posted September 22, 2004 17:35            

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Originally posted by RobinO:
Anyone notice anything strange about this? News from today, but no mention of the alleged SF channel 250 that is already supposed to be broadcasting. You'd think someone would mention that... Also wondering what the story is with Network Teleports still in the mix. Ah well.

-R

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Nothing out of the norm.

posted September 22, 2004 17:52            

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Originally posted by RobinO:
Anyone notice anything strange about this? News from today, but no mention of the alleged SF channel 250 that is already supposed to be broadcasting. You'd think someone would mention that... Also wondering what the story is with Network Teleports still in the mix. Ah well.

-R

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posted September 22, 2004 18:09            

nope

that is a older pr that has been brought forward and redated. if it is an article that you read it was taken from a previous date
see below

Q Television Network Launch Announcement

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Sep 8, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Frank Olsen announced today that Q Television Network has solved the technical problems that prevented it from launching the Network on September 4, 2004. With assistance of RCN, Network Teleport Systems and Firestone Communications, Q Television Network will be on the air September 8, 2004. Over the next 45 days Q Television Network will be rolling out its original programming, which will be 20% life and 10% recorded. Q Television Network goal is to rapidly grow to 150,000 subscribers within the first year and 250,000 the second year. Olsen went on to say that a second goal is to make the Network interactive with its subscribers through unique use of the latest technology. The launch on RCN is a major breakthrough for the Network, as it will showcase its resolve to serve the needs of the community it attracts.

In an unrelated event to the launch, the company announced that it has completed a second round of financing by obtaining a second loan of $1,000,000 and an equity placement of another $1,000,000 with its financial backers in New York, thus enabling the company to grow to its full potential.

About Q Television Network

This television network was organized to create and develop a network devoted to providing television programming for the gay and lesbian community. While the company expects much of its subscriber base to be comprised of members of the gay and lesbian population, management also believes that quality programming about the gay and lesbian experience, designed to entertain, educate and inform, will attract many other segments of the viewing public. The company's programming will be available on a subscription basis to those desiring its programming. The network will broadcast 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Providing distribution via satellite ensures availability of the network across the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Safe Harbor Statement

As a cautionary note to investors, certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking

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Originally posted by RobinO:
Anyone notice anything strange about this? News from today, but no mention of the alleged SF channel 250 that is already supposed to be broadcasting. You'd think someone would mention that... Also wondering what the story is with Network Teleports still in the mix. Ah well.

-R

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posted September 22, 2004 18:12            

With assistance of RCN, Network Teleport Systems and Firestone Communications, Q Television Network will be on the air soon. Over the next 45 days Q Television Network will be rolling out its original programming...

versus what it really said:

Q Television Network will be on the air September 8, 2004. Over the next 45 days Q Television Network will be rolling out its original programming, which will be 20% life and 10% recorded. Q Television Network goal is to rapidly grow to 150,000 subscribers within the first year and 250,000 the second year. Olsen went on to say that a second goal is to make the Network interactive with its subscribers through unique use of the latest technology. The launch on RCN is a major breakthrough for the Network, as it will showcase its resolve to serve the needs of the community it attracts.

posted September 22, 2004 22:09            

I missed the .0001 era in January/February.. so,
I want that part of my life back, and then watch and laugh as it repeats and goes to .03.

Come on .0001!

posted September 22, 2004 23:47            

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Originally posted by tqn:
qbid at .004. here is why:
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U.S. stocks tumble on spike in oil, earnings concerns
Wednesday September 22, 2:50 pm ET
By Mark Cotton

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- U.S. stocks tumbled Wednesday, with blue chips hitting a three-week low on a fresh spike in oil and weaker-than-expected results from Morgan Stanley which rattled investor confidence ahead of the upcoming earnings season.
Oil at one-month high
After seesawing around the $47 a barrel mark in early trading, crude prices took a definite turn to the upside, breaching $48, on near-term supply concerns after the U.S. Energy Department reported a big drop in crude and gasoline stocks.

Inventory data from the American Petroleum Institute confirmed the heavy drawdown in supplies, showing that demand for crude remains strong.
"The market was expecting the worse and got it," said John Person, head analyst at Infinity Brokerage Services.
The benchmark November contract, which replaced the October contract at the close of Tuesday's session, was last up $1.64, at $48.40 a barrel.

