about the cast of On Q Live....
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/onqlive/
Jackie Enx on her way to gay rodeo in Las Vegas
http://www.dsra.org/
Chrisanne going to this...
http://www.igbo25.org/
Scott W. going to
http://www.equalityforum.com
next week for week
Scott W. going to gayday...
http://www.gayday.com
125,000 people expected
Q Television Sports....
NAVGA Volleyball Championships- Looks like the members have voted 10-1 so far in favor of Q televising the North American Gay Volleyball Association Championships....
http://www.nagva.org/
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=6093233
Coors Cup Hockey Tournament
with Q Television Network in negotiations for
North American broadcast telvision rights
http://www.tangobluesentertainment.com/news.htm
Hero Unit Productions will produce for Q Television the 2005 IGRA Rodeo Season including the Championship Finals
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5988556&txt2find=igra+2005+
Intl Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships - Atlanta, USA, 20-25 July 2005
http://www.igla2005.org/
They would also like to give us the opportunity to
participate in their spring swimsuit fashion show for
David Magazine on May 15. This annual event
combines a fashion show and photo spread in the
magazine. This will be great exposure (pardon the pun)
for our event. Southern Voice and David Magazine join
our other Gold Sponsor, the Chicago Gay Games. We
have also signed a Silver Sponsor, Q Network
Television and have given them the broadcast rights to
the event.
http://www.atlantarainbowtrout.com/Pages/Newsletter/Fishwrap_Jan_05.pdf
Chicago organizers of Gay Games VII today announced the signing of a contract with the California-based Q Television Network (Pink Sheets:QBID) granting the new gay network television, radio and Internet broadcast rights in a deal valued at more than $3.2 million. Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival will take place in Chicago, IL, USA, 15-22 July 2006.
http://www.gaygameschicago.org/media/article.php?aid=67
QTN news articles..........
thanks to this poster for finding this.
By: qbidvenus
17 Apr 2005, 02:52 AM EDT
Q TELEVSION AGREES TO COVER GAY DAYS WEEKEND EVENTS
ORLANDO - For the first time ever, Gay Days Weekend coverage will be broadcast daily on a national satellite television network.
GayDay . com has signed a sponsorship/partnership agreement with Q Television to offer live broadcasts daily from Orlando. Representatives from GayDay . com were recently at the Q Television Network studios in Dallas discussing Gay Day weekend on the network’s live Out on Q show. The network is also considering producing a documentary on the history of the 15-year-old event.
Q Television now covers all of the nation’s gay rodeos and has signed a partnership to televise the Gay Games in Chicago next summer. The network has also recently signed agreements to broadcast in Canada and Australia, with additional plans to be on Direct TV in the near future. The GLBT television company recently signed a nationwide carrier deal, bringing the network’s programming to 16 million potential viewers by June 1.
The agreement, with Products On Demand Channel Inc., will make Q Television's signature programming available to 107 stations. Q Television programming will be shown two hours daily in an effort to continue the national interest shown by carriers as well as potential subscribers. The signature programs available to be shown in its entirety are Q Television's incredibly popular, Q on the Move and In Focus, two programs that are anticipated to be shown on an unscrambled basis. W Staff reports
http://www.gayorlando.com/golocal/news/watermark/
This is a must read article from a writer with the Associated Press. This article has been posted on numerous websites such as CNN, MSNBC, Newsday and ABC News and in the NY Daily News as well as many other places
New networks seek gay, lesbian audiences
Three channels take different approaches to new market
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Posted: 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three new TV networks catering to gay and lesbian viewers are trying to establish themselves, and all say they support one another -- at least publicly.
Competition breeds interest and shows doubters the business is viable, said Frank Olsen, president of the Q Television Network. He once applied the same theory when he owned four gay and lesbian bars near one another in Seattle.
Click here for the whole article.....
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/13/gay.networks.ap/
Another excellent article about Q Television....
Local women help new network
BY RICK FOSTER / SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
ATTLEBORO -- Family values were a priority when partners Veronica Welch and Kelly Cinelli started their public relations and marketing business four years ago.
But that hasn't stopped the up-and-coming businesswomen from taking on a controversial client: The Q Television Network, billed as the nation's only TV service produced by and for gays and lesbians.
Click here for the full article.....
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2005/04/17/feature/feature46.txt
NEW ARTICLE! Must Read (from Multichannel News-4/25/05):
Coming Out in America
New Channels Woo Operators and Audiences With Different Strategies
By Wayne Karrfalt 4/25/2005 In this story:
HERE! OUT THE DOOR
LOGO'S WIDER NET
Q'S APPROACH
THE AD FACTOR
The movie Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star may best sum up the challenges that lie ahead for the three fledgling channels aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the United States.
While the Italian film's raciest quality may be its U.S. title, as an offering on the video-on-demand service Here! TV, it has played into the hands of news reports about the controversial nature of Gay TV channels, and it serves as ready ammunition for special-interest groups like the American Family Association as they marshal their forces to protest the channels.
So far Here! has gotten little flak from such groups, its executives say. But MTV Networks' Logo, slated to launch June 30, is preparing for the worst by training its affiliates to explain Logo to concerned callers. It remains to be seen what storms may be brewing -- as well as how many networks the market can support. But the three channels aimed at the U.S., which also include Q Television, have given themselves very unique qualities in an effort to differentiate themselves with the consumers, operators and satellite platforms they need to woo.
HERE! OUT THE DOOR
Here! has taken the lead in seeking carriage in the U.S. largely because it has chosen to forgo the traditional linear model in favor of a "platform agnostic" VOD or subscription VOD service. It is a premium service aiming high with bigger budgeted movies, scripted series and specials. Almost 25% of its lineup is devoted to originals.
Here! at a Glance
Launch date: September 2003
Owners: Majority owners Steven Jarchow and Paul Colichman
Business model: Premium service available via VOD, SVOD, PPV or as a 24/7 linear channel
Programming highlights: TV production of Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata; gay-themed soap Paradise Falls; Hollywood-caliber original films, including comedy Too Cool For Christmas, war film Tides of War and thriller Urgency; original gay detective series Third Man Out; original lesbian supernatural thriller Dante's Cove; talk show The Elizabeth Birch Project; over 1,000 acquired gay and lesbian films.
Demographic skew: 25-54
Wants to be known for: High-quality, authentic gay programming
Doesn't want to be known for: Gay porn
Distribution focus: "Platform agnostic" available as VOD, SVOD, PPV or linear 24/7 offering (DirecTV Inc. carries it this way)
Distribution to date: Available to 40 million homes, VOD on Time Warner Cable, Adelphia Communications Corp. and Comcast Corp.; SVOD on Cablevision Systems Corp., RCN Corp., Starpower Communications LLC, Cox Communications Corp.; linear or PPV on DirecTV; PPV on Dish Network
Top executive: CEO Paul Colichman
Contact:245 Park Avenue 24th Floor New York, NY 10167 (212) 372-8863 www.heretv.com
Its founders -- who have headed the film distribution and production company Regent Entertainment for more than a decade -- hatched the idea in 2002 as an outlet for the films in Regent's library, such as Oscar-winner Gods and Monsters, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Brendan Frasier. They quickly dismissed the idea of trying to woo advertisers into supporting gay films and series because they felt it would take away the creative freedom they needed to authentically serve the gay community.
"They wanted me to create programming I was uninterested in," says Here! CEO Paul Colichman about his discussions with the ad community. "They wanted to get gay dollars into their company coffers, but they didn't want to support us."
The decision to run on VOD and SVOD platforms in lieu of linear carriage was also one of expediency. The last thing operators want is another license fee weighing down their video margins, regardless of how underserved the audience is, says Here! president and chief operating officer Andrew Tow, a former executive at the MSO Century Communications Corp.
"The addition of any one new ad-supported channel is not going to move the needle, in terms of securing a new customer or stopping one from churning," says Tow, adding that operators he spoke with tended to ask: "Why should I devote precious bandwidth to something that would erode margins rather than help them?"
Here! has gained carriage faster than expected; new deals with Cox Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. announced at the National Show have made the service available to 40 million homes, including a linear option available on DirecTV Inc. Here! officials keep take rates close to the vest, but they will say the service sells better in smaller communities outside big cities, where gay entertainment is less available.
Tow and Colichman attribute Here!'s distribution pacts to the quality of its programming, which has involved an investment of $50 million so far in 2005. Because of its ties to Regent, its executives can debut some titles at the same time they debut on home video, and executives say that's a strong selling point to operators.
"We're able to make the deals more favorable to [the operators] without sacrificing revenue in the aggregate," Tow says.
LOGO'S WIDER NET
Logo's mission is quite different and so are the challenges it faces -- as is evidenced by the time Viacom Inc. is taking to get the channel off the ground. Viacom began discussing the network three years ago, and has pushed its original launch date from February to June 30.
Logo at a Glance
Planned launch date: June 30, 2005
Owner: MTV Networks
Programming highlights: Original reality series Cruise and My Fabulous Gay Wedding, scripted series Noah's Arc, documentaries, acquired movies, programming in conjunction with other Viacom Inc. brands such as CBS News and MTV: Music Television, and The Big Gay 100, a countdown show produced with VH1.
Business model: Basic ad-supported cable network with licensing fees
Demographic skew: All ages
Wants to be known for: Its broad reach
Doesn't want to be known for: politics, salaciousness
Distribution focus: digital basic
Distribution to date: Expects to be in 10 million homes upon launch, deals with Adelphia Communications Corp., RCN Corp. and Time Warner Cable, in negotiation with Comcast Corp. and others
Top executives: Brian Graden, president of MTV Networks Entertainment and president of Logo; Lisa Sherman, general manager of Logo
Contact: www.LOGOonline.com (212) 767-8732.
Some observers contend that Logo will be a lightening rod for criticism, and it will have to be patient for operators and advertisers to climb on board. But they also note that if anyone can launch a gay digital-basic channel, it's Viacom, given the resources of its network holdings.
Nicole Browning, head of affiliate sales and marketing for MTVN, puts a slightly different spin on the situation: "There's a huge receptivity so far, because there's nothing like it in the marketplace. We're about brand-building. We've built fabulous brands by building amazing emotional connections to the audience, and that's the expertise required to make Logo happen."
From a programming standpoint, Logo is casting a wide net. The first year will feature a slew of documentaries showing "real gay people in real life," such as one about the gay rodeo circuit or another about what it's like to be gay and Latino, according to spokesman David Bittler. The idea is to create loyalty among the LGBT community.
Logo is also betting that it can attract a wider audience than the 7% of the population that identifies itself as gay with some of its original fare. Among them is the gay makeover comedy My Fabulous Gay Wedding, from The Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson, and the scripted series Noah's Arc is in the vein of Sex and the City. Forward-thinking advertisers may also want to be associated with a network that's inclusive of alternative lifestyles, Logo executives say.
"It's a great opportunity for [an advertiser] to show they are progressive and out for the customer," says Todd Evans, president and CEO of the gay media ad rep firm Rivendell Media. "Imagine how big the gay-friendly market is."
Logo's wide appeal and availability is precisely why some in the gay community think the network is a bad idea, according to its rivals. The fear is that the pressure to conform to general-market mores will force it to become "gay lite," airing only safe, Will & Grace-type shows that -- in the opinion of some -- serve single women better than gays and lesbians.
"Operators are still concerned with launching gay and lesbian programming that's easily accessible by others. In many areas, it's just not going to happen," says Cathy Rasenberger, an industry consultant hired to help with affiliate sales and marketing for Q Television. "It needs to be subscription-based so that it can deal with issues of the community."
