This August, the City of Manchester will welcome SCENE, a new LGBTQ+ Film and TV festival. The weeklong event will kick off with an exclusive opening night featuring a celebration panel and after-party to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the influential drama Queer as Folk. The series, which spotlighted Manchester’s Canal Street, will be celebrated with […]
Rakuten TV, the European VoD platform, has unveiled its latest Original production: We All Play, a documentary film on the inclusion of LGBTQAI+ community in sport. From the inspiring stories of athletes defying obstacles to the courageous accounts of those who have fought for their right to compete on equal terms, We All Play offers […]
Pluto TV has partnered with Your Channels and OUTtv to launch PRIDEtv Channel across international markets on Pluto TV this June, in celebration of Pride Month. PRIDEtv is the lifestyle television channel for the LGBTQI+ community & open-minded, featuring arthouse films, captivating documentaries, popular queer series, short films, reality shows and original TV shows. The channel is available exclusively […]
Revry, the LGBTQ+ media platform, has released its Q1 viewership findings, analysing more than 10 million US viewers preferences across queer-centric content. The Revry report, LGBTQ+ Streaming Insights Q1 2024 presents a breakdown of the top most-watched genres, and sub-genres, and how advertisers can leverage those preferences to facilitate authentic and tactical engagements with the […]
ITV Studios and Hulu have closed a package deal that will see the first two seasons of Twofour’s queer dating series I Kissed a Boy premiere on the US streaming platform on June 15th as part of the streamer’s ‘Hulu Has Pride’ LGBTQ+ month-long celebration. Season 2 – I Kissed a Girl – will exclusively […]
OUTtv Proud, the FAST channel created by OUTtv and Fuse Media, is now available on Samsung TV Plus. OUTtv Proud celebrates the global queer audience with over 400 hours of content including, iconic series Absolutely Fabulous, BBC dramedy Beautiful People co-starring Academy Award-winner Olivia Colman, the Cucumber and Banana series created by Russell T Davies, as […]
UK Asian Film Festival – the world’s longest running South Asian film festival – has unveiled the full programme for its 26th edition. Running at venues across London, Leicester and Oxford from May 2nd – 12th, UK Asian Film Festival is presented by Tongues on Fire and is supported by the BFI, awarding funds from […]
UKTV’s catalogue of original drama continues to grow, with the commission of six-part series, Bookish (6×70’) for its specialist crime drama channel Alibi. The UKTV original series has been created by Emmy Award-winning writer Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) and is produced by Eagle Eye Drama. As international partner, Beta Film will handle […]
Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP), home to some of the world’s most successful dating formats – including The Bachelor, First Dates and FBoy Island franchises – has acquired its first gay relationship format, Boys Like Boys. Created by Portico Media for Taiwan’s LGBTQ+ streamer GagaOOLala, the original ten-episode series was praised for its authenticity […]
OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ television and streaming service, in partnership with Fuse Media, has secured a deal with Channelbox to distribute OUTtv Proud, its international FAST channel, in the UK via Freeview. Following the recent deal with Netgem in 2023 which saw OUTtv Proud launch in the UK and Ireland, OUTtv is further expanding the reach […]