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 m o u t h | m e d i a — Spread the Word.
OUTtv is a digital television network targeting the Canadian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community and launched on April 12, 2005.
Canadian Gay-owned and operated, OUTtv has the best in GBLT popular movies and comedies from around the world including Canadian and international dramas, arts programming, biographies, and variety shows.
OUTtv provides up-to-date in-house GLBT news programming, live call-in shows, current affairs, documentaries, health and fitness, lifestyle, finance, relationships, music, cooking and travel for GLBT and gay-positive viewers.
www.mouthmedia.com /portfolio_outtv2.asp   (255 words)

  
 TV-OUTtv, Bgt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Bill Craig, president of OUTtv, says an agreement has been reached with Calgary-based Shaw Communications to make the channel available on Shaw Cable and Star Choice satellite as a regular specialty channel.
While the move made OUTtv more acceptable to such key systems as Rogers, Cogeco and Videotron, Shaw and Bell still resisted including the channel in their regular packages.
Craig stresses, meanwhile, that OUTtv hasn't exactly been toned down, that it will still be risque late at night, but no more so than, say, Showcase.
www.recorder.ca /cp/Entertainment/050708/e070831A.html   (627 words)

  
 CNW Group
OUTtv is a Canadian "Category 1" digital cable television channel, licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a general entertainment channel for gay and lesbian audiences.
She is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly who in 2001 was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia and thus became Leader of the Opposition until her retirement in 2005.
About OUTtv OUTtv is the world's first LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) television network to broadcast 24/7 providing news, information and entertainment.
www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/July2006/19/c8056.html   (773 words)

  
 Gay News From 365Gay.com
July 20, 2006 - 9:00 pm ET (Vancouver, British Columbia) Canada's troubled OutTV has been sold to a former British Columbia politician and her husband.
Originally branded as PrideVision, it was the world's first LGBT network but licensed as a digital premium channel it failed to gain a broad gay audience and after nearly three years of bleeding red ink its owners sold to Craig.
"OUTtv holds great value as one of Canada's longest running independent programming services and we look forward to expanding its boundaries to better serve gay and lesbian audiences," said James Shavick.
www.365gay.com /Newscon06/07/072006cantv.htm   (432 words)

  
 World Screen - Home
VANCOUVER, July 20: Production company Shavick Entertainment has acquired OUTtv, a Canadian gay and lesbian television network, with plans to relaunch the channel under a new name and with a slate of new programming.
Shavick acquired a majority interest in 6166954 Canada Inc., the company that holds the license for OUTtv, previously controlled by Canadian broadcaster William Craig.
"OUTtv holds great value as one of Canada's longest running independent programming services and we look forward to expanding its boundaries to better serve gay and lesbian audiences," said James Shavick, the president of Shavick Entertainment.
www.worldscreen.com /newscurrent.php?filename=out72006.htm   (283 words)

  
 OUTtv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OUTtv's licensee is 6166954 Canada Inc. which is 52% owned by Shavick Entertainment, 38% owned by Pink Triangle Press and 9.9% owned by PrideVision Inc.
As a category 1 television service, it is mandatory for all digital cable and direct broadcast satellite providers in Canada to carry the channel that have the capicaty to do so.
OUTtv is also broadcasted internationally, in late 2005 OUTtv became available in Australia via SelecTV.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/OUTtv   (534 words)

  
 Outtv Toronto | Torontoseeker.com
Coverguy airs on OUTtv, but its appeal reaches far beyond this demographic.
October, OUTtv is offering a free preview of its new fall schedule- which includes...
Additionally, Peace Point is a shareholder of OUTtv Canada where Tomlin...
www.torontoseeker.com /outtvtoronto.htm   (221 words)

  
 Playback - Articles - Shavick buys OutTV
OUTtv has again found new owners, this time at Shavick Entertainment.
In 2004, the channel was rebranded as OUTtv.
OUTtv also had conflicts with Shaw Communications, and in January sought bankruptcy protection following a dispute with the western cable company over satellite feeds.
www.playbackmag.com /articles/magazine/20060807/out.html   (305 words)

  
 glbtq >> discussion >> View topic - Q Television Network and PrideVision Sign a Letter of Intent
The Parties have identified a number of areas of interest, including the telecast of Canadian produced live and acquired programming in the U. as well as branding and marketing opportunities for the respective television services.
Q Television is interested in OUTtv purely for its family/life programming and the company and its executives have no interest in the networks’ pornographic shows.
OUTtv is a digital specialty network providing programming of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (“GLBT”) community and GLBT-positive viewers across Canada.
www.glbtq.com /discussion/viewtopic.php?p=970   (498 words)