"I have nothing against Logo, but it's not fair pushing the gay agenda on mainstream TV. There will be backlash all over the place," contends Frank Olsen, CEO and founder of Q. "When parents come home and see their kids watching two boys kissing, Momma's going to flip."
Whether or not Logo will show boys kissing remains to be seen; Bittler would not say. But Browning does note: "We're working in normal [content] standards of basic cable. We're not pushing boundaries for the sake of it."
Q'S APPROACH
As their criticism of Logo implies, executives at Palm Springs, Calif.-based Q Television are banking on a different strategy. They believe that Q's independent gay ownership and subscription-fee, ad-supported positioning will make it an attractive alternative.
Q Television at a Glance
Launch date: Oct.1, 2004
Owners: Triangle Multi-Media and privately held investors
Business model: Mini-pay service at $7.50 per month, 50% share with operator
Programming highlights: Signature shows include nightly On Q Live and Q On the Move, shot on location covering gay and lesbian events; new live morning show Gay Day, gay rodeo, theater, coverage of The Gay Games 2005, acquired gay-themed movies.
Demographic skew: All ages
Wants to be known for: Gay lifestyle channel built by gay people for gay people
Doesn't want to be known for: Exploiting the gay community
Distribution focus: linear digital pay on cable and satellite
Distribution to date: Available to 400,000 RCN Corp. homes
Top executive: Frank Olsen, CEO and founder
Contact: 303 North Indian Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA. (760) 323-4455 www.qtelevision.com
The channel plans to feature a hefty dose of live community programming, close to 30 hours a week. Q on the Move and the nightly prime time block On Q Live will include coverage of gay sports -- such as The Gay Games -- as well as theater performances and events like the drag-queen procession of ferry boats held every July 4 off the beaches of New York's Fire Island. The network is also planning a two-hour morning-news show debuting in June. Q also recently agreed to lease 30 minutes per day on the 53 million-home Oxygen channel to run Q on the Move.
Q's distribution progress has been slow going: So far it is only available to RCN Corp. customers, which has a subscriber base of about 400,000. But meetings with operators at the National Show has Olsen confident enough to predict that Q will be in 16 million homes by June. And he's willing to wait until the network can get carriage as a linear pay channel.
"Don't stick me out on VOD; I hate that," says Olsen. "We want to be like any other channel, and it's worth the holdout. Otherwise you're just a token to the gay community."
Q has addressed solvency concerns by shoring up its finances with a private-equity fund. The company expects to break even in 2008. It also completed construction on a 48,000-square-foot production studio in Fort Worth, Texas, last month; hired industry veteran Carol Hinnant away from Here! as vice president of affiliate sales and marketing; and is spending $12 million this year on original programming.
The network is willing to split a suggested $7.50 subscription fee with operators. It has eight minutes of advertising per hour, two minutes earmarked for local avails and 6 minutes to national ads. Despite the low distribution, advertisers such as Orbitz, which is also a charter sponsor of Logo, have approached Q to buy air time.
"It's a new community of advertisers to go after, so we won't be cannibalizing existing ad revenue," says Rasenberger.
THE AD FACTOR
It's too soon to tell if advertisers and subscribers will support three separate gay offerings. But the services do have some built in advantages: the channels' focus-group research shows pent-up demand by the gay community and the networks have the ability to market extremely efficiently, thanks to the effectiveness of viral marketing campaigns. (Here! says it has already achieved a 90% recognition rate within the gay community).
"I think there's room for more than one gay network, if they're sufficiently differentiated and done correctly," says Chuck Bachrach, media director of California ad agency Rubin Postaer and Associates.
But it's likely that many advertisers will view the networks with some caution.
Many don't buy time on new networks until they get a good look at the programming, regardless of the format. And most look for a critical mass of subscribers before they make commitments. Logo may have an edge, given the advertising sales clout of MTVN, but its mid-year launch could present a challenge.
"Most advertisers' budgets will be allocated by then, so they might have some lean times before Jan. 1 rolls around. I would look at them during the first quarter of 2006 to see what comes in then," says Howard Buford, president and CEO of gay-focused ad agency Prime Access.
Logo is hoping much of the controversy generated by its launch will have blown over by then.
"TV is not a shrine of sacred holy writ, it reflects our society," says Bob Witeck, CEO of gay marketing firm Witeck-Combs Communications. "Advertisers are about one thing -- they want to connect with culture. [When it comes to advertising], we're talking about capitalistic acts between consenting adults."
Lessons From North of the Border
America's gay networks hope not to follow in the footsteps of its Northern neighbor. PrideVision, which claims to be the world's first gay network, has been steadily losing money since launching inauspiciously four days after September 11, 2001, with an erotic approach. Its new owners hope to turn things around, with a second service, Out TV, which debuted April 12.
Out offers lifestyle programming and aims for a wider audience. It's executives are currently in talks with both Q Television and Here! about the possibility of sharing future programming.
The lessons to be learned from PrideVision are well worth heeding. After winning a license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which gave it must-carry status across the country, PrideVision's first owners (private investors that also operate the sports channel The Score) decided to forgo the right to force distribution. Instead, they launched a premium a la carte service that featured late-night hardcore adult gay programming. Although Canada is much less prudish about such things, the service never caught on with audiences and lost $17 million (Canadian) after two years.
The gay community felt exploited because so little effort was made to program the channel to serve the community's needs, according to current PrideVision and Out TV CEO Bill Craig, particularly after it tried a guilt-based subscription drive claiming: "We are impotent; help PrideVision TV get it up!"
"[The category 1 license] was a gift sitting in their lap, and they dropped it," Craig says of the previous non-gay ownership group.
The new owners, led by gay publisher Pink Triangle Media, hope to gain far more acceptance by restoring the must-carry status of its new offering launched this month. However, two operators Shaw Cable and Bell ExpressVu -- who control close to 70% of Canada's digital subscribers -- refuse to carry Out TV in a package, sending the company to the CRTC to intervene.
Why Gay Networks Are Emerging
Gay television networks have been whispered about for years, but for several reasons the timing finally seems right:
The visibility of gay characters on television has been steadily rising, breaking through to the realm of pop culture. Showtime's long-running Queer as Folk and Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy helped pave the way for gay and lesbian characters, who are now popping up all over the dial. Even Marge's sister Patty (left) came out of the closet to marry in a February 20 episode of Fox's The Simpsons, coming down on the side of marriage equality for gays.
The gay and lesbian community is as well-heeled as it is underserved. Gay buying power is projected to reach $610 billion in 2005, according to the latest analysis by gay marketing firm Witeck-Combs Communications, thanks to the predominance of DINKS (dual income no kids households).
The advertising community is more focused than ever on reaching the community. Spending in the gay press increased 28.4%, to $207 million in 2004. And over 150 Fortune 500 brands were active in the market, according to the 2004 Gay Press Report, produced by ad agency Prime Access and marketing firm Rivendell Media. The chance to target gays on television -- without being positioned next to an ad for a gay male escort service -- should attract even more advertisers to the segment.
Technology such as digital compression and video on demand has made it possible to launch truly niche programming services.
On the Techno Edge
Purveyors of adult content, both straight and gay, have long been on the cutting edge of distribution technology, first with VHS in the early 1980s, then streaming video on the Internet in the 1990s. Now entrepreneurs are utilizing the latest server technology to try to help better serve gay audiences.
One of Out TV parent Pink Triangle Media's businesses is Man Line, a gay telephone dating service. Out TV wants to adapt the service as a video-on-demand dating service for digital-cable subscribers throughout Canada. Users will upload video and jpegs to local servers, and the company will charge each time a clip is viewed.
"The gay community is very computer-savvy, so we think this service could be very popular," says PrideVision and Out TV CEO Bill Craig.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles-based Trojan Networks is preparing a premium video service in the U.S. that mixes peer-to-peer sharing with digital video recording. The company is planning the August soft launch of a small VHS tape-sized DVR that needs a broadband connection and a television. Subscribers will be able to order and reserve premium movies, including a variety of gay adult films, which will be compiled peer-to-peer from multiple users' hard drives and stored on the box.
The box must be connected to the Internet at least once a week, but can store 30 to 40 films and be taken on the road and connected to any television. Trojan Networks CEO John Brady sees one of his core customers as upscale gay businessmen who travel a lot and find it inconvenient to access adult titles. The business model calls for a monthly $39 fee, with access to over 200 films a month.
"We believe the adult component will be a strong driver to adoption," says Brady. "The ability to acquire adult programs without dark sunglasses and a dark brown wrapper is worth a lot to some people."
04/29/05 New Q Article.......
http://www.sovo.com/2005/4-29/news/national/gaytv.cfm
Gay cable networks vying for viewers
Three channels target U.S. gay audiences with different programming
By DYANA BAGBY
Friday, April 29, 2005
Television geared specifically toward gay men and lesbians in the U.S. has, until recently, been limited to a sprinkling of shows such as “Will & Grace” on NBC or “Queer as Folk” and “The L Word” on cable’s Showtime.
But now entire channels filled with gay movies, dramas and comedies, as well as original programming, are hitting the airwaves.
Here!, specializing in independent films as well as original programming, including a supernatural soap opera named “Dante’s Cove,” has been on the air since 2002. The fledgling Q Television Network, a self-identified gay “lifestyle channel” currently only available on RCN satellite service, arrived in late 2004 and offers programming such as broadcasts from gay sporting events.
And on June 30, the highly anticipated launch of MTV Network’s Logo is expected to raise the bar even higher for TV industry executives looking to tap into a new demographic.
“It is long overdue that the LGBT community have channels we can call our own,” said Damon Romine, entertainment media director for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
“There are niche cable channels out there for everything from sports to music to food. Reaching out to LGBT viewers with more choices is not only good business, but it’s the right thing to do,” he said.
While both here! and Q Television are pay service cable networks, Logo is an advertiser-supported basic cable network.
Here!, now available through Comcast and Cox Communications, allows viewers to buy one program at a time or subscribe full-time. To date, the network is in more than 40 million households, according to CEO Paul Colichman, who also produced the gay film, “Gods & Monsters.”
Frank Olsen, Q Television’s founder and CEO, said his network reaches viewers in Boston, San Francisco and New York City. By the end of June, viewership will be up to 16 million homes, he said. Plans are underway to have Q Television soon in Washington, D.C., Denver and Seattle, as well as Australia.
Logo, the corporate giant of the three, has cable-giant Viacom on its side and is expected to be in 10 million homes at launch, said David Bittler, a spokesperson for the network. Logo will be carried by Adelphia, Time Warner, RCN Satellite and Atlantic Broadband, according to Bittler.
Negotiations are continuing with Comcast, the dominant cable provider in metro Atlanta, to carry the channel, he added.
“We are confident Comcast will be with us at launch,” Bittler said.
A Comcast spokesperson said the company has not reached an agreement with Logo.
“Until an agreement is in place, we can’t discuss it,” Comcast spokesperson Reg Griffin said.
Bittler said the network plans to be “the home-base for the GLBT community.”
“We think our existence is going to be historic,” he said. “We represent equality on the dial.”
Conservative backlash
The gay TV networks are already dealing with some backlash from conservative organizations.
“I don’t think most parents want their children flipping channels on their way to the Cartoon Network and running across a scene of two men kissing in bed on the Logo network,” Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, told Cybercast News Service Network this month. “Most of us have enough to explain to our children nowadays.”
Wildmon also warned that late-night programming on here! or Logo could turn pornographic.
