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CMDA is China Media1>>
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=3144
".....And, a par-tri-idge in a pear tree........"!!
Ho hum...........
John
Company Update:
Palm Springs CA April 30, 2001 - Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc. (OTC-QBID) President and CEO Frank Olsen announced that the company is offering Co-Media, Inc. cash and stock for any and all television distribution rights Co-Media may have. Triangle Multi-Media specializes in broadcasting, creating and producing programming for the gay and lesbian community.
Olsen stated, "Now that Triangle Multi-Media has acquired the assets of Triangle Broadcasting Company, which was solely the gay radio programming division, it seems only fitting that we should acquire the assets of Co-Media, Inc. in order for the television and radio divisions be under one corporate umbrella. Triangle Multi-Media will have one project: gay and lesbian programming for television and radio, as well as gay concerts, promotions, etc. This will be our total focus from now on."
Forward looking statements (Statements which are not historical facts) in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including those risks and uncertainties details in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE=http://www.qbid.net/april_30.htm
Just spoke with Triangle. They said their revised launch date is May 11. They also said they would be posting it on the web site. We'll see.
NEWS: Co-Media (CMDA), Inc. President Marvin Jenkins Announces New Positions Now Available in Preparation for Launch of Alternative Lifestyle Television Network
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-Media, Inc. (OTC: CMDA - news), the parent company of Triangle Television Network (TTN), announced today that the company is actively seeking writers, producers, on-camera personalities and qualified personnel to fill mid-management positions. They are also searching for a Chief Financial Officer for the new network. These positions have become available as a result of the imminent launch of the network. Marvin Jenkins, president, stated the company must expand in order for the network to provide the highest quality alternative lifestyle programming.
Jenkins also named Jon Dunno to the newly created position of Vice President in charge of Production. Jon Dunno has worked in the television industry for 17 years. He began his career in television at the age of 15 and re-entered the field after graduating from college with a BA in English literature. Mr. Dunno has worked in all facets of television production including: producing, directing, writing and editing. He has demonstrated his abilities in just about every type of video presentation from corporate and commercial to educational and informational. Mr. Dunno will report directly to Dick Weiner, Executive Vice President in charge of Production and Programming.
In addition, Jenkins announced that OTR (Oxford Transfer and Registrar) was appointed as the company's new transfer agent. They can be reached at (503) 225-0375.
Safe Harbor Statement
As a cautionary note to investors, certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such matters involve risks and un certainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: changes in economic conditions; general competitive factors; Co-Media's ability to execute its business model and strategic plans; and the risks described from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
SOURCE: Co-Media, Inc.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010410/latu081.html
News: CO-MEDIA, INC. President Marvin Jenkins Announces New In-House Advertising Agency
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-Media, Inc. (OTC: CMDA - news) President Marvin Jenkins today announced that Co-Media is establishing its own in-house advertising agency to handle all advertising for the Triangle Television Network on their future satellite delivered television network specializing in programming for alternative lifestyles.
Mr. Jenkins went on to say that he hopes the agency will be a prototype for advertisers to reach the gay and lesbian market.
Forward looking statements (Statements which are not historical facts) In this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE: Co-Media, Inc.
STATUS REPORT FROM MAX CASSING REGARDING THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OF TRIANGLE BROADCASTING COMPANY AND TRIANGLE MULTI-MEDIA.
Max Cassing, escrow representative for the corporate business combination of Triangle Broadcasting Co and Triangle Multi-Media, announced that the deadline for voluntary participation in the exchange of stockholdings of Triangle Broadcasting Company for a pro-rata stockholding in Triangle Multi-Media has formally closed, effective 3/12/01.
Cassing stated that his office received replies from brokerage houses and shareholders requesting participation in the exchange, and a listing of all participants has been compiled and certified.
Shareholders may expect notification from their respective brokers of the ownership change in their stockholdings. Individuals requesting additional information regarding the status of their individual shareholdings are urged to direct such inquiries to their broker or investment advisor.
Gay TV network retreats to the closet
by Eric Erickson
Thursday, 22 March 2001
Dish Network subscribers may finally get their gay TV, but only after the new channel changed names reportedly to satisfy executives at the satellite network who objected to using the word 'gay' in promotional materials.
