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Old 09-03-2004, 20:16   #98
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Re: Gay channel

Here's the definition of minority::
1. The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.
2. A group or party having fewer than a controlling number of votes.

3. An ethnic, racial, religious, or other group having a distinctive presence within a society.
4. A group having little power or representation relative to other groups within a society.

so homosexual persons are in the minority, techincally speaking - within the UK. Meaning, there are more hetrosexual people, than homosexual people. But, that does not mean to say that there are only a few. I believe the figure 1 in 10 persons are homosexual - so that's around 6,000,000 gay people in the country. Of course the figure is probably completely wrong, but you get the idea.

In respects to a Gay Channel, well in the UK there are no gay lifestlye channels (of course there are GayDate TV and Gaydar Radio, but they're not really lifestyle).

There obviously is not a demand for a gay channel on ntl at the moment. 1.3million digital customers, 10% is 130,000. But, many gay people many not care about a gay channel on ntl. It all depends on the demand for the channel. Someone has already posted that ntl don't discriminate when chosing channels, so ntl won't discriminate (ntl aren't that bad! They do have moral standards!)

well that's all i'm saying
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