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	Ms. Purdy's - Gallery
		PrideVision TV - the world's first gay television network launched this year - joined in the celebration.
		Rachel Giese, co-host of PrideVision's weekly entertainment/current affairs magazine "Shout," flew in from Toronto to host the launch party for Kingdom and introduced the rest of Canada to the exciting and groundbreaking work done by the local gay art and performance communities.
		Co-publishers Clarissa CJ Lagartera (also known as Carlos Las Vegas) and Kendra Kuliga (also known as Ken Las Vegas, from Washington D.C.) amazed audiences with their unique and dynamic performances.
	mspurdys.fateback.com /gallery.html (306 words)

	PrideVision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		PrideVision or HARD on PrideVision is a Canadian category 2 subscription based television channel available through satellite and digital cable.
		Craig shortly announced plans to move PrideVision's adult programming to a new adult channel, in order to secure better cable distribution for the general interest channel.
		OUTtv, which launched on April 12, 2005, took over PrideVision's general interest programming and category 1 status and PrideVision, which renamed HARD on PrideVision, become an exclusively adult entertainment subscriber station and becoming a category 2 channel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PrideVision (410 words)

	Canadian gay network eyes U.S.
		PrideVision TV, having come out of the closet up in Canada, is coming to the U.S. From gardening to antiquing to animals, there’s a cable channel to suit nearly every taste and interest, no matter how specific.
		PrideVision TV, the world’s first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender network, as it calls itself, launched in September 2001 in Canada and is hoping to cross the border this year and fill what it sees as an underserved and untapped niche in American cable programming.
		PrideVision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Headline Media Group, will exhibit for the first time this year at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association Convention next month in New Orleans.
	www.medialifemagazine.com /news2002/apr02/apr22/5_fri/news2friday.html (478 words)

	PrideVision (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PrideVision is quite a unique channel, broadcasting to Canada's rainbow community—gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual, all very normal lifestyles.
		Late in 2001, PrideVision launched a complaint against Shaw Cable because Shaw was not giving the channel equal treatment as the rest of the Category 1 services received from the cable company.
		PrideVision eventually came out on top, and was available as a normal digital service for the remainder of the free preview.
	members.shaw.ca /nelsonmedia/Special/Pride.htm (168 words)

	Opinionated Lesbian : Why No One's Watching Gay TV
		I truly believe this to be their plan: We should pay PrideVision for a lousy bunch of reruns, and they then will use our money to finance the launch of their American channel, which will include (and they’ve said this themselves) at least 10 original US shows.
		PrideVision is now faced with reality: The Canadian version must survive on its own, because there really is no where else to go.
		PrideVision doesn't have enough subscribers to survive, and the census showed a tiny number of common-law gay and lesbian couples.
	www.opinionatedlesbian.com /newsletter/opinionatedlesbian/articles/358.aspx (1334 words)

	Decision CRTC 2001-612
		PrideVision was licensed in Decision CRTC 2000-456 (December 14, 2000) as a national English-language Category 1 specialty television service offering news and information, current affairs, lifestyle and entertainment programming designed to meet the needs of the gay and lesbian community.
		Accordingly, PrideVision alleged that both Shaw Cable and Star Choice are subjecting PrideVision to an undue disadvantage and that, in doing so, have breached Section 9 of the Regulations.
		Shaw Cable maintained that it has found an approach for the distribution of PrideVision that is not prejudicial to the service, satisfies its regulatory obligations, and respects the sensitivities of certain customers by allowing them to make the decision whether or not to view the service.
	www.crtc.gc.ca /archive/ENG/Decisions/2001/DB2001-612.htm (2134 words)

	FFWD Weekly - October 4, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The judgment ruled that Shaw was subjecting PrideVision to an "undue disadvantage," and was therefore in breach of its regulations.
		PrideVision, which markets itself as "the world’s first gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender television network," said Shaw was treating it unfairly under the rules laid out by the CRTC when the station was approved in 2000.
		PrideVision spokesperson Anna McCusker said the company is pleased with the decision.
	www.ffwdweekly.com /Issues/2001/1004/news1.htm (320 words)

	HARD on PrideVision TV - ABOUT US (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PrideVision TV was licensed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission on November 24, 2000 to provide television service targeted to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community.
		As a Category 1 service, PrideVision TV is guaranteed distribution through Cable and Direct-To-Home satellite companies who provide digital TV services to their customers in Canada.
		PrideVision TV¹s programming is designed to provide news, information and entertainment on issues of interest to the gay community.
	www.pridevisiontv.com /strand/aboutus.asp (178 words)