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LMAO!!!!!!! Not bashing but this post is hilarious....I guess the Q-mobiles are burning a lot of gas...If you really think this is why the Q is down, then I got a few barrels to sell ya myself.....MONKEYS!!!!!!

posted September 23, 2004 00:21            

Not bad, not bad at all.

posted September 23, 2004 08:44            

From: Inc. Magazine, March 2004 | Page 88 By: Adam Hanft Photographs by: Brad Wilson
His first office may have been at his mother's kitchen table--he relocated when she refused to answer the phone "Rubenstein Associates"--but he has certainly moved beyond. Way beyond. Today, Howard Rubenstein might very well be the nation's premier mediameister, the archetype of the lavishly connected public relations honcho. His clients are an honor role of the rich, the famous, and the flawed.

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Rubenstein's story is one of an intuitive understanding of the strands of power, and a canny, single-minded focus on building a business that leveraged his own reputation and access, but never at the expense of his clients. Famous as he has become, he knows who pays the bills.

I went to school in Brooklyn, then to the University of Pennsylvania, and then to WNMI_NOW Law School, which, to the consternation of my parents, I quit after two months. My father, a crime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune , said, "Well, what do you want to do for a living?" And I said, "Don't ask me." I was really lost. And he said, "Why don't you do some PR?"

No one paid attention to PR people in those days. The companies were tiny and not given respect. The first account I got was the Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm in Brooklyn. I met the head of the home, who said, "We're having a groundbreaking ceremony. Can you write the speeches for it?" I said, "Of course." I'd never written a speech. I'd heard only one speech in my life, when I graduated.

Suddenly, I'm a press agent. And all of a sudden the stories started to appear in the Times , Daily News , New York Post , Tribune , all the papers. And I said, "Boy, this is easy."

So there I am at my mother's kitchen table. I'm typing away. The phone rings. I say, "Mom, would you please pick up 'Rubenstein Associates'?" She refused. So I looked around for an office. I remember meeting the building manager at 26 Court Street, a nice guy, white mustache, white hair. He showed me two rooms and an outer room, but the lights were out. I said, "How come the lights are out?" And he says, "They went bankrupt and we can't turn the lights on yet." So I said, "Can you turn them on in one room?" He said, "Sure, one room."

I built a clientele of maybe 30, 35 clients, and I was earning a lot of money for a kid. But then I looked around and saw that the borough was disintegrating, and I thought, "If I don't get out of Brooklyn in five years, I'm out of business." I moved across the bridge to the Woolworth Building. Eighth floor. Good view.

That was in the early '60s. I was really frightened because I'd left my home base. I had no Manhattan clients. But my friend, the white-haired guy from Court Street, took me to see a philanthropist and real estate man named Morris Morgenstern. I walked into a gigantic office at 119 West 57th Street. I had never been in a real office. And here's this lovely little man. He's five foot two, sitting at the desk turning the pages of Jewish newspapers. And he says: "I love publicity." I said, "I can get it for you."

I pulled my first stunt with him. I said, "I know a little orphanage in Brooklyn that I'm doing some work for. And the kids would love at the Jewish holidays to hear someone sing. I know you like to sing." He said, "I was an orphan!" He probably wasn't. So I brought a choir to the orphanage, and he sang for them, orphan to orphan. I gave it to the World Telegram , page one. Page one! "Millionaire Orphan Sings." And that started a series of stunts.

Then a few dramatic things happened. I met a man named Lew Rudin, and a bunch of us, mainly real estate people like Lew, formed something which eventually became the Association for a Better New York. This group helped us pull through the New York City financial crisis of the '70s. That was a big turning point for me because from that point on, the real estate industry started to hire us. To this day, we probably have the largest real estate PR firm in the country.

Getting introduced to Rupert Murdoch was the next important thing in my career. We've become very, very good friends. He's probably the person I admire the most in my 50 years in business. The only time I ever got an emotional reaction from him in a business context is when he had to sell the New York Post . He shed a tear.

Another big break for me was when George Steinbrenner hired me to represent him and the Yankees. That's been terrific too. In many, many instances, George will follow my advice. Sometimes he doesn't. But it doesn't affect my ego.

Gradually, different practice areas opened up--the real estate grouping, the political grouping, hospitals and universities, dozens of corporations. I found I didn't want to pigeonhole myself. So, I found people who could specialize. We built a wonderful business.

