Media News - Thursday, November 06, 2008
Germany’s first gay TV channel hits the airwaves
Germany has a new television channel that loves men. TimmTV is the country's first broadcaster to focus on gay and lesbian programming. Already established in much of Europe, gay TV's taken longer to reach Germany. Germany's estimated 3.6 million gay men got a new option on Saturday, Nov. 1, when wiling an evening away in front of the TV. TimmTV, the country's first ever broadcaster to openly target gay men as its main demographic, is aiming to draw in their families and friends as well as lesbians and a few so-called metrosexuals for six hours each evening and possibly around the clock if the station proves profitable. TimmTV's programming plans do not represent any major changes to Germany's private broadcasting landscape. Essentially, the station, like many private German channels, is relying on popular English language series, dubbed into German. The channel also promises to tackle serious issues, including discrimination faced by Muslim gays and the persecution of homosexuals under Adolf Hitler. There will also be documentaries on stars and celebrities who make waves in the gay community, such as Rupert Everett, Susan Sarandon and Liza Minnelli. In the short term though, most of these programs will be produced elsewhere, while the channel simply purchases the rights to broadcast the shows in Germany. While TimmTV, which executives had hoped to launch last year, is new to Germany, similar channels, like PinkTV in France and Serbia, Gay.TV in Italy and Canada's Pride TV, have been targeting their programming at homosexuals for years. (Deutsche Welle)
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