More than a name change? As the Gay Television Network, the channel’s ads trumpeted gay programming. As the Triangle Television Network, 'gay' is omitted in favor of 'alternative lifestyles.'
The people behind the Gay Television Network originally said the channel was scheduled to launch last November through the Dish Network, a satellite cable subscription service based in Littleton, Colo. The start-up date was pushed back to January and then to February, when Dish publicly denied a formal relationship with GTN.
In an interview last week, the gay network’s founder, Frank Olson, said the channel, based in Palm Springs, Calif., is now scheduled to launch on April 4, but this time as the Triangle Television Network, under a renewed partnership with the Dish Network.
“They didn’t like us calling it the Gay Television Network for their TV guide and things like that,” Olson said about the name change. “So, to make compromise so we could get things moving forward, we compromised to call it the Triangle Television Network.”
Olson said that GTN, now TTN, has 4,000 subscribers signed up to receive the signal through Dish Network for an extra $19.95 a month. Olson says all that TTN has to do to finalize the deal with Dish is make “a couple deposits,” which he says are ready to be made.
TTN’s contact at Dish, Eric Sahl, confirmed confirmed the planned start date of April 4. Still, Sahl said the relationship between Dish and TTN is not yet finalized and that TTN has yet to make the final financial deposits.
Sahl went on to say any advance publicity about the renewed relationship between Dish and TTN could squash the deal entirely; something TTN’s paid consultant, Renee Schenck, confirmed on Friday.
Related Issues
For an overview of this issue see:
Television
Despite the confidentiality agreement, Triangle Television sent faxes last week to Southern Voice and a number of other gay publications announcing the new launch date and seeking "trade advertising," under which the publications publish the ads for TTN at no cost and then receive a fee for every subscriber who joins the network. Schenck said he was unaware of the ad campaign and refused comment on whether it violated TTN's confidentiality agreement with Dish.
The new ad campaign for Triangle Television bears striking differences from the trade ads published last year and in early 2001 for the Gay Television Network. The GTN ads featured a headline proclaiming, “Gay-TV is out of the closet,” and featured the word “gay” 15 times.
The new ad campaign for TTN never mentions the word “gay,” instead calling TTN the “first television channel for America’s alternative lifestyles.”
The network even changed its Web site address, from www.wearegaytv.com, to www.triangletelevisionnetwork.com.
Sahl refused comment on the name change or any other details about the Dish Network's partnership with TTN, referring all other inquiries about TTN to the Dish Network’s director of communications, Judianne Atencio.
Atencio would not comment about Dish’s negotiations with TTN, the projected start date or why Sahl said a published report about the new network could cancel the deal with Dish.
Atencio would also not comment about the channel’s new name, which one gay activist calls a subliminal pseudonym.
“It’s like a secret hand shake type of thing,” said National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Communications Director David Elliot, adding the triangle is a popular symbol within the gay community, deriving from the pink triangles worn by homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps. The symbol is less widely known in mainstream culture.
Elliot said he would rather see the network use "gay" in its name, but he doesn’t fault TTN for the change, nor does he think the network is turning its back on gay viewers.
“I think it’s more complicated than that,” Elliot said. “It seems like they had to closet themselves for a reason, and I think that it speaks to the larger challenges that we as a movement face when we’re trying to operate in a culture and to a media that’s not very friendly to our interests," Elliot said. "I wouldn’t put all the blame on them here from what it sounds like.”
When contacted about the change in promotional plans for the cable channel, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a media watchdog group, had tougher words for TTN and Dish.
“GLAAD is disappointed that a media company that wants to market to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community has taken out all references to the community,” said Kevin McClelland, GLAAD's Atlanta-based regional media director.
“We encourage everyone to contact Triangle Television and the satellite provider, and we plan on running this in our national GLAAD alert,” he said.
Rocky road to airwaves
This isn’t the first time negotiations between Dish and TTN have engendered controversy. TTN, then known as the Gay Television Network, ran advertisements in gay publications nationwide last winter, highlighting the partnership with Dish.
In response to the ads, Dish issued a press statement denying any contractual relationship with the gay network.
“Dish got a case of homophobia,” Olson said in a January interview, remaining confident, then and now, that the gay channel would eventually launch on the Dish Network.
Olson says TTN’s programming for America’s “alternative lifestyles” will include coverage of gay pride parades, gay rodeos and a slew of gay themed movies.
