In Demand to Launch here! TV

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Pay programmer In Demand will start delivering gay and lesbian-targeted video-on-demand programming to 10 million-plus digital-cable homes starting Aug. 1.

In Demand will provide up to 30 hours of here! TV per month. Here! TV launched in September 2003 as a satellite service on DirecTV and on the Dish Network last April. The channel is run by Stephen Jarchow and Paul Colichman, co-founders of independent film company Regent Entertainment.

There are between 10 million and 17 million gay men and women, according to various studies, though the channel says it is also targeting straights.

In Demand is co-owned by Cox, Comcast, time Warner and Advance/Newhouse.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.