April 10, 2006 'L Word,' 'Will & Grace' Win GLAAD Media Awards By Christopher Lisotta Showtime's Sapphic-themed drama "The L Word" and NBC's veteran sitcom "Will & Grace" took home GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday as part of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's award ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
"The L Word" won for outstanding drama series, while "Will & Grace" took the award for outstanding comedy. Sundance Channel and Logo's "TransGeneration" won for outstanding documentary, while CBS's "Cold Case" and NBC comedy "My Name Is Earl" tied in the outstanding individual episode category.
Actress Charlize Theron received GLAAD's Vanguard Award, and musician Melissa Etheridge was the recipient of the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.
Logo will televise the awards April 15, with a telecast April 16 on VH1.
On March 27, at a separate GLAAD awards ceremony in New York, here!, Logo and Q Television Network received the Barbara Gittings Award, FX's "30 Days" won for outstanding reality program, and "The Oprah Winfrey Show" won for outstanding talk show episode. Discovery Times Channel and ESPN's "SportsCenter" took home TV journalism awards.
Additional awards will be distributed May 25 in Miami and June 10 in San Francisco.
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By John M. Higgins -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/9/2006 11:27:00 PM
The troubles at gay cable network Q Television keep getting worse, with the new CEO warning of “considerable accounting irregularities.” Lloyd Fan, chairman and CEO of QTV parent Triangle Multi-Media Limited, said in a statement that the financial condition of the company is worse than anticipated when he took over in March.
"Day by day, it became more apparent that the proper records were not kept and that the necessary support documents for accounting entries are not available,” Fan said. "I am deeply disappointed by these discoveries and am working to find alternative solutions for the company." Fan and other QTV executives could not be reached for comment.
The depth of QTV’s troubles became apparent in February when the network suspended production of news and talk shows, going into rerun mode. Founder Frank Olsen then left the company and was replaced by Fan, a financier who has been expected to inject new capital into Triangle. But it’s not clear whether any cash has come in.
Further, Time Warner Cable’s Houston system has dropped the pay network. When securing access on the system last year, QTV agreed to cash payments to support marketing. But the company hasn’t paid, so Time Warner dropped it last week. The network continues to be carried in nine other Time Warner systems but hasn’t convinced many subscribers to sign up.
QTV has long been a cloudy company, with Triangle trading in the over-the-counter "pink sheets" market, where information is much harder to come by than for stocks traded on larger exchanges. QTV trades for around one-one hundredth of a cent but has billions of outstanding shares and often trades more than a billion shares a day.
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ROFLMAO! I can't believe you answered that and yet you give other the claim to fame for brilliance. Well if there is one thing you have proven Dusty over the last couple of pages is when you take Viagra you seem to be taller.
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quote:Originally posted by Penny-Trader: Man am i ever pissed I just got off the phone with the FBI, they never even heard of me and laughed at me.
they told me it is not a crime to be optimistic, and to ask for proof about negative stuff.
man Dustoff why did you go and get me all worried.
i spent the afternoon on my porch waiting for the authorities for nothing.
That was not funny.
thats the last time that i believe a word you say about anything.
dont mind me guys but im going to go back to questioning all info that comes to us, and if anyone has any objections with that, take it up with my lawyer.
lol
Rod
------------------------------------------------ Well unless your lying about talking to the FBI if they didn't know who you were they sure as hell do now..
Brillant move, what an idiot...
Do you actually believe they wouldn't tell you exactly what they wanted you to hear..
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I hope you are speaking for yourself. I would certainly like to know what went on with their trip, regardless of what is happening now. It is a piece to a very twisted puzzle. Many are trying to put it together.
quote:Originally posted by QBID'n: Hey Mike I would'nt go through the trouble of putting any report together. I know most here would like to read it but why beat a dead dog.
I think we should all just continue to move on.
No sense in dwelling on the dk'n we got. This thing is either gonna make it or not. I mean sh*t, what have we got to lose.