	Decision CRTC 2000-456
		PrideVision will contribute to increased diversity in the Canadian broadcasting system by providing programming that is of specific interest to the gay and lesbian community, which is currently an under-served and under-represented audience.
		In licensing PrideVision, the Commission notes that this service is among the first television services in the world dedicated to the needs and interests of the gay and lesbian community.
		The Commission is satisfied that the plans for PrideVision will provide an important service for a significant segment of the population that is not currently well served, and that it will represent the gay and lesbian community appropriately and accurately.
	www.crtc.gc.ca /archive/ENG/Decisions/2000/DB2000-456.htm (1960 words)

	April 19, 2005 - New gay channel finding doors closed by Antonia Zerbisias
		Pridevision, meanwhile, after some regulatory rearranging, is a stand-alone pay channel, an adult channel with adult content, further up the dial.
		Trouble was, at least according to Pridevision's filings with the CRTC, Shaw continued to push the channel back into the closet, with discriminatory treatment that resulted in it becoming a stand-alone pay channel.
		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 /News/Friends_News/archives/articles04190503.asp (689 words)

	PrideVision TV
		PrideVision TV is the world’s first gay and lesbian television channel.
		In its application to the CRTC, PrideVision TV argued that the channel’s programming would contribute to the diversity of the Canadian broadcasting system, and would provide a public service through challenging the prevalence of stereotypical portrayals of gays and lesbians in the media.
		Cable operators throughout Canada are required to offer PrideVision TV as part of new digital cable services.
	www.media-awareness.ca /english/issues/stereotyping/gays_and_lesbians/gay_pridevision.cfm (240 words)

	Notes From Hollywood - Notes From Hollywood
		PrideVision submits that this is an egregious breach of CRTC policy and the Regulations and it should not be permitted on any of the Shaw systems.
		PrideVision submits that this change in marketing approach strikes a balance between making the service available and ensuring that it is not forced on those who do not wish to receive it.
		Although PrideVision has no objective method of ascertaining the negative impact on its service, it is quite clear that Shaw’s actions have been taken to minimize subscriber take up for reasons that can only be attributed to Shaw’s apparent opinion about the nature of the PrideVision service.
	www.notesfromhollywood.com /page.cfm?Sectionid=1&typeofsite=storydetail&ID=29&storyset=yes (2119 words)

	Strategymag.com - PrideVision restructures, looks for partner/buyer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Citing "slower than anticipated growth in the number of subscribers," PrideVision owner Headline Media Group announced late December that it has restructured to lower operating costs and continues to talk to "third parties" regarding partnership or sale.
		After a desperate plea to the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) community to save the channel by boosting its viewership pool from 20,000 to 70,000 failed to attract enough new subscribers, the channel was forced to lay off about half its staff, leaving fewer than 10 full- and part-time employees at its Toronto headquarters.
		"By reducing our operational expenses associated with PrideVision to levels we feel are more in line with the current subscription and advertising revenues, we will see a dramatic drop in the burn rate associated with this subsidiary," HMG chairman and CEO John Levy announced shortly after the cuts.
	www.strategymag.com /articles/media/20030113/pride.html?print=yes (337 words)

	Windy City Times
		The world’s first national gay cable channel, Toronto-based PrideVision, is in trouble because Canadian gays have refused to subscribe to it.
		Luchkiw said PrideVision usually is sold as a stand-alone channel —requiring subscribers to out themselves to the local cable operator by requesting it specifically — because it’s difficult to “bundle” it in a multiple-channel subscription package.
		PrideVision is “good television real estate,” she said, because all Canadian cable companies are required to carry it.
	www.windycitymediagroup.com /gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=3087 (1011 words)

	Southern Voice Online
		Pridevision TV plans to launch an all-gay television channel in the U.S. sometime this fall, said John Levy, president and chairman of Pridevision.
		Pridevision, which began airing gay-themed television in Canada in September 2001 and shows in 25,000 homes, anticipates a U.S. launch this fall, Levy said.
		Pridevision signed a contract with cable distributor Time Warner in early 2003 that grants access to its cable systems in the U.S., but Pridevision does not plan to “launch in all of the markets simultaneously,” Levy said.
	www.sovo.com /2004/4-9/news/national/gaytv.cfm (701 words)

