Before the success reached by Pink TV, the first French homosexual television plans to start the second chain dedicated only to the emission of movies gays qualified pornographic

And the fact is that after more than two years in antenna, Pink TV is fulfilling the forecasts of his persons in charge that 150.000 subscribers hope to reach during 2008.

Pink TV offers series of success proved like Queer Folk Expert or French and Saunders, big outstanding figures or unpublished of the cinematography of homosexual subject-matter, operas, stage plays and dance, documentaries or a weekly debate that the well-known journalist Claire Chazal will present. Also, in night schedule X expresses movies. The latter subject-matter would remain therefore tackled with the PinX creation, according to several informations appeared in several French means,

On October 25, 2004 he was born in France, Pink TV, thrown between others for three big groups deprived of television of the Gallic country. Pink TV was beginning his journey across the satellites Astra1 (19,2nd East) and Hot Bird (13th East) like supplementary offer of CanalSat and TPS and also across the cable networks. His birth was taking place in in full debate on the marriage of gays or lesbians and with the target to conquer a public reputed by his strong purchasing power.


Owners of Pink TV

TF1, the channel of more hearing of the country and third big shareholder of the project is provided with 11,5 % of the participation. Other owners are, by order of importance, his president Pascal Houzelot (30 %), Channel Bonus (17,5 %), M6 (9,2 %), the group of telematics Connection (9,2 %) Lagardere (8,7 %), the financier Francois Pinault (2 %), the fashionable boss Pierre Bergé (2 %) and funds of investments.


(26/01/07)