“The very nature of homosexuality is based on eroticism and the infatuation with sex,” he told CNS News.
Colichman said the very reason he wanted here! to be a pay service network was so he could avoid conservative opponents.
“I didn’t want to deal with the political climate,” he said. “I didn’t want to bother.”
Olsen said Q Television’s business plan was also designed specifically to be a pay service to avoid offending those who oppose homosexuality.
“We’re very emphatic we want to be invited in your homes. I think [all gay networks] should be scrambled. I don’t think the gay lifestyle should be imposed on anyone. We don’t need to shove our agenda down anyone’s throats,” Olsen said. “We’re gay and there has to be some ethics.”
Logo’s Bittler said that while the network understands it may get some “attention” from social conservatives, Logo plans to meet the needs of its targeted audience and stand by its gay viewers.
“We will stand by them in terms of their entertainment,” he said. “We will stay in touch with the [GLBT] community.”
Content matters
With three gay TV networks cropping up in a relatively short period of time, some wonder whether the market can sustain all of them.
But “there is great enthusiasm from viewers and from many advertisers who now have a broader TV vehicle to reach the gay and lesbian audience, said GLAAD’s Romine.
“Gay viewers have been underserved by the media, and channels like here!, Q Television and Logo are long overdue. For them to survive, the LGBT audience needs to get behind the channels and support them,” he added.
There are significant differences in each of the channels.
With documentaries as well as original programming and independent films, here! wants to attract the “very sophisticated consumer,” Colichman said.
“We’re not gay-lite. It’s just gay,” Colichman said. “We’re gay entertainment and not the butt of a joke.”
Colichman said his network has something for everyone. Here! cites a film library containing “Beautiful Boxer,” Franco Zeffirelli’s “Callas Forever” and “Straight Jacket,” as well as original programming including “Here Family” for gay families, original documentaries, the original film “Tides of War” and even a Kate Clinton comedy special.
“We’re spending over $50 million on original programming. I wanted to do the gay HBO,” Colichman said.
Q Television wants to focus on programming such as gay travel and sporting specials. In June, Olsen said Q Television will broadcast from four separate Pride festivals, as well as from gay bowling tournaments. The network plans to broadcast from Fire Island in July, and will also broadcast from the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.
“We’re a lifestyle channel. We’re trying to bring the gay world closer together without the 10 second sound bites,” Olsen said.
Q Television also includes three hours of live programming at night, “On Q Live,” which Olsen described as “gay Fox news.”
Logo’s programming includes a library of more than 200 movie titles from every major studio, including HBO’s “Angels in America,” “Billy Elliott,” “Mullholland Drive,” and the U.S. television premiere of “A Home at the End of the World,” starring Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn and Dallas Roberts.
Logo and CBS News, also owned by Viacom, have also teamed up to produce news reports on issues of interest to gay viewers, Bittler said. And on July 24, the network will present the first-ever televised production of the GLAAD Media Awards.
Logo’s original programming includes “Noah’s Arc,” a comedy-drama series about black gay men living in Los Angeles, and “First Comes Love” (formerly known as “My Fabulous Gay Wedding”), a reality show.
For Stephen Tropiano, director of New York-based Ithaca College’s Communications Program in Los Angeles and author of “The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV,” the three gay cable networks represent a significant step forward in the gay rights movement.
“Considering the conservative climate, you can’t be any more mainstream then to have your own channel,” he said. “I think it’s exciting to have channels with our name on it.”
Because the content is apparently varied between the three networks, Tropiano said he expects them to find their own niche gay audiences.
“What usually happens, though, is there’s great interest in the beginning and then it levels off,” he said.
Which means to survive, each channel must have quality content, he added.
“People won’t watch just because it’s a gay network. If there isn’t good content, nobody will watch,” he said.
Q Advertising Campaign.... here we will keep track of all the magazines etc where QTN has placed ads......
Girlfriends Magazine, a national magazine.....thats 2 months in a row for this ad....
By: qbidvenus
Checked out Girlfriends magazine, May 2005 edition. Full page Q ad still on page 2 and the Gay Games ads are there as well.
http://www.girlfriendsmag.com/
New York Blade, QTN Full page ad, that's like 9 weeks in a row
By: qbidvenus
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, 04/04 issue, Q Television Ads, 4 PAGE FRONT COVER AD! THANKS to skunksyard for taking these pictures and sharing them with us!
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/fireboy212000
Bay Area Reporter newspaper March 24th, 2005 edition By: qbidvenus
The Bay Area Reporter newspaper March 24th, 2005 edition has a full page Q ad in its back cover page. Golden Gate Bridge inside the Q logo! That's two weeks in a row that I know of. People in San Francisco would have the most up to date edition.
New Q ad in Scene Magazine, June issue, thanks to skunksyard.....
June issue of SCENE magazine
http://www.scenemag.net
QTN Sponsorships. here we will keep track of events that Q will be sponsoring....
Q TELEVISION is SPONSORING 8 PRIDE EVENTS and the CTAM Cable conference................a poster named zandant just found the NYC Pride sponsorship tonight....
NEW! Q Television is a Chicago Prideguide Advertiser....
I posted this awhile back but I wasn't sure if this was a true sponsorship by Q. But it seems that Chicago Pride doesn't use the term sponsor to describe its major supporters. It uses the Prideguide ads instead. So I consider this as another event Q is sponsoring. Look at who else is on this list....So Q is now sponsoring 8 Pride 2005 events IMO......You know Q was going to sponsor the Chicago Pride, a no-brainer since the Chicago Gay Games VII will be there in July 2006....
http://www.chicagopridecalendar.org/
In The Life
Logo
Majestic Star Casino
Miller Brewing Co.
PFLAG Chicago
Pride Fest
Q Television Network
Shirts Illustrated
Steamworks
Sunrise of Lincoln Park
Susan O'Dell, Ph.D.
Travelocity
Windy City Media Group
1) Q is a Platinum Sponsor at NY Heritage Pride Festival in June 2005. Add another pride festival to the Q's impressive list. thanks to a poster named zandant for finding this info.........
http://www.hopinc.org/partners/
2) Boston Pride! Q Television is a major sponsor!
http://www.bostonpride.org/
3) found by zandant, 05/17/05,
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/17/2005 10:25:19 PM
Post #of 114225
Q SPONSORING SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE FESTIVAL! The Q is a principal sponsor. Hit the link and go to sponsors. Z
http://www.sfpride.org/
4) 05/17/05- Q Television! Houston Pride! Major Sponsor!..................
June 25th.....
on the homepage.....
http://www.pridehouston.org/home/
on the sponsors page.......
http://www.pridehouston.org/supporters/corp.php
5) Q Television a Major Sponsor of Atlanta Pride 2005!
June 24-26
2005
http://www.atlantapride.org/sponsors/2005/
6) Q is a Diamond Premiere Sponsor of GayDay Orlando 2005!
June 1st-6th.....
http://www.gayday.com/default.asp
7) Nebraska Pride! Q is a sponsor! June 9th-12th, 2005.....
click here and then go to "Friends and Sponsors"
http://www.rainbowcelebrations.org/pride/
8) Q is a sponsor of the CTAM Summit 2005.
thanks to qbidvenus from RB......
By: qbidvenus
16 May 2005, 05:47 PM EDT
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Q is a sponsor of the CTAM Summit 2005. See link below!
http://www.ctam.com/conferences/summit/networking.htm
Tuesday
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Tuesday Evening Reception
Sponsored by Q Television Network
9:00pm - 12:00am
Tuesday Night Party
Want to sponsor one of these events? Check out the sponsor menu and contact Pat Gushman, CTAM's sponsor liaison, by email or at 703.642.8582. Please note: CTAM has revised our non-commercial policy.
CTAM Summit 05
July 24 - 26, 2005
The Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia
New Q Shows in development
4/1/2005 - RE: Good Morning Gay America
With its new name to be determined, previously named Good Morning Gay America will air the week of 6/1/05 and be produced by Toria Tolley. The show will be shot on location in Atlanta, Dallas and Palm Springs. Q's management will update more specifically in the coming weeks
Excess Access, a new show with Honey Labrador who is from "Queer Eye for the Straight Girl" .....................
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: firefight4 who wrote msg# 13545 Date:4/29/2005 10:20:34 PM
Post #of 13546
This is a busy time for Labrador. "April Shower," the film she produced and stars in, will be released this summer. She is also producing and hosting a new eight-episode TV show for Q Television Network, "Excess Access." The first episode, which will probably air in July, will take viewers behind the scenes of L.A.'s fashion week.
http://planetout.com/content/slideshow/splash.html?coll=525&order=3&navpath=/entertainment/p....
Gay Court
Special Events and Concerts coming to Q Television...
4/21/2005
http://www.steffmahan.com
Steff Mahan, check her out Sunday (4/24) on Q!
PREMIERING APRIL 24
10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific
.Hero Unit Productions Inc. in association with the Q Television Network is proud to present "STEFF MAHAN LIVE IN CONCERT AT 3RD
Pride in the Heartland
http://www.herounit.com/heartlandhome.htm
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/10/2005 5:35:59 AM
Post #of 13823
Look who is sponsoring the Atlanta Pride Festival, and we have even copyrighted/trademarked our logo.
http://atlantapride.org/sponsors/2005/
Some excellent company we are in with.
QBID Share Structure as estimated from their Oct. 2004 conference call. We are waiting for confirmation of these numbers from management. These are rough estimates and may not be accurate...
AS- 50 billion shares
Public float- approx. 4.5 billion shares
Shares owned by the CEO- 4 billion(it was 5 billion shares until the recent pr stating that 1 billion shares have been retired by the CEO)
So thats 8.5 billion shares in the OS. Now QBID also has 6 billion 5-yr restricted shares which should be added to the OS so 14.5 billion shares in total. This number does not include the recent buyback.
Investor Relations - PinkSheets: QBID
Thank you for your interest in Q Television stock (being a subsidiary of Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc.) We now have an investor relations firm in charge of handling all investor inquiries.
INVESTOR INFORMATION- check this link for QBID investor updates.....
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/investorinfo.asp
Richard Brown
Equity Relations, Inc.
Email: Staff@EquityRelations.com
Web Address: www.EquityRelations.com
Phone: 978-767-0048
Miscellaneous Q related links.....
http://www.firestoneinc.com/network.asp
http://www.herounit.com/
http://www.goharrison.com/
http://www.jackieenx.com/current/stuffdoing.htm
Gay Games® 2006 Announces Official Worldwide Registration Drive - 14-15 May
http://www.gaywire.net/newswire/index.cgi?Func=show&File=20050422-161329
NEWS RELEASE – 22 April 2005
Contact: Kevin G. Boyer, (773) 907-2006, kgboyer@ix.netcom.com <mailto:kgboyer@ix.netcom.com >
Gay Games® 2006 Announces Official Worldwide Registration Drive - 14-15 May
Registration Parties feature International Airline Ticket Giveaways, T-Shirts and Collectible Pins, and a $25 Registration Discount
CHICAGO, IL – Chicago organizers kick off the Official Gay Games VII Worldwide Registration Drive in May, with a weekend of Registration Parties scheduled for 14-15 May, 2005. Announced last week to Partners, Sponsors and Supporters, there are already more than 50 parties scheduled on 5 continents. "We're very excited at the response to the Official Gay Games Registration Drive," said James Simmons, Gay Games Sports and Events Marketing Manager. "Ranging from small home parties to public events with hundreds of attendees, the parties are going to be a fun way for people to get registered for the 2006 Chicago Gay Games." Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival will take place 15-22 July 2006 in Chicago, USA.