The service will cost subscribers $19.95 a month, on top of regular charges to receive the Dish Network. Olson says TTN will not take any money from subscribers until May.
Action Info
Dish Network
http://www.dishnetwork.com
Dish Network
c/o EchoStar Communications
Michael Dugan, President
5701 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80120
Triangle Television Network
1000 E. Tahqultz Canyon Way,
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Phone: (760) 322-9707
http://www.triangletelevisionnetwork.com
subscriptions: 1-866-438-4298
office: 1-760-322-1217
“The first month you’re not going to be charged, except through Dish. The reason is we need to start building up customers,” he said. “The $19.95 isn’t charged because we’re greedy, the $19.95 is the cost of almost $400,000 a month for the satellite time.”
When it launches April 4, Olson says TTN will present six fresh hours of programming a day, repeated overnight. Over the following three months, that six hours will expand to a full programming day.
Probably a MFMMM follow-up for the QBID rattle yesterday.
John
Gadzooks! Co-Media's getting THRASHED today! All the way down to .06 from a previous close of .205 -- sheesh! Wonder what precipitated this tragic turn of events....
QBID/CMDA UPDATE #3
Looks like the PUBLICITY has started.. QBID at .015 a share is now a joke. This price is a steal.
SOURCE =
http://www.southernvoice.com/southernvoice/news/record.html?record=12825
Dish Network backs away from Gay TV
by Eric Erickson
Thursday, 25 January 2001
A partnership between a fledgling gay television operation and the company supposed to transmit its signal to millions of subscribers has fallen apart, leaving the launch of Gay Television Network in doubt.
GTN wants to provide movies like 'It's in the Water'-along with other gay programming-despite the apparent pullout of corporate partner that was to beam the network to gays across the country.
It was a novel, even unheard of concept: Gay television programming around the clock. For years, gay men and lesbians around the country have waited for their Gay TV.
And it was supposed to happen later this month.
But delays have plagued Palm Springs, Calif.-based GTN, which initially said it would launch last November. That was delayed to Jan. 23, then again to early February.
In promoting itself, GTN said it would run gay movies, gay religious services, a gay spin-off of "Good Morning America," even a gay cooking show featuring drag chef Betty Delicious. All gay, all the time-at least first on the weekend, and slowly expanding from a 12-hour broadcast day.
And GTN touted a partnership with Dish Satellite Network, which would help GTN tap into Dish's 5 million digital satellite subscribers.
But this week, Dish said that partnership was premature; GTN said Dish is suffering from "homophobia."
Related Issues
For an overview of this issue see:
Television
"Dish got a case of homophobia," said Frank Olson, president of GTN and it's parent company, Co-Media.
Olson said Dish Network spent four months in Palm Springs, installing fiber optics equipment that would send the signal to gay homes across the country. Some 50,000 people have inquired about GTN, Olson said.
But when GTN issued a press release touting the Dish partnership, the alliance unraveled, Olson said.
EchoStar, the parent company of Dish, said the company had talked with GTN in the past, but that talk of a partnership was premature.
"The press release they put out was in error. We do not have a contract with the Gay Television Network," said Judianne Atencio, EchoStar's communications director. "I have nothing to say about GTN."
But in a Nov. 28 letter to GTN from Mark Jackson, an EchoStar vice president, Jackson writes that "EchoStar looks forward to a long and mutually beneficial business relationship with Co-Media"-one that will last long past the initial terms of a one-year agreement.
A representative in Jackson's office would not comment about GTN and referred comments to Atencio, who did not respond to further questions.
Olson said GTN stands behind a contract it has with Dish.
"I believe we do have a contract. We don't have this whole office full of Dish paraphernalia for nothing," Olson said. "We didn't give out 10,000 Dish bumper stickers at the last Pride festival for nothing. I didn't get it out of the fruit stand. We have an agreement and we expect them to fulfill it."
Despite the recent troubles, Olson said Dish has been easy to work with.
"They've been angels. We believe Dish Network is going to come through and honor their commitments," he said. "We're proud and we're proud of Dish company. We expect them to come through so we can be proud of them again."
Action Info
Gay Television Network
Phone: (866) 438-4298
http://www.wearegaytv.com
Dish Network
http://www.dishnetwork.com
Dish Network
c/o EchoStar Communications
Michael Dugan, President
5701 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80120
Olson's said GTN can still make good on its dream of the all gay, all the time TV network.
