"It has taken more than seven years and millions of dollars to arrive at this day," said Q Television's chairman and president Frank Olsen. "Clearly, the time to launch this network is now, and I am confident that the gay and lesbian community will embrace the unique perspective we offer as a family channel."

The station will broadcast its signal on Intelsat America's 7 at 129°W on channel 1.

Q Television's chief financial officer Rene Schenk compared the station's launch to that of cable news channel CNN back in the 1980s. "Just as CNN had tremendous hurdles to overcome, Frank and Q Television Network have had an uphill battle in the launch of Q Television," Schenk explained. "Q Television is positioned to successfully meet the demand that exists for a gay family channel."

The channel's executive vice president, Steven Grunberg, said that Q Television would offer a product very different to other gay-themed programmes. "This is built by and for the gay community," he said. "Rather than a smattering of stereotyped gay characters offered because current market projections indicate it would be profitable, we offer a channel that will unite the gay and lesbian audience through a network that educates, entertains and informs - a network of real value."

IF WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND DO THAT, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN EXPLOSIVE PR BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

LET'S GO GUYS LET'S GO

The Q Television Network, a subscriber channel for the gay and lesbian market will beat Logo to the airwaves when it debuts in July 2004, with a "soft" launch for advertisers set for June 1.

The Q Television Network says it will offer a combination of original and acquired programming, including sports, fashion, travel, health & fitness, talk shows, plays, documentaries and movies.

Programming will include “I Will, I Do, We Did,” an original Q Television documentary exploring gay and lesbian marriage in America. The company says the independent films, “An Intimate Friendship," “Straightman,” and Bette Midler’s “Divine Madness” concert are examples of what will be available on the network.

The company's programming will be available on a subscription basis. Beginning June 1, the network will be available for viewing on Intelsat America’s 7, 129 degrees West, Channel 1.

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http://www.wallstreetnewscast.net/

check out who's featured on the homepage.

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"All we ever had to do is launch!"

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Originally posted by whizknock:
Next PR should be pretty interesting!

"All we ever had to do is launch!"

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Originally posted by bauer:
How is the O/S inside info? When will the new O/S be revealed? IS the buy back complete? A PR with this info when the buy back is done would be nice.

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As long as this information is made available to anyone that asks, it's not. I'd love a PR too, but I'm not holding my breath for now

For now, I'm going with "no news is good news"... I'm going to take it that if something is wrong with the soft launch, then we'd hear about it... otherwise, it must be going as scheduled.... IMHO, the first time there is a "glitch" in the soft launch... Viacom/LOGO would have that splattered all over the newswires... I could be wrong though... GLTA....

She sounds a lot like Sally Fields Hang in, it'll all come our way soon enough.

Hey Pharm!

Did you guys buy BIBO yet? I love that sucker!

I gotta get back to work, so I'll check back later.

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I really wish she would adopt me

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Originally posted by pharmdman:
and he's using complete sentences with occasional punctuation... so I don't think it's "the little sheep that could"... naaaa'aaa, couldn't be

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THE LITTLE SHEEP THAT COULD IS BAAAAAANNNNED.

LOL

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Originally posted by Dakota's Missus:
But ain't it great when someone else toots our horn!! LOL

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Yes!

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Originally posted by futuresobjective:
finding out teh o/s count is absolutely not insider trading... fndinng out something such as logo is a fake they are actiually buying qtv, that would be insider info... not the o/s count. IMO but I am right.

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Originally posted by pharmdman:
Diana should be well into her meeting with Frank right about now.... Ok everyone, hands on turkey basters and pickles and pray for a great meeting!

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Waiting......

Positive news could be of any sort...O/S count, buyback, advertisers, cable providers, merger (you never know), or a bunch of fluff to give them an excuse give a PR.
I'm really excited about this PR now. Maybe they took a few questions from Di and theyre responding on the hotline

GLTA

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Originally posted by kbpkt:
Hotline update!!! Confirms PR tomorrow morning at 6 AM EST, but does not allude to the content. I am kind of worried because she also says that everyone will be gone from the office until next Tuesday which is the next time the hotline will be updated. Are they leaving to avoid all the phone calls that will be coming in, good or bad about tomorrows PR? Lets set up a chat tonight on yahoo to discuss.

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Positive news could be of any sort...O/S count, .....

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Originally posted by TruthTeller:
Before the last PR came out, the hotline voice sounded very excited. It was something like this.
"All our executives are out of the office, very busy negotiating contracts (something like that). We will announce them when they are back in the office"
It ended with "Its all good here at Q"
When the PR came out, its pretty much fluff. I know some of you dont think its fluff.

But this time, hotline just says there will be a PR (not much excitement).
Hopefully we have a good PR coming.. GLTA.

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Dianna- cant wait to read your post...

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