Just let the dust settle and wait for further developments, but most of all...those docs.
quote:Originally posted by hagatha: I hope you are speaking for yourself. I would certainly like to know what went on with their trip, regardless of what is happening now. It is a piece to a very twisted puzzle. Many are trying to put it together.
quote:Originally posted by QBID'n: Hey Mike I would'nt go through the trouble of putting any report together. I know most here would like to read it but why beat a dead dog.
I think we should all just continue to move on.
No sense in dwelling on the dk'n we got. This thing is either gonna make it or not. I mean sh*t, what have we got to lose.
Just let the dust settle and wait for further developments, but most of all...those docs.
Hagatha your right, it was and still is a twisted puzzle. I just didn't think beating a dead dog would resolve anything.
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quote:Originally posted by hagatha: I hope you are speaking for yourself. I would certainly like to know what went on with their trip, regardless of what is happening now. It is a piece to a very twisted puzzle. Many are trying to put it together.
quote:Originally posted by QBID'n: Hey Mike I would'nt go through the trouble of putting any report together. I know most here would like to read it but why beat a dead dog.
I think we should all just continue to move on.
No sense in dwelling on the dk'n we got. This thing is either gonna make it or not. I mean sh*t, what have we got to lose.
Just let the dust settle and wait for further developments, but most of all...those docs.
Hagatha your right, it was and still is a twisted puzzle. I just didn't think beating a dead dog would resolve anything.
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I’ve been shadow following this board for about a year! It’s been quite entertaining watching all of your posts.
QBID will tank, as will TMM. This is a tax write off, but.....is anyone looking into a class action against Franky for fraud, if so, I’d like to join the class.
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I agree hagatha, and actually this whole thing is pissing me off. IMAKMONY!!! PLEASE POST ANYTHING YOU WANT REGARDING YOUR TRIP!!! I am very intersted.
quote:Originally posted by hagatha: I hope you are speaking for yourself. I would certainly like to know what went on with their trip, regardless of what is happening now. It is a piece to a very twisted puzzle. Many are trying to put it together.
quote:Originally posted by QBID'n: Hey Mike I would'nt go through the trouble of putting any report together. I know most here would like to read it but why beat a dead dog.
I think we should all just continue to move on.
No sense in dwelling on the dk'n we got. This thing is either gonna make it or not. I mean sh*t, what have we got to lose.
Just let the dust settle and wait for further developments, but most of all...those docs.
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Don't forget to send your letter to Echostar/DISH Network. 20 letters a day gets Q some play :)
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quote:Originally posted by hagatha: I hope you are speaking for yourself. I would certainly like to know what went on with their trip, regardless of what is happening now. It is a piece to a very twisted puzzle. Many are trying to put it together.
quote:Originally posted by QBID'n: Hey Mike I would'nt go through the trouble of putting any report together. I know most here would like to read it but why beat a dead dog.
I think we should all just continue to move on.
No sense in dwelling on the dk'n we got. This thing is either gonna make it or not. I mean sh*t, what have we got to lose.
Just let the dust settle and wait for further developments, but most of all...those docs.
Hagatha your right, it was and still is a twisted puzzle. I just didn't think beating a dead dog would resolve anything.
It kind of helps if you are still pissed at the dog
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VDC Corporation Launches First Ever Television-Like Experience on a PC Monday April 10, 7:00 am ET vdc.com Offers Multi-Channel Live Television Programming Line-Up to 50 Million Households via Broadband Connected PCs
NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2006--VDC Corporation, a media and technology services provider, today announced the nationwide availability of their much anticipated vdc.com Television On the Desktop (TOD) service. Transforming Windows based PCs, laptops and mobile devices into personal cable television receivers, vdc.com allows individuals anywhere-anytime access to a host of live linear cable television channels without the need for a physical cable-box or special software. ADVERTISEMENT
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More than 50 million households in the United States have access to a high speed Broadband Internet connection, and the public's appetite for content that is accessible anywhere continues to grow. Until now, most video delivered over the Internet has suffered from numerous issues -- shaky images, broken audio and freezing, because it streamed at a single, low bit-rate of 300-700k. VDC has developed proprietary technology that allows it to capture, encode and stream multi-bit-rate video in a live format, at rates up to 3,000k without the need for consumers to download special software or configure anything. Also, vdc.com does not have any channel capacity constraints -- it can deliver an infinite number of unique "cable-type" television channels to its subscribers -- including general and special interest programming.