Anyone is welcome to host an Official Gay Games VII Registration Party. To receive your free official registration party kit, including tips for party hosts, contact the Chicago Gay Games at (773) 907-2006 or e-mail at info@GayGamesChicago.org <mailto:info@chicagogaygames.org >.
Win International Airline Tickets, Save on Registration Fees
Athletes, artists and their supporters earn great gifts in return for hosting parties and getting people signed up. All party hosts receive a free t-shirt, collectible Gay Games pin, and a DVD with a montage video of archival Gay Games footage and great Chicago travel information. Hosts whose parties successfully register 5 or more will be entered into a drawing for a pair of international airline tickets. Those who register 10 or more will receive one free Gay Games registration to use as a gift, for a scholarship athlete or for themselves. All party-goers will save US$25 on their Gay Games registration, greater than 10% off.
Suzi Arnold, Chicago's Board Co-Chair, reiterated the need to register now. "Every individual must register and receive an individual confirmation number in order to be guaranteed space at the Gay Games," she said. "Those who procrastinate may find their favorite sport filling up. Many sports will reach capacity this summer. Sailing is already full and some team sports – ice hockey and softball for example - are already approaching their 2002 Gay Games team benchmarks." Team captains interested in learning about Team/Group Discounts should contact the Chicago Gay Games at (773) 907-2006 or e-mail at info@GayGamesChicago.org <mailto:info@chicagogaygames.org >.
LOGO Watch. LOGO is a 24/7 gay television channel that Viacom's MTV is planning to launch on June 30, 2005.....
My thoughts- So far the website looks pretty weak imo and there has been virtually no advertising campaign. Look at the 2 original shows they have on the LOGO website and you will quickly see that so far Q Television is leading the pack when it comes to original programming, live shows, and sports.
http://www.logoonline.com/
Q Television is hiring 6 new people and thats only the ones we know about. This is the story behind the story. Focus on whats happening behind the scenes. Build it and they will come!
thanks to mcflow2 for finding this one tonight.
1)Q TELEVISION NETWORK
Assistant to EVP Programming/Acquisitions
This is a FULL TIME JOB
Location: Palm Springs CA
Date Posted: 5/18/2005 2:20:21 PM
Description: Job is located in Palm Springs. The Q Television Network is a Gay and Lesbian television network broadcasting 24/7 in the US. Successful applicant will assist the EVP of Programming and Acquisitions in acquiring suitable content for the network. This is a non-pornographic channel. Applicant must have some prior background in motion pictures or television and be willing to travel to film festivals. Casual and crazy work environment.
Requirements: Strong research and negotiation skills are beneficial in this position. Ability to work in Microsoft Word and Excel required and strong phone skills are essential. Familiarity with LGBT product a must. Broadcast scheduling background helpful.
Please tell Q TELEVISION NETWORK that you found the listing at
Contact: Please send a cover letter along with your resume.
Via email: steveng@qtelevision.com
This employer will accept your resume as text in body of email
This employer will accept your resume as an attachment
Via Mail: Steven Grunberg
EVP Programming & Acquisitions
Q TELEVISION NETWORK
303 N. Indian Canyon Dr., 3rd Fl
Palm Springs, CA 92262
No phone calls please.
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thanks to junkmasterg for posting the rest of these...
2) Producer for GLBT Television Network seeking Assistant
Reply to: jobs@qtelevision.com
Date: 2005-05-19, 6:50PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/74304231.html
The producer/news anchor of live nightly talk show needs an assistant. There will be TONS of travel this summer, and the person will need to be available to travel.
The applicant must be:
Brilliant
Organized
Flexible
Cool under stress
Reliable
Interested in television production
Monday-Friday, 10am -9pm
Exciting Summer Travel
Great experience in production and assisting at Producer level.
Person will most likely write news for nightly broadcasts, and research breaking news topics for likely coverage.
MUST have an interest in current affairs, and general knowledge of the gay community.
Don't be afraid if you don't have much experience, will train right hard working interested person.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: $400 wkly plus travel expenses
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
* yes -- OK to repost to Job Developers for Persons with Disabilities.
* yes -- ok to transmit this posting into outer space
3) Receptionist needed for busy GLBT Television Network
Reply to: jobs@qtelevision.com
Date: 2005-05-19, 5:54PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ofc/74299908.html
Q Television Network is seeking a receptionist for our Executive offices.
The applicant must be:
hard working
prompt
focused
organized
flexible
They must also be able to multi-task and answer high volume phone system.
Computer skills (basic) a must.
Monday through Friday, 9am-7pm
Check us out online at:
www.qtelevision.com
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: $400 wkly
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
* yes -- OK to repost to Job Developers for Persons with Disabilities.
* yes -- ok to transmit this posting into outer space
4)Production Manager
Reply to: job-73698371@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-16, 4:33PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/73698371.html
Firestone Communications seeks freelance production manager for Q Television Network, a gay and lesbian network. Production Manager would directly manage various LIVE and taped television programs. Duties typical of production manager duties.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: Negotiable Weekly Rate
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
5) Production Cooridinator
Reply to: job-73699600@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-16, 4:33PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/73699600.html
Firestone Communications seeks freelance production coordinator for Q Television Network, a gay and lesbian network. Production Coordinator would cooridinate various LIVE and taped television programs. Duties typical of production cooridinator duties. Experience in LIVE TV a must.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: Neegotiable Weekly Rate
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
6) Associate Producer
Reply to: job-73699989@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-16, 4:33PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/73699989.html
Firestone Communications seeks freelance associate producer for Q Television Network, a gay and lesbian network. Associate Producer would assist in the production of various LIVE and taped television programs. Duties typical of associate producer duties. Experience in television production a must.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: Negotiable Weekly Rate
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
73699989
NEW! 06/01/05 Q sponsoring Outfest 2005! July 7th-18th! Premeire Sponsor! more great newssssssssssssss! thanks to a poster named Reindl for finding this.....
http://www.outfest.org/fest2005/2005sponsors.html
05/31/05 NEW Q WEBSITE LINK! KIIS FM presents the Q on the Move Summer Splash Tour '05 Kickoff Party with Nick Oram!
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/
05/28/05- Q is now on the Eurogames 2005 website in two places. Scroll down on the homepage and you will see Q. Q is also listed as a sponsor on the Eurogames website. thanks to a poster on RB named IntheCurl....
homepage link....
http://2005.eurogames.info/index.html
sponsor link.....
http://2005.eurogames.info/index.html
EuroGames Utrecht and Q Television Network have finalized an agreement for the exclusive US and Canadian broadcasting rights of the EuroGames Utrecht 2005.
Q Television will have access to all sports events, a host family of one of the Participants and will chronicle the activities of that athlete.
Subscribers of Q Television will get to view the EuroGames Utrecht 2005 and witness the triumphs and struggles the athletes endure while participating.
www.qtelevision.com
Q at "One Mighty Weekend!" June 3rd-June 5th at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida......
heres the website link...
http://www.onemightyweekend.com/events.html
Q in the Gay Day Orlando 2005 Guide. I spotted Q in 5 places in this guide. Not sure if I got'em all....
http://www.gayday.com/schedule/2005/guide2005.pdf
1) on page 26 and 27 of the Gay Day Orlando 2005 Guide you will see the "Travel Expo Floorplan" in which Q Television is listed in one of the large booths numbered B26 at the following event...
13th Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo/ World Welcome Center
June 3-4TH,2005
Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa
Lake Beuna Vista, Florida
2) On page 54 of the guide you will see Q Television as a New York Sponsor for the "Gay Life Expo" in Los Angeles September 24-25th, 2005 at the Hollywood Palladium and New York, November 19-20,2005 at the Jacob Javits Center.
3) On page 59, Q on the Move and Nick Oram will be at an event at Gay Day Orlando 2005 called Splash! A Gay Day Reunion.
4) Page 68 of the guide has this Full Page Q Television ad....
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=6513638
5) Page 96, Q LOGO, a Thank You Page for all Gay Day Olando 2005 Sponsors.
LINK TO CBS MARKETWATCH QBID INTERVIEW! Recent interview with Frank Olsen, CEO of QBID......
Q Television Network CEO Says Logo Debut Isn't A Threat
05/09/05
Q Television Network Chief Executive and President Frank Olsen says the June debut of Viacom's gay-themed Logo cable network will enhance his company's audience reach by opening doors to satellite and cable system operators.
http://guide.real.com/media/news?contentid=7294859&pageid=myreal.newsMAP&pageregion=A2&r....
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/11/2005 4:39:31 AM
Post #of 13829
Q ON OXYGEN!!!!1:30 SF West Coast time and the Q infomercial is on Oxygen.
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/11/2005 5:15:22 AM
Post #of 13830
An excellent compilation of what is on the Q Television Network. The infomercial ran from 1:3- to 2:00 west coast time on Oxygen and urged viewers to call 1-877-ITS-4QTV. It was great to finally see Jack E. Jett (this guy has star quality and the Q should focus a lot on the Jett), Nick Oram (I'm not gay but this guy is one good looking, buff guy), Scott Withers, Crisanne, Cassean, Toria Tolley and the rest of the Q group on the screen. The infomercial is composed of snippets from the Q shows, focusing on On Q Live (Jack E. Jett), Q on the Move (Nick Oram), Infoqus (Scott Withers), Women on Women (Torie Tolley and some women with spiked platinum hair, both who seem excellent, and a sampling of the movies, broadway musicals, concerts, and some of the series (Concrete Jungle, the Agenda)shown on the Q. It also focused on some of the hosts, including all of the personalities from On Q Live (Jett, Withers, Crisanne, Cassean, Jackie...), Nick Oram, Torie and the other hostesses of WOW, Honey, Cary Harrison, and two women who I was not familiar with, a Chelsie and an African-American women who skunks has mentioned but whose name I missed. It also showed many of the places the Q goes to -Sundance, Palm Springs, Washington, etc. and showed quick clips of celebrities including Jenny McCarthy, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ted Danson (holding a Q microphone), Donny Walberg, and Boy George. The infomercial ended with Nick telling viewers that "This Revolution Will Be Televised!"
Overall, a great job by the Q - and another "proomise" fulfilled. Hopefully, more than one person saw it, but apparently it will be repeated in the infomercial fashion. LOL
QBID Investor Information from the QBID website. heres the link.....
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/investorinfo.asp
5/10/2005 - RE: Marketwatch Interview
Please watch Frank Olsen in an exclusive interview on CBS Marketwatch.
www.marketwatch.com
Posted by: Garvis
In reply to: None Date:5/9/2005 6:42:44 PM
Post #of 111842
Q will be HUGE.... Wake up all...
Interview with Frank at MarketWatch :
15 000 suscribers and growing daily...
1.5 millions request in a month...
Worldwide soon...AUTRALIA in JULY...
Work with TIME WARNER and others...
He say many carriers soon...
Morning show soon : Gay Day...
Gay court ready...
Reality show...
Fund until 2008 for break even...
WOW !!!
