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20-08-05, 03:42 AM
MTV Networks umbrella, is not the first channel to target gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people
After the ‘bisexual marriage’ pass by some of the nations. There is one more news that has been included for the exceptence of the gay in the society. As MTV launches new channel for gays . The prospect of a television channel entirely devoted to gay programs for gay people may strike some as unnecessary and others as a sign of immoral times. Media giant Viacom thinks there’s money in it.
Logo, launching on Thursday under the MTV Networks umbrella, is not the first channel to target gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, but it is the most widely available, on cable boxes in 10 million homes.
And it is the first time a major US conglomerate such as Viacom has entered a niche market that, despite Logo’s promise to deliver family-friendly entertainment, is viewed with concern by some of the same people who worry about too much sex, violence and profanity on TV.
“It’s going to be a tough road and you need a Viacom to drive that truck,” said Paul Colichman, head of Here!, a video-on-demand gay satellite channel launched in 2003.
“Our mere existence offends people.”
Logo has been in the works for more than two years under the guidance of Brian Graden, the man responsible for such MTV hits as The Osbournes. Logo has bought 200 movies and has more than 20 new documentaries scheduled for the first year as well as half a dozen original series, including a drama titled Noah’s Arc about four black gay men in Los Angeles.
Janice Crouse, a senior fellow at Concerned Women for America, which describes itself as a conservative Evangelical group of 500,000 members, said it was “a sad day for America.”
She said MTV was in a powerful position to influence youth and it was “unconscionable” to present in a positive view of a promiscuous lifestyle that causes “illnesses and diseases.”
“I see it as indoctrination of children to present the gay lifestyle as something that’s normal, as something they don’t have any choice over,” Crouse said in an interview.
After the ‘bisexual marriage’ pass by some of the nations. There is one more news that has been included for the exceptence of the gay in the society. As MTV launches new channel for gays . The prospect of a television channel entirely devoted to gay programs for gay people may strike some as unnecessary and others as a sign of immoral times. Media giant Viacom thinks there’s money in it.
Logo, launching on Thursday under the MTV Networks umbrella, is not the first channel to target gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, but it is the most widely available, on cable boxes in 10 million homes.
And it is the first time a major US conglomerate such as Viacom has entered a niche market that, despite Logo’s promise to deliver family-friendly entertainment, is viewed with concern by some of the same people who worry about too much sex, violence and profanity on TV.
“It’s going to be a tough road and you need a Viacom to drive that truck,” said Paul Colichman, head of Here!, a video-on-demand gay satellite channel launched in 2003.
“Our mere existence offends people.”
Logo has been in the works for more than two years under the guidance of Brian Graden, the man responsible for such MTV hits as The Osbournes. Logo has bought 200 movies and has more than 20 new documentaries scheduled for the first year as well as half a dozen original series, including a drama titled Noah’s Arc about four black gay men in Los Angeles.
Janice Crouse, a senior fellow at Concerned Women for America, which describes itself as a conservative Evangelical group of 500,000 members, said it was “a sad day for America.”
She said MTV was in a powerful position to influence youth and it was “unconscionable” to present in a positive view of a promiscuous lifestyle that causes “illnesses and diseases.”
“I see it as indoctrination of children to present the gay lifestyle as something that’s normal, as something they don’t have any choice over,” Crouse said in an interview.