  
 New gay channel finding doors closed by Antonia Zerbisias
But OUTtv, which inherited the old Pridevision licence, is no racier than anything you find on most other channels.
To add to OUTtv's woes, Bell ExpressVu, Canada's biggest satellite outfit with a 35 per cent share, has packaged OUTtv with its Playboy and Venus adult channels.
As a gay man himself, with children, he didn't feel that Pridevision was representative of the gay lifestyle, and so he decided to launch OUTtv, flip its licence with Pridevision's and make the latter strictly adult.
www.friends.ca /print/News/Friends_News/archives/articles04190503.asp   (685 words)

  
 Uptown Magazine Online - Viewpoints
In other words, OUTtv is ‘safe’ for broadcast during prime time.
OUTtv has launched a complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
The CRTC hearing on OUTtv’s complaint against Shaw is set for July 8, 2005.
www.uptownmag.com /archive/view/05may19.htm   (481 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - Gay network gets wider distribution in new deal
OUTtv, Canada's gay-focused network, has inked an agreement for wider cable and satellite distribution after months of negotiations with Shaw Communications.
In April, PrideVision was rebranded as OUTtv with more hardcore content transferred to a spinoff channel called Hard TV, a premium service much like the Playboy Channel.
OUTtv executives were about to take the issue to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), arguing that the services were required to carry OUTtv.
www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/07/11/Arts/OUTtv_050611.html   (1264 words)

  
 Playback - Articles - OUTtv settles with Shaw
Shaw Cable will now offer wider carriage of OUTtv, after a long-standing conflict between the owners of Canada's gay-themed channel and Shaw Communications was settled last month.
A CRTC hearing scheduled for July 8 was canceled when OUT withdrew its complaint after entering a written agreement with Shaw.
Meanwhile, Craig says Bell and OUT have agreed on a rate, and that the carrier has agreed to offer OUT as part of a package, but the deal still has not been sealed, something Craig expected to happen before the conflict with Shaw was resolved.
www.playbackmag.com /articles/magazine/20050801/outtv.html   (365 words)

  
 Realscreen Summit - Speakers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
As a corporate director and officer of OUTtv Canada, Les oversees at the board level, strategic planning, annual budgets, programming strategies, regulatory matters and the assessment of long-term international partnership opportunities for the two national specialty services that the company operates.
In 2005, Les was instrumental in the splitting and re-launch of the former PrideVision into 'OUTtv' and 'Hardon Pridevision' and their subsequent successful re-launch in the Canadian entertainment space.
This included the successful negotiation of carriage contracts with all of the major BDU's in Canada to carry OUTtv in a lifestyle bundle (as mandated by the nature of category 1 digital cable services by the CRTC).
www.realscreensummit.com /2006/speakers.html?a=553104   (395 words)

  
 Price of OUT TV - Digital Forum
OUTtv is now available through Star Choice as a fully packaged, digital service in the More Movies 2 package or as a standalone service for the low price of $2.49.
If you already have OUTtv, your next bill should reflect the change in price for the network.
You may also subscribe to OUTtv as part of a 2, 5 or 10 pack similar to the other Category 1 digital services and at the same retail rates.
www.digitalhome.ca /forum/showthread.php?t=28926   (653 words)

  
 Power couple look beyond Will & Grace Former B.C. MLA and producer mate are in for OUTtv, GARY MASON writes @ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
MacPhail is incoming chairman of the board and plans to assume a role in front of the camera as well.
The couple is calling their new acquisition a "fixer-upper." OUTtv has a subscription-based viewership of 300,000, give or take 10,000 or so.
No part of this article may be reproduced or republished or redistributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20060801/BCMASON01   (926 words)