Q will be HUGE soon
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw
5/10/2005 - From Frank
Dear Shareholders,
I would like to address all of the owners of QBID. First, things are going very well and although there are many items I cannot discuss because of confidentiality agreements, we are confident that we will make each and every one of you proud to be a shareholder. We are well beyond our estimated target with both discussions that our team is having with carriers and our internal restructure to have QTelevision fully reporting. Our network is a first of its kind and it's very important to have all its components in place to achieve complete success. The approach we've taken in being a 24X7 network will represent the GLBT community best. Our business plan has not veered and we know that this approach is more difficult than VOD, but ultimately it is the right choice. That said, all of the underlying components must continue to be in place for the large growth we are experiencing. All of the press releases we have disseminated have been to inform the investors of what we have been doing. We feel the investors should always be aware of our day to day activities and I understand that some investors have shown dismay due to some missed deadlines, but these deadlines are made to the best of our ability. Careful analysis goes into each release, but there are many variables that go into these contractual agreements and when legal departments take longer than expected or a key person involved is removed from the project, etc. this delays the negotiation. What is important for all of you to understand is in the end, all of these press releases will have come together exactly the way we intended it.
We have assembled the most sought after team in the country. Cathy Rasenberger, Carol Hinnant and Rubenstein Associates, Inc. are the "Dream Team" any new network could ask for. We have assembled this team to lead our company towards securing carriage, to continue subscriber growth in all areas and effectively hand over the responsibilities to our senior management once completed. We must show the industry that our network is viable, can produce revenue and justifies the limited bandwidth these MSO's have - our team is doing exactly that.
Our management team has internally been getting our company poised for the significant growth that will be coming shortly. We are working diligently on getting QTelevision fully reporting so both our individual investors as well as the institutions can better gauge their investment. Our company is fully funded until break even, 2008.
Again, I would like to thank the investors for sharing the same dream we've had for many years.
Frank
Q Television DD.....plenty more coming, just need to find the time
Q Television Website.......
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/
This photo and DD were provided to us by skunksyard. Thanks! Its a New Q Television Ad in the latest issue of Scene Magazine, June issue.
heres the ad, if its not working go to the link below and you will find it in the photo album named "Scene Magazine"....
New Scene Magazine Ad here also:
http://photos.yahoo.com/fireboy212000
ANOTHER AD IN SCENE MAGAZINE
Yet another AD in Scene
June issue of SCENE magazine
http://www.scenemag.net
Q Television Network Inks Marketing Agreement With SCENE Magazine
Wednesday April 20, 1:55 pm ET
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2005--Q Television Network, (Pink Sheets: QBID - News) announced today that it has entered into a marketing agreement with SCENE Magazine. The partnership will bring greater entertainment options to the GLBT community in terms of content, event marketing and other initiatives.
Partnership opportunities include new programs to air on Q Television, joint events, magazine features, and online opportunities. SCENE Magazine is a new, international, gay men's magazine now available in over 700 bookstores and newsstands throughout the United States and in parts of Canada and Europe.
"We are thrilled to enter into a partnership with SCENE Magazine because the publication is geared to our audience, so it's a natural fit for us," said Frank Olsen, President and CEO of Q Television Network. "There are enormous possibilities with this partnership, and we intend to explore all avenues to get the word out about Q Television and SCENE."
"The partnership with Q Television Network creates an unprecedented media platform to collateralize our respective content for the betterment of both our companies and the community," said Mark Lund, Publisher of SCENE magazine. "This marketing agreement is unique in GLBT media and one that will benefit all concerned."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050420/205846.html?.v=1
RCN information............
Posted by: firefight4
In reply to: None Date:4/14/2005 3:44:18 PM
Post #of 102741
A MUST READ! Q will air in Chicago, LA and Philly on RCN. Just a matter of when.....
This email quickly dispels any theory about RCN possibly dropping Q. It clearly shows that RCN will be adding Q in Chicago, LA and Philly. It lends credence to Richard's explanation that Q is not on RCN in those areas due to a bandwidth issue.
To: fireboy212000@yahoo. com
From: cabletv@rcn.com Add to Address Book
Subject: {100-23478} RE: RCN - Customer Feedback Form Submission
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:19:07 -0400
A Customer Care expert has responded to your help desk request.
-----------------------------------------------
[Submitted 14-4-2005-12:19 ]
-----------------------------------------------
Dear xxxxxxx,
My name is John. Thank you for contacting the Email Support Staff. We
are happy to provide you with the exceptional customer service you
deserve.
In response to your recent email, there are plans of eventually adding
Q TV to LA, Chicago, and Philadelphia, there is no set date as to when
this will happen. As soon as a date is set, it should be announced.
Thank you for your patience in this matter. If you should have any
further questions or concerns please feel free to contact the Email
Support Staff. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you.
John
Q Television will be filming at the Equality Forum all week in Philadelphia! April 25th- May 1st.
http://www.equalityforum.com/
Comcast is a MAJOR Sponsor....here is the sponsor list.....
http://www.equalityforum.com/2005/sponsors.cfm
From: "Malcolm Lazin" <mlazin@equalityforum.com> Add to Address Book
To: " <fireboy212000@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Equality Forum......
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:22:01 -0400
xxxxxx –
Q Television is sending in a crew. They arrive on Tuesday, April 26 and will be filming the entire week including the National Celebration on Sunday, May 1.
Hope you can join us.
Our best.
<Malcolm>
Malcolm Lazin
Executive Director
Equality Forum
www.equalityforum.com
(215) 732-7375
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:fireboy212000@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:49 PM
To: info@equalityforum.com
Subject: Equality Forum......
Hello, my name is xxxxxx and I am a firefighter and small business owner in NY. I have been following the updates and information on the Equality Forum website and I am extremely excited about it. I wanted to ask you a question about the Sponsors list on the website. It seems it has not been updated since December. I am trying to find out if Q Televsion will be a sponsor and if they will be involved in the Equality Forum. I have seen the commercials for the Equality Forum on Q Television and was wondering if Q Television will be filming at the event. thank you!
Here are some of the events Q will be attending soon...
thanks to skunksyard for sharing this info. This info is from Q's live show every weeknight from 7:30-10 pm est called, On Q Live. The following people are reporters for QTN and these are the events they will be reporting on for Q.........
click here to find out about the cast of On Q Live....
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/onqlive/
Jackie Enx on her way to gay rodeo in Las Vegas
http://www.dsra.org/
Chrisanne going to this...
http://www.igbo25.org/
Scott W. going to
http://www.equalityforum.com
next week for week
Scott W. going to gayday...
http://www.gayday.com
125,000 people expected
Q Television Sports....
NAVGA Volleyball Championships- Looks like the members have voted 10-1 so far in favor of Q televising the North American Gay Volleyball Association Championships....
http://www.nagva.org/
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=6093233
Coors Cup Hockey Tournament
with Q Television Network in negotiations for
North American broadcast telvision rights
http://www.tangobluesentertainment.com/news.htm
Hero Unit Productions will produce for Q Television the 2005 IGRA Rodeo Season including the Championship Finals
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5988556&txt2find=igra+2005+
Intl Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships - Atlanta, USA, 20-25 July 2005
http://www.igla2005.org/
They would also like to give us the opportunity to
participate in their spring swimsuit fashion show for
David Magazine on May 15. This annual event
combines a fashion show and photo spread in the
magazine. This will be great exposure (pardon the pun)
for our event. Southern Voice and David Magazine join
our other Gold Sponsor, the Chicago Gay Games. We
have also signed a Silver Sponsor, Q Network
Television and have given them the broadcast rights to
the event.
http://www.atlantarainbowtrout.com/Pages/Newsletter/Fishwrap_Jan_05.pdf
Chicago organizers of Gay Games VII today announced the signing of a contract with the California-based Q Television Network (Pink Sheets:QBID) granting the new gay network television, radio and Internet broadcast rights in a deal valued at more than $3.2 million. Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival will take place in Chicago, IL, USA, 15-22 July 2006.
http://www.gaygameschicago.org/media/article.php?aid=67
QTN news articles..........
thanks to this poster for finding this.
By: qbidvenus
17 Apr 2005, 02:52 AM EDT
Q TELEVSION AGREES TO COVER GAY DAYS WEEKEND EVENTS
ORLANDO - For the first time ever, Gay Days Weekend coverage will be broadcast daily on a national satellite television network.
GayDay . com has signed a sponsorship/partnership agreement with Q Television to offer live broadcasts daily from Orlando. Representatives from GayDay . com were recently at the Q Television Network studios in Dallas discussing Gay Day weekend on the network’s live Out on Q show. The network is also considering producing a documentary on the history of the 15-year-old event.
Q Television now covers all of the nation’s gay rodeos and has signed a partnership to televise the Gay Games in Chicago next summer. The network has also recently signed agreements to broadcast in Canada and Australia, with additional plans to be on Direct TV in the near future. The GLBT television company recently signed a nationwide carrier deal, bringing the network’s programming to 16 million potential viewers by June 1.
The agreement, with Products On Demand Channel Inc., will make Q Television's signature programming available to 107 stations. Q Television programming will be shown two hours daily in an effort to continue the national interest shown by carriers as well as potential subscribers. The signature programs available to be shown in its entirety are Q Television's incredibly popular, Q on the Move and In Focus, two programs that are anticipated to be shown on an unscrambled basis. W Staff reports
http://www.gayorlando.com/golocal/news/watermark/
This is a must read article from a writer with the Associated Press. This article has been posted on numerous websites such as CNN, MSNBC, Newsday and ABC News and in the NY Daily News as well as many other places
New networks seek gay, lesbian audiences
Three channels take different approaches to new market
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Posted: 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three new TV networks catering to gay and lesbian viewers are trying to establish themselves, and all say they support one another -- at least publicly.
Competition breeds interest and shows doubters the business is viable, said Frank Olsen, president of the Q Television Network. He once applied the same theory when he owned four gay and lesbian bars near one another in Seattle.
Click here for the whole article.....
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/13/gay.networks.ap/
Another excellent article about Q Television....
Local women help new network
BY RICK FOSTER / SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
ATTLEBORO -- Family values were a priority when partners Veronica Welch and Kelly Cinelli started their public relations and marketing business four years ago.
But that hasn't stopped the up-and-coming businesswomen from taking on a controversial client: The Q Television Network, billed as the nation's only TV service produced by and for gays and lesbians.
Click here for the full article.....
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2005/04/17/feature/feature46.txt
NEW ARTICLE! Must Read (from Multichannel News-4/25/05):
Coming Out in America
New Channels Woo Operators and Audiences With Different Strategies
By Wayne Karrfalt 4/25/2005 In this story:
HERE! OUT THE DOOR
LOGO'S WIDER NET
Q'S APPROACH
THE AD FACTOR
The movie Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star may best sum up the challenges that lie ahead for the three fledgling channels aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the United States.
While the Italian film's raciest quality may be its U.S. title, as an offering on the video-on-demand service Here! TV, it has played into the hands of news reports about the controversial nature of Gay TV channels, and it serves as ready ammunition for special-interest groups like the American Family Association as they marshal their forces to protest the channels.
So far Here! has gotten little flak from such groups, its executives say. But MTV Networks' Logo, slated to launch June 30, is preparing for the worst by training its affiliates to explain Logo to concerned callers. It remains to be seen what storms may be brewing -- as well as how many networks the market can support. But the three channels aimed at the U.S., which also include Q Television, have given themselves very unique qualities in an effort to differentiate themselves with the consumers, operators and satellite platforms they need to woo.
HERE! OUT THE DOOR
Here! has taken the lead in seeking carriage in the U.S. largely because it has chosen to forgo the traditional linear model in favor of a "platform agnostic" VOD or subscription VOD service. It is a premium service aiming high with bigger budgeted movies, scripted series and specials. Almost 25% of its lineup is devoted to originals.
