Three gay networks launching

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Los Angeles Daily News

Three gay networks launching

Audience eager for programming, backers contend

By David Bauder
Associated Press

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - NEW YORK -- 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 each other in Seattle.

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Sure to be the most visible is MTV Networks' Logo, scheduled to start as a basic cable network June 30. Q and Here are both pay services operating now and available to a limited number of viewers. Logo's ultimate parent is the media conglomerate Viacom Inc., while the two others are privately owned.

The gay and lesbian community has been underserved by the media and these channels are long overdue, said Damon Romine, entertainment media director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

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[Cannikin]

1. You go, gurrlsss. *snap*

[sniffa]

2. they got nothing on the bravo network