"I thought it was the greatest thing. We can sit and watch sitcoms that weren't made for a cross-over audience. They were made for us," he said.
QBID/CMDA UPDATE #2
This is starting to appear as one MAJOR media exposure.
SOURCE = http://www.wearegaytv.com/news.htm
Dear Publishers,
As a result of recent controversy surrounding the distribution of Gay Television Network on Dish Network, we felt we owed you an explanation.
We are sending you evidence of the existing agreement we have with Echostar Communications Corporation (Dish) so you can pass this information on to your readers. We are also sending you a copy of a letter we sent to Dish this morning.
Co-Media, Inc. and Triangle Multi-Media have invested approximately $7 million in money and commitments as of this date to develop GTN. This was done based on commitments from Dish Network. Lacking any other reasonable explanation, it would now appear that Dish has developed a slight case of homophobia.
The contract with Echostar (Dish) represents a $4 million plus revenue stream for them. Echostar (Dish) was selected because of its professional business practices and locking capabilities, which provide easy access to the gay community without intruding into the living rooms of anyone who does not wish us to be there.
GTN intends to broadcast February 2nd. It is our sincere desire that Dish Network honor its commitment and broadcasts GTN. With the present delay, this might not be possible on February 2nd, but there is no reason we cannot go on the air in the first two weeks of February.
We want to thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Frank Olsen
Michael Schwimmer
Vice President of Programming
EchoStar Communications Corporation
90 Inverness Circle East
Englewood, CO 80112
Dear Mr. Schwimmer,
As you know, recent statements by your company have caused us irreparable harm, both with our customer base and our programming providers. Since we have a valid agreement with you to go on the air and to sell your dishes to the gay community, we are extremely perplexed as to the position apparently taken by “your public spokesman.”
The purpose of this communication is to advise you that we are proceeding to honor our commitment to go on the air on February 2nd via your satellite network. Accordingly, we request that you immediately notify us that you intend to fulfill your written and verbal commitments.
We are available to meet with you in any location of your choosing within the next two working days.
Very truly yours,
Marvin Jenkins
Gay TV Refutes Dish Deal Denial
Jan 25, 2001 — Is there a battle brewing between the Dish Satellite Network and the fledgling Gay Television Network? EchoStar, Dish's parent company, denied late last week that it had any plans to launch the gay-themed cable network, which is owned by Palm Springs, CA-based Co-Media. A source close to the deal, however, tells Gist that GTN has a signed distribution contract with Dish and that the network plans to launch as scheduled. The source accused Dish of "damaging [GTN's] credibility."
GTN last week issued a press release saying it would begin service as a premium Dish channel on Feb. 2 with news and entertainment geared specifically toward the gay and lesbian market. —Steve Noveck, Gist TV Staff
SOURCE = http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/gist/fri04.asp
This could get real interesting.....
To Our 50,000+ Inquirers and Pre-Launch Subscribers:
We apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience. No money has been or will be taken from your orders until we actually go on the air and we "Will Launch" The Gay Television Network. We want to thank you for your ongoing support because without it this wouldn't be possible.
Gay Television Netw
Source = http://www.wearegaytv.com
Very interesting day today. This is starting to get very interesting again. I picked up a few more shares today at .015.
Willy
Company Update
They are now getting National Exposure
http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/gist/thu04.asp
There were 19 separate trades and almost $100K changing hands today.
One guess is that this was the first day of a wave of new issue private placement certs hitting people's mailboxes.
But there were some buys in there too (like the last trade), probably starting when the MM's were willing to halve their ask down to about 5/8.
Spread has tightned up a lot now too as a result.
Ron
Looks like some trading action today. This will be a tough one to figure out. Looked like someone punded the bid today. WHY?
Willy
Bulletin:
(Go to www.pinksheets.com to access.)
January 16, 2001
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan 16, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Marvin Jenkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Co-Media, Inc. (OTC: CMDA) announced today that the company will launch its Gay Television Network (GTN), to be aired on Dish Satellite Network, beginning February 2, 2001. Co-Media has been specializing in target programming for a number of years. "This project has been eight years in the making," said Jenkins. "We have finally overcome the obstacles of distribution, availability of programming and acceptance in the advertising community."