Here! at a Glance
Launch date: September 2003
Owners: Majority owners Steven Jarchow and Paul Colichman
Business model: Premium service available via VOD, SVOD, PPV or as a 24/7 linear channel
Programming highlights: TV production of Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata; gay-themed soap Paradise Falls; Hollywood-caliber original films, including comedy Too Cool For Christmas, war film Tides of War and thriller Urgency; original gay detective series Third Man Out; original lesbian supernatural thriller Dante's Cove; talk show The Elizabeth Birch Project; over 1,000 acquired gay and lesbian films.
Demographic skew: 25-54
Wants to be known for: High-quality, authentic gay programming
Doesn't want to be known for: Gay porn
Distribution focus: "Platform agnostic" available as VOD, SVOD, PPV or linear 24/7 offering (DirecTV Inc. carries it this way)
Distribution to date: Available to 40 million homes, VOD on Time Warner Cable, Adelphia Communications Corp. and Comcast Corp.; SVOD on Cablevision Systems Corp., RCN Corp., Starpower Communications LLC, Cox Communications Corp.; linear or PPV on DirecTV; PPV on Dish Network
Top executive: CEO Paul Colichman
Contact:245 Park Avenue 24th Floor New York, NY 10167 (212) 372-8863 www.heretv.com
Its founders -- who have headed the film distribution and production company Regent Entertainment for more than a decade -- hatched the idea in 2002 as an outlet for the films in Regent's library, such as Oscar-winner Gods and Monsters, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Brendan Frasier. They quickly dismissed the idea of trying to woo advertisers into supporting gay films and series because they felt it would take away the creative freedom they needed to authentically serve the gay community.
"They wanted me to create programming I was uninterested in," says Here! CEO Paul Colichman about his discussions with the ad community. "They wanted to get gay dollars into their company coffers, but they didn't want to support us."
The decision to run on VOD and SVOD platforms in lieu of linear carriage was also one of expediency. The last thing operators want is another license fee weighing down their video margins, regardless of how underserved the audience is, says Here! president and chief operating officer Andrew Tow, a former executive at the MSO Century Communications Corp.
"The addition of any one new ad-supported channel is not going to move the needle, in terms of securing a new customer or stopping one from churning," says Tow, adding that operators he spoke with tended to ask: "Why should I devote precious bandwidth to something that would erode margins rather than help them?"
Here! has gained carriage faster than expected; new deals with Cox Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. announced at the National Show have made the service available to 40 million homes, including a linear option available on DirecTV Inc. Here! officials keep take rates close to the vest, but they will say the service sells better in smaller communities outside big cities, where gay entertainment is less available.
Tow and Colichman attribute Here!'s distribution pacts to the quality of its programming, which has involved an investment of $50 million so far in 2005. Because of its ties to Regent, its executives can debut some titles at the same time they debut on home video, and executives say that's a strong selling point to operators.
"We're able to make the deals more favorable to [the operators] without sacrificing revenue in the aggregate," Tow says.
LOGO'S WIDER NET
Logo's mission is quite different and so are the challenges it faces -- as is evidenced by the time Viacom Inc. is taking to get the channel off the ground. Viacom began discussing the network three years ago, and has pushed its original launch date from February to June 30.
Logo at a Glance
Planned launch date: June 30, 2005
Owner: MTV Networks
Programming highlights: Original reality series Cruise and My Fabulous Gay Wedding, scripted series Noah's Arc, documentaries, acquired movies, programming in conjunction with other Viacom Inc. brands such as CBS News and MTV: Music Television, and The Big Gay 100, a countdown show produced with VH1.
Business model: Basic ad-supported cable network with licensing fees
Demographic skew: All ages
Wants to be known for: Its broad reach
Doesn't want to be known for: politics, salaciousness
Distribution focus: digital basic
Distribution to date: Expects to be in 10 million homes upon launch, deals with Adelphia Communications Corp., RCN Corp. and Time Warner Cable, in negotiation with Comcast Corp. and others
Top executives: Brian Graden, president of MTV Networks Entertainment and president of Logo; Lisa Sherman, general manager of Logo
Contact: www.LOGOonline.com (212) 767-8732.
Some observers contend that Logo will be a lightening rod for criticism, and it will have to be patient for operators and advertisers to climb on board. But they also note that if anyone can launch a gay digital-basic channel, it's Viacom, given the resources of its network holdings.
Nicole Browning, head of affiliate sales and marketing for MTVN, puts a slightly different spin on the situation: "There's a huge receptivity so far, because there's nothing like it in the marketplace. We're about brand-building. We've built fabulous brands by building amazing emotional connections to the audience, and that's the expertise required to make Logo happen."
From a programming standpoint, Logo is casting a wide net. The first year will feature a slew of documentaries showing "real gay people in real life," such as one about the gay rodeo circuit or another about what it's like to be gay and Latino, according to spokesman David Bittler. The idea is to create loyalty among the LGBT community.
Logo is also betting that it can attract a wider audience than the 7% of the population that identifies itself as gay with some of its original fare. Among them is the gay makeover comedy My Fabulous Gay Wedding, from The Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson, and the scripted series Noah's Arc is in the vein of Sex and the City. Forward-thinking advertisers may also want to be associated with a network that's inclusive of alternative lifestyles, Logo executives say.
"It's a great opportunity for [an advertiser] to show they are progressive and out for the customer," says Todd Evans, president and CEO of the gay media ad rep firm Rivendell Media. "Imagine how big the gay-friendly market is."
Logo's wide appeal and availability is precisely why some in the gay community think the network is a bad idea, according to its rivals. The fear is that the pressure to conform to general-market mores will force it to become "gay lite," airing only safe, Will & Grace-type shows that -- in the opinion of some -- serve single women better than gays and lesbians.
"Operators are still concerned with launching gay and lesbian programming that's easily accessible by others. In many areas, it's just not going to happen," says Cathy Rasenberger, an industry consultant hired to help with affiliate sales and marketing for Q Television. "It needs to be subscription-based so that it can deal with issues of the community."
"I have nothing against Logo, but it's not fair pushing the gay agenda on mainstream TV. There will be backlash all over the place," contends Frank Olsen, CEO and founder of Q. "When parents come home and see their kids watching two boys kissing, Momma's going to flip."
Whether or not Logo will show boys kissing remains to be seen; Bittler would not say. But Browning does note: "We're working in normal [content] standards of basic cable. We're not pushing boundaries for the sake of it."
Q'S APPROACH
As their criticism of Logo implies, executives at Palm Springs, Calif.-based Q Television are banking on a different strategy. They believe that Q's independent gay ownership and subscription-fee, ad-supported positioning will make it an attractive alternative.
Q Television at a Glance
Launch date: Oct.1, 2004
Owners: Triangle Multi-Media and privately held investors
Business model: Mini-pay service at $7.50 per month, 50% share with operator
Programming highlights: Signature shows include nightly On Q Live and Q On the Move, shot on location covering gay and lesbian events; new live morning show Gay Day, gay rodeo, theater, coverage of The Gay Games 2005, acquired gay-themed movies.
Demographic skew: All ages
Wants to be known for: Gay lifestyle channel built by gay people for gay people
Doesn't want to be known for: Exploiting the gay community
Distribution focus: linear digital pay on cable and satellite
Distribution to date: Available to 400,000 RCN Corp. homes
Top executive: Frank Olsen, CEO and founder
Contact: 303 North Indian Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA. (760) 323-4455 www.qtelevision.com
The channel plans to feature a hefty dose of live community programming, close to 30 hours a week. Q on the Move and the nightly prime time block On Q Live will include coverage of gay sports -- such as The Gay Games -- as well as theater performances and events like the drag-queen procession of ferry boats held every July 4 off the beaches of New York's Fire Island. The network is also planning a two-hour morning-news show debuting in June. Q also recently agreed to lease 30 minutes per day on the 53 million-home Oxygen channel to run Q on the Move.
Q's distribution progress has been slow going: So far it is only available to RCN Corp. customers, which has a subscriber base of about 400,000. But meetings with operators at the National Show has Olsen confident enough to predict that Q will be in 16 million homes by June. And he's willing to wait until the network can get carriage as a linear pay channel.
"Don't stick me out on VOD; I hate that," says Olsen. "We want to be like any other channel, and it's worth the holdout. Otherwise you're just a token to the gay community."
Q has addressed solvency concerns by shoring up its finances with a private-equity fund. The company expects to break even in 2008. It also completed construction on a 48,000-square-foot production studio in Fort Worth, Texas, last month; hired industry veteran Carol Hinnant away from Here! as vice president of affiliate sales and marketing; and is spending $12 million this year on original programming.
The network is willing to split a suggested $7.50 subscription fee with operators. It has eight minutes of advertising per hour, two minutes earmarked for local avails and 6 minutes to national ads. Despite the low distribution, advertisers such as Orbitz, which is also a charter sponsor of Logo, have approached Q to buy air time.
"It's a new community of advertisers to go after, so we won't be cannibalizing existing ad revenue," says Rasenberger.
THE AD FACTOR
It's too soon to tell if advertisers and subscribers will support three separate gay offerings. But the services do have some built in advantages: the channels' focus-group research shows pent-up demand by the gay community and the networks have the ability to market extremely efficiently, thanks to the effectiveness of viral marketing campaigns. (Here! says it has already achieved a 90% recognition rate within the gay community).
"I think there's room for more than one gay network, if they're sufficiently differentiated and done correctly," says Chuck Bachrach, media director of California ad agency Rubin Postaer and Associates.
But it's likely that many advertisers will view the networks with some caution.
Many don't buy time on new networks until they get a good look at the programming, regardless of the format. And most look for a critical mass of subscribers before they make commitments. Logo may have an edge, given the advertising sales clout of MTVN, but its mid-year launch could present a challenge.
"Most advertisers' budgets will be allocated by then, so they might have some lean times before Jan. 1 rolls around. I would look at them during the first quarter of 2006 to see what comes in then," says Howard Buford, president and CEO of gay-focused ad agency Prime Access.
Logo is hoping much of the controversy generated by its launch will have blown over by then.
"TV is not a shrine of sacred holy writ, it reflects our society," says Bob Witeck, CEO of gay marketing firm Witeck-Combs Communications. "Advertisers are about one thing -- they want to connect with culture. [When it comes to advertising], we're talking about capitalistic acts between consenting adults."
Lessons From North of the Border
America's gay networks hope not to follow in the footsteps of its Northern neighbor. PrideVision, which claims to be the world's first gay network, has been steadily losing money since launching inauspiciously four days after September 11, 2001, with an erotic approach. Its new owners hope to turn things around, with a second service, Out TV, which debuted April 12.
Out offers lifestyle programming and aims for a wider audience. It's executives are currently in talks with both Q Television and Here! about the possibility of sharing future programming.
The lessons to be learned from PrideVision are well worth heeding. After winning a license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which gave it must-carry status across the country, PrideVision's first owners (private investors that also operate the sports channel The Score) decided to forgo the right to force distribution. Instead, they launched a premium a la carte service that featured late-night hardcore adult gay programming. Although Canada is much less prudish about such things, the service never caught on with audiences and lost $17 million (Canadian) after two years.
The gay community felt exploited because so little effort was made to program the channel to serve the community's needs, according to current PrideVision and Out TV CEO Bill Craig, particularly after it tried a guilt-based subscription drive claiming: "We are impotent; help PrideVision TV get it up!"
"[The category 1 license] was a gift sitting in their lap, and they dropped it," Craig says of the previous non-gay ownership group.
The new owners, led by gay publisher Pink Triangle Media, hope to gain far more acceptance by restoring the must-carry status of its new offering launched this month. However, two operators Shaw Cable and Bell ExpressVu -- who control close to 70% of Canada's digital subscribers -- refuse to carry Out TV in a package, sending the company to the CRTC to intervene.