My first ground rule is always to tell the truth. A client will call and say, "This terrible thing happened to me. What should I say?" I say, "Wait a minute. First ask: What was the right thing to do? Then do it." Some of the people involved in the current corporate scandals thought they could talk their way out of a corner. They should have instead consulted their lawyer, talked to a PR person who would only deal in accurate statements, or say nothing at all.

I think that in 10 or 15 years PR will command more respect. You'll find a far greater sense of ethics. When I was first around, they wouldn't let the PR person into the room until they made the decision. In 10 years the PR person will be an integral part of the decision-making process and on the executive committees of most major corporations. You see it today--wars are being run on PR, governments, businesses, hey, almost everything.

I'm proud to call myself a PR person. I came from Brooklyn. I know what's factual. That's why I say I won't spin my own story. I am what I am.

posted September 23, 2004 09:14            

ANYBODY UP FOR WALKING TO VEGAS?? WE COULD HAVE A SPONSORED "QBID WALK-A-THON.." $1.00 PER MILE--ALL DONATIONS GO TO OUR HOTEL IN VEGAS. LOL IF WE ALL LEAVE NOW--WE COULD BE IN VEGAS BEFORE THE SNOW FLIES IN INDIANA!! LOL

posted September 23, 2004 09:22            

See you all soon.

posted September 23, 2004 09:59            

THERE IS NO SIGNAL. THERE IS NO CHANNEL AND WHEN RCN IS CONTACTED BY A MEMBER ON THIS ALLSTOCKS BOARD CONTACTS RCN AND IS TOLD THEY WONT BE BROADCASTING TILL OCTOBER.

FURTHER, NETWORK TELEPORTS HAS NOT A SINGLE PROBLEM WITH ANY SIGNALS. THERE ARE NO "WEATHER" PROBLEMS, NO HURRICAN PROBLEMS, AND NETWORK TELEPORTS IS FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH ALL IT'S SIGNALS. NETWORK TELEPORTS IS USED BY THE PRIVATE SECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND NOT PUBLIC ACCESS BUT FRANK OLSEN PUMPED NETWORK TELEPORTS AS A GRANDIOS NETWORK PROVIDER.

HEY FRANK OLSEN, TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE OF YOU AS CEO WHICH SHOWS YOU AFTER GETTING OUT THE BAR <HICCUP> WITH YOUR <BURP> DRESS CODE THAT REPRESENTS A TRUE C.E.O. <BBBBUUUURRRRPPPPP>.

YOUR LATE FOR YOUR AA MEETING.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2004--Frank Olsen announced today that Q Television Network has solved the technical problems that prevented it from launching the Network on September 4, 2004. With assistance of RCN, Network Teleport Systems and Firestone Communications, Q Television Network will be on the air September 8, 2004. Over the next 45 days Q Television Network will be rolling out its original programming, which will be 20% life and 10% recorded. Q Television Network goal is to rapidly grow to 150,000 subscribers within the first year and 250,000 the second year. Olsen went on to say that a second goal is to make the Network interactive with its subscribers through unique use of the latest technology. The launch on RCN is a major breakthrough for the Network, as it will showcase its resolve to serve the needs of the community it attracts.

Network Announces an Agreement with Firestone Communications

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2004--Q Television Network (Pink Sheets: QBID - News) announced today that it will be moving its main satellite connection from New Orleans, LA to Fort Worth, TX. The satellite change was necessary due to signal difficulties the Network has been having since it began running its programming through RCN on September 8th.

posted September 23, 2004 10:05            

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Originally posted by U4TSAF2:
...blah, blah, blah...

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Thank you for your opinion.....

posted September 23, 2004 10:09            

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Originally posted by sunny:
Hey Pharm!!! Wondering where you've been...hope you are having a good day.

Good to see you...

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Hi sunny! Just got home from work a little while ago... gonna head of to bed, but didn't want to pass up the opportunity to yank the flush handle

posted September 23, 2004 10:12            

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Originally posted by U4TSAF2:
FIRST FRANK OLSEN TELLS US WE CAN'T LAUNCH SEPTEMBER 4. FRANK OLSEN TELLS US WE WILL BE ON THE AIR SEPTEMBER 8. THEN FRANK OLSEN TELLS US WE ARE MOVING THE SIGNAL FROM LOUISIANA TO FIRESTONE IN TEXAS. FURTHER HE APOLOGIZES TO IT'S VIEWERS WHICH ARE ZERO.