  
 OUTtv Makes Programming Change for Free Preview: Dante's Cove rescheduled for later in fall -- CHANNEL CANADA
Posted by: RAD on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 05:33 PM — The OUTtv Fall free preview is in full swing, with a half hour Fall preview show airing nightly on the network.
The Fall preview programme showcases the great Fall lineup airing on the network during the free preview period.
And on October 11th, which is celebrated as Coming Out Day across North America, OUTtv will air a day of special programming featuring coming out stories, documentaries and movies, as well as programming that focuses on coming out in the family and community in different cultures.
www.channelcanada.com /Article1590.html   (374 words)

  
 outinamerica.com - Free Preview 28th September- 13th October   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
OUTtv will also have the Canadian broadcast premiere of the dark supernatural drama, Dante's Cove, which is now in its second season on Here TV in the USA.
We are very excited about bringing Dante's Cove to Canada-a show which is a GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered) favorite in the USA.
Another shareholder with a substantial presence in Canada is Pink Triangle Press, the country's largest and longest running gay and lesbian media group, a not-for-profit organization that has been a driving force in the gay and lesbian community for over 30 years.
www.outinamerica.com /home/news.asp?articleid=30033   (555 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - Former B.C. politician new owner of OUTtv
A company held by former B.C. politician Joy MacPhail and her husband has bought Canada's gay television network.
Shavick Entertainment, a production company held by MacPhail and producer-screenwriter James Shavick, has bought OUTtv, a digital cable network available in most of Canada.
OUTtv began as a porn-free spinoff from PrideVision in 2005. Shavick bought the channel from a numbered company formerly held by William Craig.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2006/07/19/outtv-macphail.html?ref=rss   (1163 words)

  
 PrideVision gets spinoff
Because of the package distribution, OUTtv is expected to increase reach from 20,000 subscribers to about 700,000 over the next few months.
The audience is expected to be not only the GLBT community but also a young, hip and straight mostly female demographic, said Bill Craig, the new president of both OUTtv and PrideVision, in a release.
"There are terrific synergies that the combination of OUTtv and Pink Triangle Press (PTP) can potentially bring to clients that want access to the highly-coveted gay and lesbian market," notes Andrew Chang, PTP's chief operating officer.
www.mediaincanada.com /articles/mic/20050324/outtv.html?print=yes   (424 words)

  
 No Bachelor for her: OutTV mogul Brooke Karzen makes hits like The Bachelor at the office—and savors time with her ...
No Bachelor for her: OutTV mogul Brooke Karzen makes hits like The Bachelor at the office—and savors time with her family at home Advocate, The - Find Articles
No Bachelor for her: OutTV mogul Brooke Karzen makes hits like The Bachelor at the office—and savors time with her family at home
Advocate, The, Sept 28, 2004 by Anne Stockwell
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2004_Sept_28/ai_n8706613   (611 words)

  
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That schedule has changed, however, and we just learned that the episode in question will run this Thursday night, March 30, at 8:00 p.m.
A "Sulu" action figure plays a role in the segment, and Takei told us that "something interesting" will happen to that doll.
The principal guest star of the episode is Britney Spears, whose character is described as "a vitriolic right-winger who's brought in to co-host Jack's talk show after a conservative conglomerate takes over OutTV." Comedian Wanda Sykes is another guest star.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/15718.html   (735 words)

  
 Welcome to BrothersTV.com!
Please choose from the links to the right and have a look around our site.
Now on OUTtv 4 times a week in both Canada & Australia!
Copyright 2005 Gromit Design and A & J Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
www.brotherstv.com   (127 words)

  
 OUTtv Podcasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.
Text Only (more or less) listings available of OUTtv Podcasts
Nelson Tome takes at look at the launch of an exciting new condo project in the heart of downtown Toronto.
www.podcastdirectory.com /podcasts/7846   (133 words)

  
 Chris & John's Road Trip!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Air date Monday, October 17th at 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT on OUTtv.
"The Cedars" Air date Monday, November 14th at 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT on OUTtv.
"The Trek" Air date Monday, December 5th at 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT on OUTtv.
chrisandjohnonline.com /episodes.htm   (86 words)

  
 Will & Grace: Buy Buy Baby - TV.com
"JackTalk" is completely revamped after a large corporation takes over OutTV and gives Jack a new, conservative co-host.
Meanwhile after seeing Grace so happy about her pregnancy, Karen decides she wants a baby of her own and offers to pay someone to be a surrogate mother for her.
However in reality she is a hardcore Lesbian, and tried to get Jack to sell out too.
www.tv.com /will-and-grace/buy-buy-baby/episode/677589/summary.html   (490 words)

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