Why Gay Networks Are Emerging
Gay television networks have been whispered about for years, but for several reasons the timing finally seems right:
The visibility of gay characters on television has been steadily rising, breaking through to the realm of pop culture. Showtime's long-running Queer as Folk and Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy helped pave the way for gay and lesbian characters, who are now popping up all over the dial. Even Marge's sister Patty (left) came out of the closet to marry in a February 20 episode of Fox's The Simpsons, coming down on the side of marriage equality for gays.
The gay and lesbian community is as well-heeled as it is underserved. Gay buying power is projected to reach $610 billion in 2005, according to the latest analysis by gay marketing firm Witeck-Combs Communications, thanks to the predominance of DINKS (dual income no kids households).
The advertising community is more focused than ever on reaching the community. Spending in the gay press increased 28.4%, to $207 million in 2004. And over 150 Fortune 500 brands were active in the market, according to the 2004 Gay Press Report, produced by ad agency Prime Access and marketing firm Rivendell Media. The chance to target gays on television -- without being positioned next to an ad for a gay male escort service -- should attract even more advertisers to the segment.
Technology such as digital compression and video on demand has made it possible to launch truly niche programming services.
On the Techno Edge
Purveyors of adult content, both straight and gay, have long been on the cutting edge of distribution technology, first with VHS in the early 1980s, then streaming video on the Internet in the 1990s. Now entrepreneurs are utilizing the latest server technology to try to help better serve gay audiences.
One of Out TV parent Pink Triangle Media's businesses is Man Line, a gay telephone dating service. Out TV wants to adapt the service as a video-on-demand dating service for digital-cable subscribers throughout Canada. Users will upload video and jpegs to local servers, and the company will charge each time a clip is viewed.
"The gay community is very computer-savvy, so we think this service could be very popular," says PrideVision and Out TV CEO Bill Craig.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles-based Trojan Networks is preparing a premium video service in the U.S. that mixes peer-to-peer sharing with digital video recording. The company is planning the August soft launch of a small VHS tape-sized DVR that needs a broadband connection and a television. Subscribers will be able to order and reserve premium movies, including a variety of gay adult films, which will be compiled peer-to-peer from multiple users' hard drives and stored on the box.
The box must be connected to the Internet at least once a week, but can store 30 to 40 films and be taken on the road and connected to any television. Trojan Networks CEO John Brady sees one of his core customers as upscale gay businessmen who travel a lot and find it inconvenient to access adult titles. The business model calls for a monthly $39 fee, with access to over 200 films a month.
"We believe the adult component will be a strong driver to adoption," says Brady. "The ability to acquire adult programs without dark sunglasses and a dark brown wrapper is worth a lot to some people."
04/29/05 New Q Article.......
http://www.sovo.com/2005/4-29/news/national/gaytv.cfm
Gay cable networks vying for viewers
Three channels target U.S. gay audiences with different programming
By DYANA BAGBY
Friday, April 29, 2005
Television geared specifically toward gay men and lesbians in the U.S. has, until recently, been limited to a sprinkling of shows such as “Will & Grace” on NBC or “Queer as Folk” and “The L Word” on cable’s Showtime.
But now entire channels filled with gay movies, dramas and comedies, as well as original programming, are hitting the airwaves.
Here!, specializing in independent films as well as original programming, including a supernatural soap opera named “Dante’s Cove,” has been on the air since 2002. The fledgling Q Television Network, a self-identified gay “lifestyle channel” currently only available on RCN satellite service, arrived in late 2004 and offers programming such as broadcasts from gay sporting events.
And on June 30, the highly anticipated launch of MTV Network’s Logo is expected to raise the bar even higher for TV industry executives looking to tap into a new demographic.
“It is long overdue that the LGBT community have channels we can call our own,” said Damon Romine, entertainment media director for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
“There are niche cable channels out there for everything from sports to music to food. Reaching out to LGBT viewers with more choices is not only good business, but it’s the right thing to do,” he said.
While both here! and Q Television are pay service cable networks, Logo is an advertiser-supported basic cable network.
Here!, now available through Comcast and Cox Communications, allows viewers to buy one program at a time or subscribe full-time. To date, the network is in more than 40 million households, according to CEO Paul Colichman, who also produced the gay film, “Gods & Monsters.”
Frank Olsen, Q Television’s founder and CEO, said his network reaches viewers in Boston, San Francisco and New York City. By the end of June, viewership will be up to 16 million homes, he said. Plans are underway to have Q Television soon in Washington, D.C., Denver and Seattle, as well as Australia.
Logo, the corporate giant of the three, has cable-giant Viacom on its side and is expected to be in 10 million homes at launch, said David Bittler, a spokesperson for the network. Logo will be carried by Adelphia, Time Warner, RCN Satellite and Atlantic Broadband, according to Bittler.
Negotiations are continuing with Comcast, the dominant cable provider in metro Atlanta, to carry the channel, he added.
“We are confident Comcast will be with us at launch,” Bittler said.
A Comcast spokesperson said the company has not reached an agreement with Logo.
“Until an agreement is in place, we can’t discuss it,” Comcast spokesperson Reg Griffin said.
Bittler said the network plans to be “the home-base for the GLBT community.”
“We think our existence is going to be historic,” he said. “We represent equality on the dial.”
Conservative backlash
The gay TV networks are already dealing with some backlash from conservative organizations.
“I don’t think most parents want their children flipping channels on their way to the Cartoon Network and running across a scene of two men kissing in bed on the Logo network,” Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, told Cybercast News Service Network this month. “Most of us have enough to explain to our children nowadays.”
Wildmon also warned that late-night programming on here! or Logo could turn pornographic.
“The very nature of homosexuality is based on eroticism and the infatuation with sex,” he told CNS News.
Colichman said the very reason he wanted here! to be a pay service network was so he could avoid conservative opponents.
“I didn’t want to deal with the political climate,” he said. “I didn’t want to bother.”
Olsen said Q Television’s business plan was also designed specifically to be a pay service to avoid offending those who oppose homosexuality.
“We’re very emphatic we want to be invited in your homes. I think [all gay networks] should be scrambled. I don’t think the gay lifestyle should be imposed on anyone. We don’t need to shove our agenda down anyone’s throats,” Olsen said. “We’re gay and there has to be some ethics.”
Logo’s Bittler said that while the network understands it may get some “attention” from social conservatives, Logo plans to meet the needs of its targeted audience and stand by its gay viewers.
“We will stand by them in terms of their entertainment,” he said. “We will stay in touch with the [GLBT] community.”
Content matters
With three gay TV networks cropping up in a relatively short period of time, some wonder whether the market can sustain all of them.
But “there is great enthusiasm from viewers and from many advertisers who now have a broader TV vehicle to reach the gay and lesbian audience, said GLAAD’s Romine.
“Gay viewers have been underserved by the media, and channels like here!, Q Television and Logo are long overdue. For them to survive, the LGBT audience needs to get behind the channels and support them,” he added.
There are significant differences in each of the channels.
With documentaries as well as original programming and independent films, here! wants to attract the “very sophisticated consumer,” Colichman said.
“We’re not gay-lite. It’s just gay,” Colichman said. “We’re gay entertainment and not the butt of a joke.”
Colichman said his network has something for everyone. Here! cites a film library containing “Beautiful Boxer,” Franco Zeffirelli’s “Callas Forever” and “Straight Jacket,” as well as original programming including “Here Family” for gay families, original documentaries, the original film “Tides of War” and even a Kate Clinton comedy special.
“We’re spending over $50 million on original programming. I wanted to do the gay HBO,” Colichman said.
Q Television wants to focus on programming such as gay travel and sporting specials. In June, Olsen said Q Television will broadcast from four separate Pride festivals, as well as from gay bowling tournaments. The network plans to broadcast from Fire Island in July, and will also broadcast from the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.
“We’re a lifestyle channel. We’re trying to bring the gay world closer together without the 10 second sound bites,” Olsen said.
Q Television also includes three hours of live programming at night, “On Q Live,” which Olsen described as “gay Fox news.”
Logo’s programming includes a library of more than 200 movie titles from every major studio, including HBO’s “Angels in America,” “Billy Elliott,” “Mullholland Drive,” and the U.S. television premiere of “A Home at the End of the World,” starring Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn and Dallas Roberts.
Logo and CBS News, also owned by Viacom, have also teamed up to produce news reports on issues of interest to gay viewers, Bittler said. And on July 24, the network will present the first-ever televised production of the GLAAD Media Awards.
Logo’s original programming includes “Noah’s Arc,” a comedy-drama series about black gay men living in Los Angeles, and “First Comes Love” (formerly known as “My Fabulous Gay Wedding”), a reality show.
For Stephen Tropiano, director of New York-based Ithaca College’s Communications Program in Los Angeles and author of “The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV,” the three gay cable networks represent a significant step forward in the gay rights movement.
“Considering the conservative climate, you can’t be any more mainstream then to have your own channel,” he said. “I think it’s exciting to have channels with our name on it.”
Because the content is apparently varied between the three networks, Tropiano said he expects them to find their own niche gay audiences.
“What usually happens, though, is there’s great interest in the beginning and then it levels off,” he said.
Which means to survive, each channel must have quality content, he added.
“People won’t watch just because it’s a gay network. If there isn’t good content, nobody will watch,” he said.
Q Advertising Campaign.... here we will keep track of all the magazines etc where QTN has placed ads......
Girlfriends Magazine, a national magazine.....thats 2 months in a row for this ad....
By: qbidvenus
Checked out Girlfriends magazine, May 2005 edition. Full page Q ad still on page 2 and the Gay Games ads are there as well.
http://www.girlfriendsmag.com/
New York Blade, QTN Full page ad, that's like 9 weeks in a row
By: qbidvenus
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, 04/04 issue, Q Television Ads, 4 PAGE FRONT COVER AD! THANKS to skunksyard for taking these pictures and sharing them with us!
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/fireboy212000
Bay Area Reporter newspaper March 24th, 2005 edition By: qbidvenus
The Bay Area Reporter newspaper March 24th, 2005 edition has a full page Q ad in its back cover page. Golden Gate Bridge inside the Q logo! That's two weeks in a row that I know of. People in San Francisco would have the most up to date edition.
New Q ad in Scene Magazine, June issue, thanks to skunksyard.....
June issue of SCENE magazine
http://www.scenemag.net
QTN Sponsorships. here we will keep track of events that Q will be sponsoring....
Q TELEVISION is SPONSORING 8 PRIDE EVENTS and the CTAM Cable conference................a poster named zandant just found the NYC Pride sponsorship tonight....
NEW! Q Television is a Chicago Prideguide Advertiser....
I posted this awhile back but I wasn't sure if this was a true sponsorship by Q. But it seems that Chicago Pride doesn't use the term sponsor to describe its major supporters. It uses the Prideguide ads instead. So I consider this as another event Q is sponsoring. Look at who else is on this list....So Q is now sponsoring 8 Pride 2005 events IMO......You know Q was going to sponsor the Chicago Pride, a no-brainer since the Chicago Gay Games VII will be there in July 2006....
http://www.chicagopridecalendar.org/
In The Life
Logo
Majestic Star Casino
Miller Brewing Co.
PFLAG Chicago
Pride Fest
Q Television Network
Shirts Illustrated
Steamworks
Sunrise of Lincoln Park
Susan O'Dell, Ph.D.