THERE IS NO SIGNAL. THERE IS NO CHANNEL AND WHEN RCN IS CONTACTED BY A MEMBER ON THIS ALLSTOCKS BOARD CONTACTS RCN AND IS TOLD THEY WONT BE BROADCASTING TILL OCTOBER.

FURTHER, NETWORK TELEPORTS HAS NOT A SINGLE PROBLEM WITH ANY SIGNALS. THERE ARE NO "WEATHER" PROBLEMS, NO HURRICAN PROBLEMS, AND NETWORK TELEPORTS IS FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH ALL IT'S SIGNALS. NETWORK TELEPORTS IS USED BY THE PRIVATE SECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND NOT PUBLIC ACCESS BUT FRANK OLSEN PUMPED NETWORK TELEPORTS AS A GRANDIOS NETWORK PROVIDER.

HEY FRANK OLSEN, TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE OF YOU AS CEO WHICH SHOWS YOU AFTER GETTING OUT THE BAR <HICCUP> WITH YOUR <BURP> DRESS CODE THAT REPRESENTS A TRUE C.E.O. <BBBBUUUURRRRPPPPP>.

YOUR LATE FOR YOUR AA MEETING.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2004--Frank Olsen announced today that Q Television Network has solved the technical problems that prevented it from launching the Network on September 4, 2004. With assistance of RCN, Network Teleport Systems and Firestone Communications, Q Television Network will be on the air September 8, 2004. Over the next 45 days Q Television Network will be rolling out its original programming, which will be 20% life and 10% recorded. Q Television Network goal is to rapidly grow to 150,000 subscribers within the first year and 250,000 the second year. Olsen went on to say that a second goal is to make the Network interactive with its subscribers through unique use of the latest technology. The launch on RCN is a major breakthrough for the Network, as it will showcase its resolve to serve the needs of the community it attracts.

Network Announces an Agreement with Firestone Communications

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2004--Q Television Network (Pink Sheets: QBID - News) announced today that it will be moving its main satellite connection from New Orleans, LA to Fort Worth, TX. The satellite change was necessary due to signal difficulties the Network has been having since it began running its programming through RCN on September 8th.

[This message has been edited by U4TSAF2 (edited September 23, 2004).]

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Here's how "SLURPY" really feels. That's right folks, U4's pet name is SLURPY

Re: What do people think of QBID?
by "SLURPY" <U4TSAF2@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jul 6, 2004 at 04:27 PM

EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD. WHILE MOST WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S DROPPED
TO
THE CURRENT SUB-PENNY OF .008+/- FROM .018 A FEW WEEKS AGO AND A RECENT
HIGH
OF .027 MEANS IT'S A FRAUD. WELL A .02 STOCK FROM .0001 ISN'T ALL THAT
MUCH
OF ANYTHING TO BASE YOUR OPINION ON. MOST ARE ATTACKING THIS STOCK AT THE
..02 LEVEL AS THOUGH IT'S LISTED ON NASDAQ WITH FULL REPORTING. IF THE
STOCK
WERE SITTING AT .05 RIGHT NOW, NO ONE WOULD BE COMPLAINING AND YOU WOULD
HEAR THE CONTINUED SINGING AND PRAISES OF HOW WONDERFUL AND WHAT A GREAT
FUTURE Q-TV HAS. THE BOTTOM LINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH THIS STOCK, LAUNCH
AND GIVE US THE STRENGTH OF ADVERTISERS. WELL WE HAVE 50% OF THE EQUATION
BEING TEST LAUNCH MAY 15. SOFT LAUNCH JUNE 1 AND "FULL" 8 HR PROGRAMMING
REPEATED 3 TIMES FOR A 24-HR BROADCAST. FRANK OLSEN (CEO) HAS MADE IT
CLEAR
HE WILL NOT RELEASE INFO PERTAINING TO CARRIAGE, MEANING CARRIER
PROVIDERS,
UNTIL HE HAS THE SIGNED CONTRACT IN HAND. WE CAN ONLY GO BY WHAT CONCRETE
FACTS WE HAVE AND THE LAUNCH IS A CONCRETE FACT. YOU CAN TURN ON TV AND
SEE
IT.

Q-TV IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND IN MY OPINION, AT .008 A GOOD TIME TO JUMP
ON
BOARD. YOUR SITTING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH A
GAY/LESBIAN
TV STATION.