	Company News On Call
		Orchestrating introductions for PrideVision TV executives to US media outlets and New York's gay community, Pryor & Associates is laying the groundwork for the Canadian cable channel's eventual entry into the US cable market.
		PrideVision TV was proudly launched on September 7, 2001 as a Category 1 service licensed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission, guaranteeing the channel's distribution through cable and direct-to-home satellite companies who provide digital TV services to their customers in Canada.
		In focus groups interviewed as part of PrideVision's research done by Price Waterhouse Coopers, participants indicated that they were looking for higher quality gay community programming than that which is currently available on community and local television.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/04-08-2002/0001701621 (362 words)

	Real Women of Canada - Newsletters - PRIDEVISION TAKES A FALL
		The "millions of Canadians" quoted demanding this service came from PrideVision's statement that the "demand" for its services would be 330,000 in the first year, and 550,000 viewers in seven years.
		PrideVision will offer programming from a wide variety of categories, but its perspective will be one not currently found on mainstream television in Canada, ensuring that PrideVision will be an innovative complement to existing services.
		The most logical buyer for PrideVision is CHUM Television, which had also put in a bid to the CRTC in 1999 to launch a homosexual channel in competition with PrideVision.
	www.realwomenca.com /newsletter/2003_jan_feb/article_7.html (669 words)

	Canada's PrideVision offers gay dating show \| News \| Advocate.com
		The program, which premiered Sunday across Canada on the PrideVision cable channel, features gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered participants seeking romance as the cameras roll.
		Jason Hughes, PrideVision's director of sales and marketing, estimates that about two thirds of Canada's gay population earn more than $45,000 a year.
		PrideVision specializes in what is termed alternative-lifestyles programming and has 23,300 household subscribers, programming director Wendy Donnan said.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail.asp?id=10224 (479 words)

	CTV.ca - PrideVision cuts staff by half, looks for buyer- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Cost reductions and program cutbacks have been going on for months, and the staff purge announced Friday, to about 20 people, is concentrated in administrative, marketing, sales and other non-programming areas, a spokeswoman said.
		PrideVision was launched in September 2001, billed as the world's first 24/7 television network focused on the homosexual community.
		The company released no figures on how much money PrideVision is losing, but information is expected to accompany Headline's year-end report in early January.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1040413355243_77?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory (289 words)

	Cable World: MTV, Showtime planning channel for gay viewers: financial model echoes that of Canada's PrideVision - ...
		A network for gay viewers is not a new concept: Toronto, Canada's gay-oriented PrideVision launched on Sept. 7, 2000.
		PrideVision recently enlisted a New York-based consultancy to aid in its U.S. distribution efforts.
		PrideVision's advertisers include Warner Music, Diet Pepsi, BMG Music, Microsoft, Sony Pictures Canada and Universal Music, as well as Canada's national cellular network, Rogers AT&T Canada.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DIZ/is_2_14/ai_82288660 (590 words)

	Canada's PrideVision slashes staff, searches for buyer \| News \| Advocate.com
		Canadian Press reports that the Canadian gay digital TV channel PrideVision is cutting its staff in half and looking for a buyer.
		Budgets have been shrinking in all departments for several months, and the layoffs are concentrated in the administrative, marketing, sales, and other nonprogramming departments.
		PrideVision was launched in September 2001 as the world's first 24/7 network targeted specifically at the gay and lesbian community.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail_ektid12619.asp (156 words)

	News & Politics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PrideVision TV has filed a complaint with the CRTC, Canada's broadcast regulator, against Shaw Cable and its home satellite dish company, Star Choice.
		Shaw has refused to make PrideVision available as a free service during a three-month promotional drive for several dozen new digital cable channels, of which PrideVision is one.
		Shaw will turn on PrideVision if a customer specifically asks for it, though, but requires customers to give a credit card number for verification that the person is an "adult." The company bills the customer one cent.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?2001/09/26/4 (621 words)

	PrideVision, 1st Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The specialty broadcaster, which launched PrideVision TV in September 2001, said it will hold on to 10 per cent of the channel and will retain the right to develop PrideVision outside Canada.
		For Headline Media (TSX:HMG), the PrideVision divestment is the latest in a series of transactions to shore up its finances, chief financial officer Patrick Michaud said.
		For the nine months ended May 31, 2003, Headline's net loss was $4.6 million, an improvement of $11.9 million from a loss of $16.5 million in the same period last year.
	www.cp.org /premium/online/commercial/media/031208/X120816AU.html (540 words)

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