Travelocity
Windy City Media Group
1) Q is a Platinum Sponsor at NY Heritage Pride Festival in June 2005. Add another pride festival to the Q's impressive list. thanks to a poster named zandant for finding this info.........
http://www.hopinc.org/partners/
2) Boston Pride! Q Television is a major sponsor!
http://www.bostonpride.org/
3) found by zandant, 05/17/05,
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/17/2005 10:25:19 PM
Post #of 114225
Q SPONSORING SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE FESTIVAL! The Q is a principal sponsor. Hit the link and go to sponsors. Z
http://www.sfpride.org/
4) 05/17/05- Q Television! Houston Pride! Major Sponsor!..................
June 25th.....
on the homepage.....
http://www.pridehouston.org/home/
on the sponsors page.......
http://www.pridehouston.org/supporters/corp.php
5) Q Television a Major Sponsor of Atlanta Pride 2005!
June 24-26
2005
http://www.atlantapride.org/sponsors/2005/
6) Q is a Diamond Premiere Sponsor of GayDay Orlando 2005!
June 1st-6th.....
http://www.gayday.com/default.asp
7) Nebraska Pride! Q is a sponsor! June 9th-12th, 2005.....
click here and then go to "Friends and Sponsors"
http://www.rainbowcelebrations.org/pride/
8) Q is a sponsor of the CTAM Summit 2005.
thanks to qbidvenus from RB......
By: qbidvenus
16 May 2005, 05:47 PM EDT
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Q is a sponsor of the CTAM Summit 2005. See link below!
http://www.ctam.com/conferences/summit/networking.htm
Tuesday
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Tuesday Evening Reception
Sponsored by Q Television Network
9:00pm - 12:00am
Tuesday Night Party
Want to sponsor one of these events? Check out the sponsor menu and contact Pat Gushman, CTAM's sponsor liaison, by email or at 703.642.8582. Please note: CTAM has revised our non-commercial policy.
CTAM Summit 05
July 24 - 26, 2005
The Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia
New Q Shows in development
4/1/2005 - RE: Good Morning Gay America
With its new name to be determined, previously named Good Morning Gay America will air the week of 6/1/05 and be produced by Toria Tolley. The show will be shot on location in Atlanta, Dallas and Palm Springs. Q's management will update more specifically in the coming weeks
Excess Access, a new show with Honey Labrador who is from "Queer Eye for the Straight Girl" .....................
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: firefight4 who wrote msg# 13545 Date:4/29/2005 10:20:34 PM
Post #of 13546
This is a busy time for Labrador. "April Shower," the film she produced and stars in, will be released this summer. She is also producing and hosting a new eight-episode TV show for Q Television Network, "Excess Access." The first episode, which will probably air in July, will take viewers behind the scenes of L.A.'s fashion week.
http://planetout.com/content/slideshow/splash.html?coll=525&order=3&navpath=/entertainment/p....
Gay Court
Special Events and Concerts coming to Q Television...
4/21/2005
http://www.steffmahan.com
Steff Mahan, check her out Sunday (4/24) on Q!
PREMIERING APRIL 24
10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific
.Hero Unit Productions Inc. in association with the Q Television Network is proud to present "STEFF MAHAN LIVE IN CONCERT AT 3RD
Pride in the Heartland
http://www.herounit.com/heartlandhome.htm
Posted by: zandant
In reply to: None Date:5/10/2005 5:35:59 AM
Post #of 13823
Look who is sponsoring the Atlanta Pride Festival, and we have even copyrighted/trademarked our logo.
http://atlantapride.org/sponsors/2005/
Some excellent company we are in with.
QBID Share Structure as estimated from their Oct. 2004 conference call. We are waiting for confirmation of these numbers from management. These are rough estimates and may not be accurate...
AS- 50 billion shares
Public float- approx. 4.5 billion shares
Shares owned by the CEO- 4 billion(it was 5 billion shares until the recent pr stating that 1 billion shares have been retired by the CEO)
So thats 8.5 billion shares in the OS. Now QBID also has 6 billion 5-yr restricted shares which should be added to the OS so 14.5 billion shares in total. This number does not include the recent buyback.
Investor Relations - PinkSheets: QBID
Thank you for your interest in Q Television stock (being a subsidiary of Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc.) We now have an investor relations firm in charge of handling all investor inquiries.
INVESTOR INFORMATION- check this link for QBID investor updates.....
http://www.qtelevision.com/main/investorinfo.asp
Richard Brown
Equity Relations, Inc.
Email: Staff@EquityRelations.com
Web Address: www.EquityRelations.com
Phone: 978-767-0048
Miscellaneous Q related links.....
http://www.firestoneinc.com/network.asp
http://www.herounit.com/
http://www.goharrison.com/
http://www.jackieenx.com/current/stuffdoing.htm
Gay Games® 2006 Announces Official Worldwide Registration Drive - 14-15 May
http://www.gaywire.net/newswire/index.cgi?Func=show&File=20050422-161329
NEWS RELEASE – 22 April 2005
Contact: Kevin G. Boyer, (773) 907-2006, kgboyer@ix.netcom.com <mailto:kgboyer@ix.netcom.com >
Gay Games® 2006 Announces Official Worldwide Registration Drive - 14-15 May
Registration Parties feature International Airline Ticket Giveaways, T-Shirts and Collectible Pins, and a $25 Registration Discount
CHICAGO, IL – Chicago organizers kick off the Official Gay Games VII Worldwide Registration Drive in May, with a weekend of Registration Parties scheduled for 14-15 May, 2005. Announced last week to Partners, Sponsors and Supporters, there are already more than 50 parties scheduled on 5 continents. "We're very excited at the response to the Official Gay Games Registration Drive," said James Simmons, Gay Games Sports and Events Marketing Manager. "Ranging from small home parties to public events with hundreds of attendees, the parties are going to be a fun way for people to get registered for the 2006 Chicago Gay Games." Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival will take place 15-22 July 2006 in Chicago, USA.
Anyone is welcome to host an Official Gay Games VII Registration Party. To receive your free official registration party kit, including tips for party hosts, contact the Chicago Gay Games at (773) 907-2006 or e-mail at info@GayGamesChicago.org <mailto:info@chicagogaygames.org >.
Win International Airline Tickets, Save on Registration Fees
Athletes, artists and their supporters earn great gifts in return for hosting parties and getting people signed up. All party hosts receive a free t-shirt, collectible Gay Games pin, and a DVD with a montage video of archival Gay Games footage and great Chicago travel information. Hosts whose parties successfully register 5 or more will be entered into a drawing for a pair of international airline tickets. Those who register 10 or more will receive one free Gay Games registration to use as a gift, for a scholarship athlete or for themselves. All party-goers will save US$25 on their Gay Games registration, greater than 10% off.
Suzi Arnold, Chicago's Board Co-Chair, reiterated the need to register now. "Every individual must register and receive an individual confirmation number in order to be guaranteed space at the Gay Games," she said. "Those who procrastinate may find their favorite sport filling up. Many sports will reach capacity this summer. Sailing is already full and some team sports – ice hockey and softball for example - are already approaching their 2002 Gay Games team benchmarks." Team captains interested in learning about Team/Group Discounts should contact the Chicago Gay Games at (773) 907-2006 or e-mail at info@GayGamesChicago.org <mailto:info@chicagogaygames.org >.
LOGO Watch. LOGO is a 24/7 gay television channel that Viacom's MTV is planning to launch on June 30, 2005.....
My thoughts- So far the website looks pretty weak imo and there has been virtually no advertising campaign. Look at the 2 original shows they have on the LOGO website and you will quickly see that so far Q Television is leading the pack when it comes to original programming, live shows, and sports.
http://www.logoonline.com/
Q Television is hiring 6 new people and thats only the ones we know about. This is the story behind the story. Focus on whats happening behind the scenes. Build it and they will come!
thanks to mcflow2 for finding this one tonight.
1)Q TELEVISION NETWORK
Assistant to EVP Programming/Acquisitions
This is a FULL TIME JOB
Location: Palm Springs CA
Date Posted: 5/18/2005 2:20:21 PM
Description: Job is located in Palm Springs. The Q Television Network is a Gay and Lesbian television network broadcasting 24/7 in the US. Successful applicant will assist the EVP of Programming and Acquisitions in acquiring suitable content for the network. This is a non-pornographic channel. Applicant must have some prior background in motion pictures or television and be willing to travel to film festivals. Casual and crazy work environment.
Requirements: Strong research and negotiation skills are beneficial in this position. Ability to work in Microsoft Word and Excel required and strong phone skills are essential. Familiarity with LGBT product a must. Broadcast scheduling background helpful.
Please tell Q TELEVISION NETWORK that you found the listing at
Contact: Please send a cover letter along with your resume.
Via email: steveng@qtelevision.com
This employer will accept your resume as text in body of email
This employer will accept your resume as an attachment
Via Mail: Steven Grunberg
EVP Programming & Acquisitions
Q TELEVISION NETWORK
303 N. Indian Canyon Dr., 3rd Fl
Palm Springs, CA 92262
No phone calls please.
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thanks to junkmasterg for posting the rest of these...
2) Producer for GLBT Television Network seeking Assistant
Reply to: jobs@qtelevision.com
Date: 2005-05-19, 6:50PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/74304231.html
The producer/news anchor of live nightly talk show needs an assistant. There will be TONS of travel this summer, and the person will need to be available to travel.
The applicant must be:
Brilliant
Organized
Flexible
Cool under stress
Reliable
Interested in television production
Monday-Friday, 10am -9pm
Exciting Summer Travel
Great experience in production and assisting at Producer level.
Person will most likely write news for nightly broadcasts, and research breaking news topics for likely coverage.
MUST have an interest in current affairs, and general knowledge of the gay community.
Don't be afraid if you don't have much experience, will train right hard working interested person.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: $400 wkly plus travel expenses
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
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* yes -- ok to transmit this posting into outer space
3) Receptionist needed for busy GLBT Television Network
Reply to: jobs@qtelevision.com
Date: 2005-05-19, 5:54PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ofc/74299908.html
Q Television Network is seeking a receptionist for our Executive offices.
The applicant must be:
hard working
prompt
focused
organized
flexible
They must also be able to multi-task and answer high volume phone system.
Computer skills (basic) a must.
Monday through Friday, 9am-7pm
Check us out online at:
www.qtelevision.com
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: $400 wkly
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
* yes -- OK to repost to Job Developers for Persons with Disabilities.
* yes -- ok to transmit this posting into outer space
4)Production Manager
Reply to: job-73698371@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-16, 4:33PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/73698371.html
Firestone Communications seeks freelance production manager for Q Television Network, a gay and lesbian network. Production Manager would directly manage various LIVE and taped television programs. Duties typical of production manager duties.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: Negotiable Weekly Rate
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
5) Production Cooridinator
Reply to: job-73699600@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-16, 4:33PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/73699600.html
Firestone Communications seeks freelance production coordinator for Q Television Network, a gay and lesbian network. Production Coordinator would cooridinate various LIVE and taped television programs. Duties typical of production cooridinator duties. Experience in LIVE TV a must.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: Neegotiable Weekly Rate
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
* yes -- Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
6) Associate Producer
Reply to: job-73699989@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-05-16, 4:33PM CDT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/tfr/73699989.html
Firestone Communications seeks freelance associate producer for Q Television Network, a gay and lesbian network. Associate Producer would assist in the production of various LIVE and taped television programs. Duties typical of associate producer duties. Experience in television production a must.
* Job location is Fort Worth, TX
* Compensation: Negotiable Weekly Rate
* no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* no -- Please, no phone calls about this job!
* no -- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
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