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All gay, all the time. (Television).


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 gaycentric entertainment could find themselves with three all-gay TV networks to choose from by next year. Cable networks Showtime and MTV MTV
 in full Music Television

U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
, both owned by broadcasting behemoth behemoth (bē`hĭmŏth, bĭhē`–) [Heb.,=plural of beast], large, fanciful primeval monster, like Leviathan, evoking the hippopotamus mentioned in the Book of Job.  Viacom, announced plans January 10 to launch a gay pay-cable channel that could kick off within the year. Four days later, Washington, D.C.-based MDC (1) (Mobile Daughter Card) See riser card.

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 Entertainment Group revealed its plans to launch ALT1-TV, an ad-supported entertainment network aimed at gay and lesbian viewers, by early 2003.

Meanwhile, PrideVision--Canada's gay TV channel, which launched in September--is considering expanding into the U.S. market.

So what's responsible for this potential embarrassment of cathode-ray riches? Good old-fashioned capitalism: Companies are becoming more acquainted with the spending power The power of legislatures to tax and spend.

Spending power is conferred to state and federal legislatures through their constitution. Judicial Review of legislative spending varies from state to state, but the law of federal spending informs courts in all states.
 gay people wield [see related story, page 26].

"You're starting to see even more Fortune 500 companies targeting the gay market," said MDC Entertainment spokesman Victor Siegel.
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Title Annotation:development of television networks for gay community
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 19, 2002
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