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Rillington · 27-05-2005, 00:00

The launch of Faze TV has been confirmed as 1 September and they have said that they will only be launching on the Sky platform. I would like to subscribe to this channel but am not allowed Sky where I live and am forced to have ntl.

I had a look at their website and it was worded in a way which lead me to believe that ntl have refused this channel carriage, quoting from their site "If you are a Telewest or NTL customer you will need to lobby your cable operator to convince them to carry us in the future. They only listen to the people who shout loudest."

It has always been a considered opinion of mine that ntl has gone out of its way not to carry gay channels but this is a subscription service which will NOT be porn but will instead be a fully-fledged lifestyle and entertainment channel which ntl cannot argue is porn, plus with it being a subscription service, the homophobes cannot say that it can be accessed by anybody.

I recall ntl claiming on this forum that they had spoken to gay channel providers in the past but said on this forum "they did not want to be on cable at thie time" but this was probably before Faze TV was a reality so I think the question is worth asking again, given that this channel will genuinely be offering something which no other station is to provide plus it will bring revenue into ntl from the subscriptions which they can charge for Faze TV. Therefore, given that plenty of ntl employees watch this forum, can anyone advise me as to whether ntl is going to carry Faze TV and, if not, then why not.

27-05-2005, 00:00	#1
Rillington Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Services: Virgin Media, DAB Posts: 1,157	Faze TV The launch of Faze TV has been confirmed as 1 September and they have said that they will only be launching on the Sky platform. I would like to subscribe to this channel but am not allowed Sky where I live and am forced to have ntl. I had a look at their website and it was worded in a way which lead me to believe that ntl have refused this channel carriage, quoting from their site "If you are a Telewest or NTL customer you will need to lobby your cable operator to convince them to carry us in the future. They only listen to the people who shout loudest." It has always been a considered opinion of mine that ntl has gone out of its way not to carry gay channels but this is a subscription service which will NOT be porn but will instead be a fully-fledged lifestyle and entertainment channel which ntl cannot argue is porn, plus with it being a subscription service, the homophobes cannot say that it can be accessed by anybody. I recall ntl claiming on this forum that they had spoken to gay channel providers in the past but said on this forum "they did not want to be on cable at thie time" but this was probably before Faze TV was a reality so I think the question is worth asking again, given that this channel will genuinely be offering something which no other station is to provide plus it will bring revenue into ntl from the subscriptions which they can charge for Faze TV. Therefore, given that plenty of ntl employees watch this forum, can anyone advise me as to whether ntl is going to carry Faze TV and, if not, then why not.