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Launched in France the 25th of October 2004, PinkTV pioneers the idea of a 24 hours a day, 7/7 gay-centric television.
Mission statement :
PinkTV is the first gay and gay friendly TV station targeting gays, girls and boys and all people who are interested in a different TV station, based on freedom, tolerance, fun and seduction.
Structure :
Creation : June 2002
Simplified joint stock company with a 132,880 € capital
Founder :
Pascal Houzelot, former special adviser of Patrick Le Lay and Etienne Mougeotte (Chairman and CEO-TF1)
Shareholders :
- Canal + (Vivendi Universal)
- TF1
- Lagardère
- M6 Thématique
- Connection
- Artemis (François Pinault - Personal holding - head of the Gucci Group)
- Pierre Bergé (Founder of Yves Saint-Laurent)
- TF1 is responsible for the broadcasting of the channel through the TV production department of TV Breizh, located in Lorient (Brittany)
- TF1 Publicité is responsible for the advertising sales.
- Canal + Group is a specific editorial partner
- LAGARDERE ACTIVE - PLURIMEDIA administers the interactivity on and off air.
- M6 Group: M6 Interaction heads the development of the brand PinkTV off air through by-products.
Boutique du Monde oversees the Home Shopping Service
Administrative autorisation of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (French Television Commission) :
Pink TV was granted the right to broadcast on April 16. 2003. The final technical agreement from the CSA was received December 2003.
Through a 5 years period, PinkTV has to broadcast:
- at least 60% of European programs
- 40% of French programs.
- 60% of European movies
- 40% of French movies
Over a 4-year-period, 18.8% of PinkTV’s turnover has to be dedicated to the developement of european or French productions.
Over a 4-year-period, 4.7% of PinkTV’s turnover has to be dedicated to the development of European movies (at least 3. 7% of original French production).
PinkTV has to respect its obligations in matters of information and meet the CSA compliance requirements regarding the broadcasting of pornographic movies. PinkTV cannot broadcast more than 208 of such programs a year.
Centre National de la Cinématographie :
PinkTV is eligible for the automatic support from the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) |
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WHAT KIND OF CHANNEL IS PINKTV ? |
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PinkTV is the first general interest TV station dedicated to gay and gay friendly people’s interests. PinkTV has an eclectic programming.
PinkTV, in a nutshell :
PAY TV, PinkTV is broadcast by every major cable , satellite and DSL network in France (CanalSat, TPS, Noos, UPC, Numericable, Freebox TV, Neuf Telecom. EstVideo.com and FranceCitéVision), as a stand alone ( 9 € /month - 11 USD) or soon in a package.
In Belgium, PinkTV is broadcast on BeTV (former Canal+ Belgium) and on Coditel as a stand alone (10€/month – 13 USD)
In Luxembourg, PinkTV is broadcast by Coditel as a stand alone (10€/month – 13 USD).
In Switzerland, PinkTV is broadcast on Naxoo as a stand alone (17 CHF) and in the "Tendances" package (25 CHF).
Broadcast 24/7 : 35 hours of « fresh » programs/week, 5 reruns (except movies) - First broadcast 7pm till 2am.
Editorial Spirit :
Beyond news, PinkTV keeps a close look on cultural, political and social avant-garde, the trends about to explode, life-styles…
Editorial is :
50% directly related to gay issues
50% related to the interests of our gay and gay-friendly audience
Programs Schedule Construction :
PinkTV’s schedule features original programming, feature films, series, talk-shows, interviews, music, documentaries and a daily 60 min cultural talk-show: “Le Set”
An eclectic programming :
- 15 movies/ month
- 5 series/ week
- 4 concerts/month
- 4 debates/month
- 4 talk-shows/ week
- Classified advertisements every day
- 15 porn movies/month (the best French and International Productions)
Hundreds of exclusive programs : Unseen on TV in France :
For example:
- Queer As Folk- Serie- Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 (unseen on TV in France)
- The L Word -Serie- Season 1 & 2 (unseen on TV in France)
- Godiva's -Serie- Season 1 & 2 (unseen on TV in France)
- Reno 911 -Serie-Season 1 & 2 (unseen on TV in France)
- Tipping the Velvet - Serie (unseen on TV in France)
- Playing it straight - Call TV (unseen on TV in France)
- Boy meets boy - Call TV (unseen on TV in France)
- Queer Eye for a Straight guy - Call TV (unseen on TV in France)
- V Graham Norton - Talk show (unseen on TV in France), etc
For further details, please email us equipe@pinktv.fr
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