(PARAPHRASING WHERE I CAN WHILE LISTENING"
...said the shell will take about a year to clean up
...talking about his kids....lots of disposal income in the gay community..
...talking about advertisers not having an outlet other than 'gay rags'..Q has opening the door to them...
...$7.95 a month...non-intrusive..subscription only
....competitors..Here and LOGO...Frank likes competition...
....Q's benifits..must be invited into the home...3 hr live block per night.
...hurdles: convicing advertisers that we're a non-scrambled station, convicing the cable compaines that we're not going to hurt them in their communty...
...expect to have 35% of the country covered by January...
....'each time we sign a carrier, it's a milestone". Should be in chicago in a couple of weeks, then Wash DC, then continuing to grow our marketplace"
....we have 4 out of the top 10 markets....Avail in NY already.
....'best year Q has ever had'. Program library built up. 4000 movie titles, leaseable to other stations.
...mention of Firestone Communications...using their studios for production in Ft Worth TX...
...30% original programing...Gay's very well educate..in final stages of signing contract for the Gay Games..12,000 atheletes...'Filiming plays, live gay shows' to be aired without interuption'.
....'talking head' type live shows.
....'our job to get the pendulum back toward the gay commm, but not politically'
...generating revenue...'attractive to cable companies...because we are a mini-pay channel...50/50 split with company, $7.95....
...focusing advertising pitches to fortune 500,..cruise companies, computer companies, hygiene and makeup, fasion, womens fasion..
....'great time for shareholders'...stock is .34 mil mkt cap, undervalued...prices bounce around.
.... 'with carriage contracts and ad contracts in hand, we know were worth over a billion dollars'...
....talks about past experience in sales, owned 17 gay bars, been in broadcast for 30 years...
...being the 'man to do the job' during this development stage...might not be the man to do the job during the managment stage/day to day activities...loves Mixed Market broadcasting..
...thinks he has the vision to go forward...
...PinkTV in France..talking to them about doing some program trading.
...Q Television is NOT a porn channel..NOT going to have it..VERY proud of that...
...family values channel for the Gay family...
....Final word...developing a 'native american' network as well...
have a listen..form your own opinion.