"The 50 billion dollar cable and linear broadcast market is ripe for a television over Internet service that doesn't require complex set-up technologies," said VDC President and CEO Michael Wolf. "VDC is capitalizing on the huge market opportunity to be the first aggregator of live branded television delivered over the public IP network."
vdc.com television programming is available on your browser through VDC's proprietary "peel-and-stick" viewer, or virtual television set, that can be placed anywhere on a users' desktop, allowing television to stream while surfing the net or using other computer programs. VDC's virtual television is simple to operate. Like a real television, it has a channel changer, volume control and power switch. By mimicking the television experience, it is easy for consumers to adopt the technology. "With this move, we will be delivering the multi-channel media universe to anyone at work or at home," added Wolf.
Consumer Experience
vdc.com programming will mirror that of a traditional cable offering of linear channels and Video on Demand content -- with tiered levels of service for premium channels. Customers who subscribe to vdc.com pay a monthly fee and simply login to the Web site to begin watching -- no additional set up is required. On vdc.com, consumers can watch TV anywhere, from any broadband connected PC. Smaller vdc.com streams can also be viewed on wireless-connected PDA devices and EVDO-enabled mobile phones running the Microsoft Windows operating system. With a single subscription to vdc.com, consumers can access live television programming anywhere -- at home, a coffee shop or even the airport.
At launch, vdc.com will deliver 20 channels of programming including two news channels, Fashion TV, MavTV, The Pentagon Channel, NASA Television, Q Television Network (QTN), Men's Outdoors and Recreation, Healthy Living Channel, iDrive, Resort & Residence Channel, Adrenaline Nation TV, Video Game Trailer channel, live shopping channels with enhanced interactive features including ShopNBC and Celebrity Shopping Network. vdc.com will be adding three to four additional channels per month through the remainder of 2006.
"We are extremely excited to be partnering with VDC. Their platform extends our reach beyond the residential marketplace and into the enormous potential of the office environment. MavTV and its fresh, original content targeting men is a great compliment to the diverse line-up of other programming VDC will make available," said Doug Jost, founding partner and EVP of Sales and Marketing for MavTV.
For companies interested in licensing content to vdc.com, please contact Robert L. Heymann Jr. at rheymann*vdc.com or 800-478-2303.
About VDC Corporation
Based in Northbrook, Illinois, VDC Corporation aims to extend the delivery of television to the desktop, making television programming accessible everywhere. Vdc.com delivers Virtual Digital Cable (hence VDC) television utilizing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) technology to deliver multiple live channels and on demand television programming to broadband connected personal computers. For more information please visit www.vdc.com.
Contact: Porter Novelli for VDC Corporation Angel Schneider, 512-241-2238 angel.schneider*porternovelli.com At launch, vdc.com will deliver 20 channels of programming including two news channels, Fashion TV, MavTV, The Pentagon Channel, NASA Television, Q Television Network (QTN), Men's Outdoors and Recreation, Healthy Living Channel, iDrive, Resort & Residence Channel, Adrenaline Nation TV, Video Game Trailer channel, live shopping channels with enhanced interactive features including ShopNBC and Celebrity Shopping Network. vdc.com will be adding three to four additional channels per month through the remainder of 2006.
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Two months to the Gay Games and we have no clue whether or not that deal is still on; we dont know if QTN is prepared; we are getting dropped by carriers; we have not picked up any new carriers; we dont know if the Q crew has been paid; we dont know if QTN Studios is back in production; we dont know if NTI is broadcasting/making money; we dont know if we have setteled all the previous lawsuits; we dont know what Lloyd is planning to do about the QBID PPS; we dont know what his master plan is; we dont know who the new managment/board of directors will be; we dont know subscription numbers (rumor is 800); we dont know what assets are controlled by TMM/QBID; we dont know the true value of the movie collection; we dont know what Lloyd paid for TMM/QTN/QBID; we dont know what if any role Frankie the Fraudster may currently have; we dont know why we dropped from trading billions a day to only thousands;
we still dont know jack!