A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS STOCK.. 1 IT'S A PINK. 2 PEOPLE ON
MESSAGE BOARDS CREATE 95% OF SEC COMPLAINTS ABOUT A STOCK AND THOSE 95%
ARE
USUALLY PINK SHEET STOCKS. MOST PEOPLE WHO POST DO NOT KNOW HOW STOCKS
WORK
AND SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT SINCE A STOCK IS GOING UP IN PRICE, IT MUST BE
DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT AND WHEN IT GOES DOWN, SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG (FRAUD).
WE
LIVE IN A TABLOIDS SOCIETY AND PEOPLE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHO BRITANY
SPEARS IS GETTING MARRIED TO AND KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THEN THEY DO ABOUT
THE
STOCKS THEY ARE CLAIMING TO BE FRAUDS. ALSO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GET ON
BOARDS AND CLAIM FRAUD OR WHAT A JOKE A CERTAIN STOCK IS ARE THE SAME
ONE'S
WHO SIT AT HOME, CLICK ON A MESSAGE BOARD TO RANT AND HAVE DONE ABSOLUTLY
NOTHING FOR THE COMPANY AND IT'S SHARE PRICE. THEY ALL USE THE STANDARD
WELL I OWN THE COMPANY I'M INVESTED IN BUT AREN'T WILLING TO DO ANYTHING
TO
HELP. CASE IN POINT, NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN MIAMI OWN Q-TV AND NOT ONE OF
THEM
HAS DONE ANYTHING TO ASSIST IN PROMOTION FOR Q-TV IN A HIGH POPULATION OF
GAY PEOPLE BUT WILL BE THE FIRST IN LINE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW Q-TV ISN'T
DOING ANYTHING.

SO I'LL HOLD THIS STOCK FOR THE NEXT YEAR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT IS
TRULY
INVOLVED IN STARTING A TELEVISION STATION AS WELL AS A GAY ONE IN THIS DAY
AND AGE. SUCH A GOOD IDEA A COMPANY SUCH A CBS/VIACOM ANNOUNCES THAT IT'S
FOLLOWING THROUGH AND WILL BEGIN BROADCAST FEB 18, 2005 OF IT'S GAY "LOGO"
NETWORK.

I NEVER PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO PEOPLE TELLING ME HOW HORRIBLE A STOCK IS
WHEN
THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT WORKS ON THE DOUBLE
STANDARD PRINCIPAL TO FIT THEIR VIEWS.

CASE AND POINT. LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE SAYING QBID IS A FRAUD AND HAVE NO
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO START A TV STATION OR WHAT'S INVOLVED AND FURTHER,
THEY CAN SAY IT'S A FRAUD BUT PROVE IT. AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO 50% WAS
GETTING A SIGNAL UP AND RUNNING WHICH WE ARE AND THE OTHER 25% IS SIGNAL
PROVIDERS AND 25% IS ADVERTISERS.

ULTIMATELY, FRANK AND COMPANY ARE WORKING IN CALIFORNIA TRYING TO MAKE
THIS
WORK AND THEIR FINANCIAL SUCCESS IS BASED UPON THE SHARES THEY ARE ABLE TO
SELL ONCE THEY ARE UP AND RUNNING A COMPLETE NETWORK.

FACTS ARE:

SIGNAL IS UP 24HRS

FRANK MADE IT CLEAR HE MADE THE MISTAKE RELEASEING SIGNAL INFO BACK IN
2000
WHEN HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO AND CAUSED PROBLEMS SO HE'S NOT
RELEASING THE CURRENT (PENDING) INFO HE HAS UNTIL CONFIRMATION.

YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN CONCLUSION WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING
ADVERTISERS. I BELIEVE THAT SINCE WE HAVE THE ABOVE 2 FACTS THAT
ADVERTISING IS A GIVEN.

posted September 23, 2004 10:15            

<poke, poke>

<splash, splash>

... F L U S H ! ! ...

posted September 23, 2004 10:19            

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Originally posted by sunny:
LOL!!! You may have to mush it down with the plunger...just thinking off the top of my head...But be sure to wear gloves...LOL

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Sunny - Make sure you read my post above for a good laugh. SLURPY would appreciate it.

posted September 23, 2004 10:21            

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Originally posted by sunny:
LMAO!!! Aren't you the clever one? Perfect.

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LOL... it's amazing what a tired, awake-all-night brain will go to when pushed!