I just found this announcment on www.heretv.com
here! TV Expands Carriage on DIRECTV
Premium Network Designed for Gays and Lesbians to Launch as Subscription Service on DIRECTV December 1
LOS ANGELES and /EL SEGUNDO, CA – November 22, 2004 - here! TV, the nation's first premium programming service appealing to gay and lesbian audiences, and DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading and fastest growing digital television service provider, announced today they have reached an agreement to offer here! TV as a subscription service to the more than 13.5 million customers of DIRECTV. here! TV will be made available as a subscription service on DIRECTV® channel 190 beginning December 1, 2004.
DIRECTV, which currently offers a monthly selection of here! TV titles on a pay-per-view platform, will now offer the channel 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. DIRECTV customers will have the opportunity to order here! TV’s featured movies, series and original programs as a monthly subscription at a flat fee of $9.99 per month, or à la carte as an individual 3-hour block for $5.99 per block. With the world’s largest gay and lesbian TV and film library, here! TV features well-known theatrical releases, comedies, dramas and shorts.
"We are thrilled that DIRECTV will be expanding its carriage of here! TV," said Andrew Tow, president and COO of here! TV. "DIRECTV made an early commitment to here! TV, and its innovative programming packages and broad subscriber base afford us the opportunity to serve an ever-widening television audience that wants full access to the best in gay and lesbian programming."
"DIRECTV is pleased to provide its customers with a programming lineup that offers an increasing amount of choice and diversity," said Stephanie Campbell, executive vice president of DIRECTV. "With the addition of here TV!’s extensive library of titles and strong commitment to original programming DIRECTV continues to deliver the most robust lineup of quality programming available."
here! TV is currently in production with a varied slate of original content, of which it will produce a total of six series and twelve films per year. Premiering on the network in December is Too Cool for Christmas, a family holiday film featuring two gay dads and starring George Hamilton (Love at First Bite, The Godfather: Part III, Your Cheatin’ Heart), Donna Mills (Knot’s Landing), Brooke Nevin ("The 4400"), Adam Harrington (Queer as Folk) and Barclay Hope. In production now are here! Family, a gay parenting series hosted by And Baby Magazine publisher Michelle Darné; gothic horror series Dante’s Cove, and Tides of War, a naval action drama starring Adrian Paul (Highlander), Mathew St. Patrick (Six Feet Under), Catherine Dent (The Shield, Taken) and Matt Battaglia (Universal Soldier I & II, Queer as Folk).
About here! TV
here! TV, America’s first gay television network, was established in 2002 by Regent Entertainment co-founders Paul Colichman and Stephen P. Jarchow. here! TV, currently available in more than 30 million households, offers a wide variety of high quality movies, original series and general entertainment programming targeted to a broad-based gay and lesbian audience. here! TV is now available on satellite via DIRECTV and DISH Network, and on cable in markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, Austin, San Antonio and Milwaukee. For more information, visit here! TV’s website at www.heretv.com.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV is the nation’s leading digital multichannel television service provider with more than 13.5 million customers. DIRECTV, Total Choice and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of The DIRECTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV). The DIRECTV Group is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment and broadband satellite networks and services. The DIRECTV Group is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. For more information visit www.directv.com.
here! TV Expands Carriage on DIRECTV
Premium Network Designed for Gays and Lesbians to Launch as Subscription Service on DIRECTV December 1
LOS ANGELES and /EL SEGUNDO, CA – November 22, 2004 - here! TV, the nation's first premium programming service appealing to gay and lesbian audiences, and DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading and fastest growing digital television service provider, announced today they have reached an agreement to offer here! TV as a subscription service to the more than 13.5 million customers of DIRECTV. here! TV will be made available as a subscription service on DIRECTV® channel 190 beginning December 1, 2004.
DIRECTV, which currently offers a monthly selection of here! TV titles on a pay-per-view platform, will now offer the channel 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. DIRECTV customers will have the opportunity to order here! TV’s featured movies, series and original programs as a monthly subscription at a flat fee of $9.99 per month, or à la carte as an individual 3-hour block for $5.99 per block. With the world’s largest gay and lesbian TV and film library, here! TV features well-known theatrical releases, comedies, dramas and shorts.
"We are thrilled that DIRECTV will be expanding its carriage of here! TV," said Andrew Tow, president and COO of here! TV. "DIRECTV made an early commitment to here! TV, and its innovative programming packages and broad subscriber base afford us the opportunity to serve an ever-widening television audience that wants full access to the best in gay and lesbian programming."
"DIRECTV is pleased to provide its customers with a programming lineup that offers an increasing amount of choice and diversity," said Stephanie Campbell, executive vice president of DIRECTV. "With the addition of here TV!’s extensive library of titles and strong commitment to original programming DIRECTV continues to deliver the most robust lineup of quality programming available."
here! TV is currently in production with a varied slate of original content, of which it will produce a total of six series and twelve films per year. Premiering on the network in December is Too Cool for Christmas, a family holiday film featuring two gay dads and starring George Hamilton (Love at First Bite, The Godfather: Part III, Your Cheatin’ Heart), Donna Mills (Knot’s Landing), Brooke Nevin ("The 4400"), Adam Harrington (Queer as Folk) and Barclay Hope. In production now are here! Family, a gay parenting series hosted by And Baby Magazine publisher Michelle Darné; gothic horror series Dante’s Cove, and Tides of War, a naval action drama starring Adrian Paul (Highlander), Mathew St. Patrick (Six Feet Under), Catherine Dent (The Shield, Taken) and Matt Battaglia (Universal Soldier I & II, Queer as Folk).
About here! TV
here! TV, America’s first gay television network, was established in 2002 by Regent Entertainment co-founders Paul Colichman and Stephen P. Jarchow. here! TV, currently available in more than 30 million households, offers a wide variety of high quality movies, original series and general entertainment programming targeted to a broad-based gay and lesbian audience. here! TV is now available on satellite via DIRECTV and DISH Network, and on cable in markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, Austin, San Antonio and Milwaukee. For more information, visit here! TV’s website at www.heretv.com.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV is the nation’s leading digital multichannel television service provider with more than 13.5 million customers. DIRECTV, Total Choice and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of The DIRECTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV). The DIRECTV Group is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment and broadband satellite networks and services. The DIRECTV Group is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. For more information visit www.directv.com.
