Gay TV was an encrypted subscription channel from the
UK that broadcast over
Sky
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and
Virgin Media
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television platform from 20:00 to 05:30 daily, targeted at
gay men.
Launched in 2004 the channel focused mainly on more hardcore content, but later incorporated shows such as Laguna Beach Love Affair and more softcore material.
Until 2007 it was the only gay adult channel on the Sky platform,
and included a regularly broadcast live
adult chat television show, one of very few examples of this with male hosts. This was recorded at the same studios as
Television X Callgirls Live.
On 22 April 2008 Gay TV was added to Virgin Media channel 485. On the Sky EPG, its channel number changed twice, from 940 ''(in 2007)''
to channel 923 ''(in 2010)''
[,] then to channel 953.
On 7 April 2011, Gay TV was removed from Sky channel 953 and Flirt TV (also from RHF Productions) was added to the Dating section of the
EPG
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on channel 879. The channel ceased broadcasting on Virgin Media on the same day. However, the channel continues to operate on Virgin's On-Demand service alongside other defunct porn channels.
See also
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Pornography in the United Kingdom
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References
External links
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GAYtv at LyngSat Address
Gay pornographic television channels
British pornographic television channels
Defunct British television channels
Defunct LGBT organisations in the United Kingdom
Adult chat (television)
Northern & Shell
Television channels and stations established in 2004
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
2004 establishments in England
2004 establishments in the United Kingdom
2011 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
LGBT-related television channels
2011 disestablishments in England
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