[Changleen]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1336079,00.html

"A giant leap for television, a small step in high heels," the presenter promised, unveiling France's first gay television station which aims to make gay culture mainstream and marks a new climate of tolerance in Roman Catholic France.

Pink TV, which launched last night, promises viewers a mixture of Wonder Woman repeats, prime-time opera and gay and lesbian porn. A daily cultural review will look at issues like tourism, health, poetry and clubbing from a gay perspective, in a style which aims to be "more cosy than cheeky".

Supported by France's three main commercial television networks, the cable and satellite channel benefits from a relatively new atmosphere of openness towards homosexuality in France.

Gay rights have been hovering at the top of the French political agenda for months. The government is pushing through legislation which allows anyone found guilty of making a homophobic remark to be punished.

Same-sex couples are recognised legally, and the fact that Paris has a gay mayor is now barely even remarked upon.

Its target audience will be among France's 3.5 million gay and lesbian population, (between 7 and 8% of the total, according to the channel's figures). But for commercial reasons, Pink TV hopes to attract a large number of straight viewers to pay the €9 (£6) monthly subscription fee, too.

Sport will be presented by a transgender newsreader in a mini-skirt, who admits to a fondness for obscure sports like underwater hockey. But the station also offers Japanese manga cartoons, documentaries on subjects like being gay in Africa, and debates and interviews presented by one of the nation's most popular broadcasters, Claire Chazal.

Libération reported yesterday that there was a shyness by large advertisers to come forward. The only two comparable channels, Italy's Gay TV which launched in 2002 and Pridevision, established in Canada in 2001, are both struggling.

Mr Houzelot believes the presence of porn films broadcast after midnight four times a week will help make things work commercially.

"Porn on Pink is editorially the right decision and economically necessary," he said, estimating that of the 180,000-odd anticipated subscribers, some 100,000 will come for the porn.

Being as America must have several million Gay people, when will we see 'Fox Pink'?

 

[BurlyShirley]

"a new climate of tolerance"

Somebody just kill me.

 

[N8 v2.0]

France gets Gay TV Channel [/QUOTE] Well duh...!

 

[Westy]

Too bad, this was some good France bashing ammo, but Direct TV has already launched a gay channel.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Too bad, this was some good France bashing ammo, but Direct TV has already launched a gay channel.

Forget that!

Bravo and HGTV both are gay channels...

 

[Skookum]

Haha i'll tune in if they have a penguin show.

 

[B_A_MTBIKER]

That would be cool if there was a program on this channel that was "non-butchy-dike lesbian action" I bet that program would be watched by a large number of men (not homos).

 

[Changleen]

That would be cool if there was a program on this channel that was "non-butchy-dike lesbian action" I bet that program would be watched by a large number of men (not homos).

Dude, French Lesbian porn is normally prettttttyyyyy gooooodddd! neaky:

 

[s1ngletrack]

This whole story seems kind of redundant to me "France gets Gay TV channel"

 

[B_A_MTBIKER]

Dude, French Lesbian porn is normally prettttttyyyyy gooooodddd! neaky:

Wish we got that on digital cable.

That was sweet on the movie Eurotrip when the orange juice commercials had lesbians in them. American TV could learn some stuff from International cable TV.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Next weeks headline will be: French Gay TV Channel Actually a Reality Show about France

 

[bomberz1qr20]

Wish we got that on digital cable.

That was sweet on the movie Eurotrip when the orange juice commercials had lesbians in them. American TV could learn some stuff from International cable TV.

The yogurt commercials in Germany are basically a montage of ultra-hot naked chicks.

 

[B_A_MTBIKER]

Think I might have to visit ol' Germany and watch some "Quality" television.

 

[nicklin]

Next weeks headline will be: French Gay TV Channel Actually a Reality Show about France

Hahahha


LMAO

 

[dwaugh]

Being as America must have several million Gay people, when will we see 'Fox Pink'?

We? You dont live here, so you wont see it even if it does happen.

 

[narlus]

Think I might have to visit ol' Germany and watch some "Quality" television.

and don't scoff at late-night swiss TV either.

 

[biggins]

when are they gonna have the all white channel?

 

[I Are Baboon]

Forget that!

Bravo and HGTV both are gay channels...

when are they gonna have the all white channel?

They have one already. It's call "The Golf Channel."

 

[BurlyShirley]

They have one already. It's call "The Golf Channel."

According to Chappelle's Show, Tiger Woods is officially now 100% black.

 

[Changleen]

"a new climate of tolerance"

Somebody just kill me.

Burly, That is your GREATEST quote ever. If I was a sig-phucker I would definatly have that in my sig.

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

MTV give homosexuals about a 1/3 representation, more if you include all the guys that like Avril Lavigne.

 

[ridecruz88]

MTV give homosexuals about a 1/3 representation, more if you include all the guys that like Avril Lavigne.

BURN! haha nice

 

[jaydee]

Next weeks headline will be: French Gay TV Channel Actually a Reality Show about France

Burly, is it really true that you live in a trailer and your pigs and cows live in the house?