Gay Television Network is available only through the Dish Network, the digital satellite subscriber system, as a Premium Channel choice. Sign up for their Basic Package, which includes 150 channels of TV and audio programming, and for an extra charge of $19.95 the subscriber will receive GTN and, as a bonus, a gay Internet radio channel. If one signs up now, one gets the 18-inch satellite dish and installation free.
"In the beginning programming will be 7 days a week, 12 hours weekdays and 24 hours per day on weekends," explained Jenkins. "Programming will include news, information and entertainment especially for the gay and lesbian community. We will eventually have original programming, such as "Gay Dating Game," "Gay Court," "Gay Bandstand," and 40 new movies each month. We will be covering events such as Gay Olympics, Gay Rodeos, Gay Conferences and Gay Prides all over the nation, as well as the activities surrounding the Nabisco (Dinah Shore) Golf Tournament."
The initial film schedule includes "Claire de Lune," "Red Rain," "Defying Gravity," "Latin Boys Go to Hell," "Twisted," "All the Rage," "It's in the Water," "A Boy Named Sue," "Caravaggio," and "Edward II."
Produced programs planned include a morning talk show, "Good Morning, Gay America;" "Gay Archives," a one hour program which traces gay life in New York and Los Angeles in the early days of the '70s and '80s; "Gay Pride, Palm Springs;" music video shows; "Gay Across the Globe," an hour special that documents international gay happenings; "Mardi Gras 2000," a documentary on the hot celebrations down under from Sydney, Australia; and religious services broadcast live from Fort Lauderdale's Sunshine Cathedral and Dallas' Cathedral of Hope.
In the near future we will be adding a cooking show hosted by transvestite Betty Delicious, as well as a gay history program. Also planned is a Girls' Night, featuring lesbian-themed films, and a Boys' Night.
Gay producers and gay writers have been producing programs for years. Co-Media, Inc., GTN, combined with the Dish Network, provides an ideal distribution system for the entire GLBT community.
Through trade ads in the gay press, their subscriber base is projected at 10,000 during the first few months; it currently stands at about 2,000. Naturally the Dish Network's subscriber base of 5 million is a rich resource for new viewers.
The demand for niche television programming by the advertising community has become very evident by the recent purchase of BET (Black Entertainment Television) for $200,000,000 plus by Viacom, as well as the entrance of non- traditional television producers such as Microsoft teaming with NBC to form MSNBC. Other networks are also in demand as noted by the increase in advertising dollars spent for advertising time.
"The company will now devote its time to the execution of its business plan and continue seeking acquisitions, to create and enhance shareholder value," Marvin Jenkins stated. The company's audited financial statements have been completed and plans to file, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, its Form 10 by the middle of February 2001 to become a 12G Company. Co-Media, Inc. is a vertically integrated entertainment company that includes radio, television programming/production for network syndication, Internet and real estate holdings. GTN's projected gross revenues for the next five years exceed $250 million. For additional information please visit our website at: www.wearegaytv.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
As a cautionary note to investors, certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such matters involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: changes in economic conditions; general competitive factors; Co-Media's ability to execute its business model and strategic plans; and the risks described from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
For more information about Co-Media, Inc., contact: Investor Relations on (866) 527-3500.
SOURCE Co-Media, Inc.
CONTACT: Investor Relations of Co-Media, Inc., 866-527-3500
URL: http://www.wearegaytv.com
http://www.prnewswire.com
(C) 2001 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
I am watching and waiting. Time will only tell.
Willy
Check out the new GTN preview video at:
http://www.wearegaytv.com
Ron
Ron
The spreads appear to be within normal parameters now. Interesting catch.
JcRadio
Want to see some peculiar spreads going into tomorrow?
(Both were updated a few minutes after today's close.)
http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=qbid
http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=cmda
Theories? (Somehow doesn't look like a mistake.)
Ron
Thanks JCRadio for starting this IH Board.
For your consideration: A full-up paste of the 12/18/00 and 12/2700 PR's by CEO Marvin Jenkins into your introductory post window position might conveniently serve as an appropriate initial company profile for subsequent visitors.
If this makes sense, the links are:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001218/ca_sanitec.html
and
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001227/ca_co_medi.html
Regards,
Ron
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