I hope Lloyd puts out some news this week that will shed some transparency on these concerns.
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True True about the Gay Games, however however covers the games has rights. If anyone else wants coverage they have to buy it from the company that owns the rights. So either way QBID makes money.
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quote:Originally posted by Brahma: True True about the Gay Games, however however covers the games has rights. If anyone else wants coverage they have to buy it from the company that owns the rights. So either way QBID makes money.
Good point.
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Full disclosure my cost basis in this stock is 4k and I'm down to 800. I would like the stock to rebound, but if not then I can take the tax advantage. And the previous post should read “however whomever covers the” vs “however however”
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We are assuming that is still the case. Remember, we had contractual obligations to fulfill as well. QTN put up $1.3M for the rights to broadcast; in addition QTN was supposed to provied "free" advertising for the Gay Games - how much of this has QTN done, with all the production stops and re-runs; and we were supposed to be available in 150 markets. Is the infrastructure and links available for all this to happen. In general is QTN ready? We dont know. Also, it has been rumored (cannot confirm) that Gay Games are concerned about QTN instability and that other options are being researched.
quote:Originally posted by Brahma: True True about the Gay Games, however however covers the games has rights. If anyone else wants coverage they have to buy it from the company that owns the rights. So either way QBID makes money.
Wangdo, good post! Thanks. I may try to reach out to The Q today to see what type of revenue share they might get out of this. Because if they do get some moulah back, I'd be inclined to sign up. I figure ive invested enough cash, a little more each month wouldnt hurt if there is a possibility the ship might right itself.
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Provided that QTN can get crews to the games and pay for their cost, I would presume that advertiser would piggyback on the coverage. That said, I would also presume that other carriers like LOGO, Advocate, etc, would like to pick up the coverage.
If Fan is the real deal, and not Frankie in despise; AND starts marketing his goods as info-mmercials this pup of a stock might start making money. (BTW, thought I’d cover all three spellings of Frank’s names….I have infinite others which are not appropriate for this forum but sure you’ all have thought and used the other names)
I am concerned however about the shell they're in. I think I know enough about business to know there is a way to get out of a shell from a former business. I'm not an expert in this area, or in the area of listed companies, but since this is a Pinky; there should be a way that savvy businessmen like Fan to find a way out of this mess!
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So how are you enjoying your QBID investment?
quote:Originally posted by Ad astra: That was pretty easy. I'm watching Q television right now, lol. Now I need to see what the live programming is like later today.
Well, I've done everthing I can to try and help this puppy out. $11.95 a month wont kill me and I hope it helps the cause, however small.
we just picked up another carrier deal that was just anounced a couple posts ahead of your post.
You honestly think we dont see these things and just taking your words blindly?
man maybe late yesterday when i was convinced i was going to jail for questioning info that came my way.
maybe you dont know Jack but Jack is my neighbour.
We dont know whats up your asss either.
relax, time will tell. you sat this long dont worry about it. the end of the year you will either have a tax right off or you will be happy.
not much is going to happen in a short period of time to correct the problems. Give them some time to work out the problems.
Rod
quote:Originally posted by Dew-it: Two months to the Gay Games and we have no clue whether or not that deal is still on; we dont know if QTN is prepared; we are getting dropped by carriers; we have not picked up any new carriers; we dont know if the Q crew has been paid; we dont know if QTN Studios is back in production; we dont know if NTI is broadcasting/making money; we dont know if we have setteled all the previous lawsuits; we dont know what Lloyd is planning to do about the QBID PPS; we dont know what his master plan is; we dont know who the new managment/board of directors will be; we dont know subscription numbers (rumor is 800); we dont know what assets are controlled by TMM/QBID; we dont know the true value of the movie collection; we dont know what Lloyd paid for TMM/QTN/QBID; we dont know what if any role Frankie the Fraudster may currently have; we dont know why we dropped from trading billions a day to only thousands;
we still dont know jack!
I hope Lloyd puts out some news this week that will shed some transparency on these concerns.
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