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Gay TV channels

Everytime I ask a gay person online if they watch Here! TV, or LOGO, Q television, they have no idea what i'm talking about.What are they you ask?Well, first off, Here! TV and Q television are gay premium channels like HBO, or Showtime.LOGO is also a gay channel, but it's cable, so it's a bit watered down.They can't go as far with things such as nudity.Anyway, i'm often disappointed by gays because you would think they would appreciate finally having not one, but three of their own networks, so they don't have to choke down hetero programming all the time, right?Well, in my own experience, not only do alot of people, who may have the channels available to them, not know about them, but they don't seem to care.That brings me to my next point.LOGO is a great channel don't get me wrong, but Here! TV, being a premium channel, is way better.LOGO will never show the things Here! TV does.Also, LOGO has kind of a one sided view of gay people.They lean a little more toward campy, over the top programming sometimes.Here! TV has a bigger and better library of movies, they'll be making their own original movies every month, they'll have original series living up to the standards of Queer as Folk and The L Word, and it's just an all around bad ass channel.Q television will offer exclusive coverage of the 2006 gay games and more.The problem is how providers choose to offer these channels.I have Comcast digital cable, and Here! TV is offered as a pay-per-view service through On Demand.You have to pay 4 bucks a title, which is robbery.It's too expensive, and you can't even see all that the channel has to offer.They should offer the channel in the form of a monthly subscription like any other premium channel, and not try to gouge us for the "gay dollar".I know a few providers do, but most don't.Q televison has a very limited number of providers.This is where it sucks making up such a small percent of the population, and why I think it's important for more gays to get on board with this, and support these channels.If not enough of us support these channels, care, or generate enough demand for them, than things won't change.Even if you don't love all of the programming at first, these channels need a chance to grow and develope.If these channels don't get the attention they need they'll probably disappear all together.Then we won't have any.Learn more about the channels on Google.com, call your providers, demand they offer these channels at reasonable prices, send your frineds to this blog, and spread the word.Check out the links those channels' sites i've posted on this blog.On a side note, I know some people are concerned about the ghettoization of gays on TV, which is a valid concern.Things are changing, but we still often get cut of the picture as if we don't exist, so i think we do need our own networks.I personally don't think it's a smart thing to do to put the responsibility of our visibility in the hands of the mainstream.