NEW YORK – December 11, 2006 – here!, America's premium gay television network, is now available on Verizon FiOS TV as a 24/7 subscription premium network. here! subscribers will also receive the network's Video On Demand service featuring dozens of titles available to watch anytime. Verizon is offering here! in every market where it provides its fiber-optic FiOS TV service across seven states including California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Texas.
"Now Verizon customers can enjoy watching here!'s most robust offering of authentic gay and lesbian programming at their convenience or watch here! On Demand anytime they choose," said Maria Dwyer, Senior Vice President of Distribution Sales and Marketing for here!.
Verizon FiOS TV subscribers will now have instant access to here! Networks' acclaimed original films, series and specials including Dante's Cove, ranked "Best Soap of the Year" by The Advocate; the critically acclaimed Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery, the second installment in the series of original films starring Chad Allen as a gay private investigator; John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You, the heralded film series hosted by legendary director John Waters from his hometown of Baltimore, MD; and the provocative six-part docu-series Lesbian Sex and Sexuality, an unblinking look inside the world of lesbian culture from award-winning producer Katherine Linton.
In addition to its groundbreaking original programming, here! will bring to Verizon customers the largest collection of gay and lesbian films with titles including the politically-charged Poster Boy, the Spanish-language hit Queens and the romantic comedy The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, based on the popular Eric Orner comic strip of the same name.
Verizon FiOS TV provides nearly 400 digital video and music channels, two dozen high-definition channels, 3,300 On Demand titles and other features such as FiOS TV Widgets, which supply on-touch, on-demand access to real-time local weather and traffic. FiOS TV is delivered over Verizon's fiber-to-the-premises network, the largest of its kind in the country. Verizon offers FiOS TV in more than 100 communities in parts of seven states: California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Texas. It is adding new markets as it obtains franchises giving it the legal authority to do so.
About here!
here!, America's premium gay television network, was established in 2002 and is currently available nationwide on all major cable systems and Internet TV providers as either a 24/7 premium subscription channel, a video on demand (VOD) service, and/or a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service. here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world's largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience. here! programming is also offered via here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks, which can be found at www.heretv.com/videoplayer. here! Interactive Media, the online division of here! Networks, has more than 3 million unique visitors a month through sites including GayWired.com, 247Gay.com, and LesbiaNation.com. For more information, please visit here!'s website at www.heretv.com.
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For all press inquiries, please contact:
Josh Rosenzweig
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Marketing
here! Networks
212.920.2857
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