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Originally Posted by Rillington
Gaydate TV is the gay version of the The Dating Channel, which is for heterosexual people. ntl chooses to take hetero dating channel but not the gay version even though they are made by the same company. People might conclude that ntl have intentionally chosen not to take the gay version, only the hetero version, and that the decision was anti-gay.
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I think you make some good points, but I'm not sure that this particular arguement holds. I think the reasoning behind this is again down to demand and availability of broadcast space. The Dating Channel launched first and likely at a time when ntl could afford to offer it carriage, Gaydate TV came along later.
Also, assuming that demand and limited space play a part, as a manager of ntl, if you had to choose one or the other, surely you'd plump for the channel with potentially greater viewing figures (working on the assumption that there are more heterosexuals in the population)