By Marc Burleigh
Paris - Gay porn and Wonder Woman repeats are to be offered in heavy doses on television in France from Monday as the country's first station aimed at homosexuals starts operations via cable and satellite.
Pink TV, a channel largely financed by the three main existing commercial networks, plans to present a mix of respectable programming and spicy niche shows to draw in a segment of the viewing population it boasts advertisers want because of their supposed higher incomes and lack of dependents.
Most importantly, it sees the time as ripe for such a venture, given the increasing acceptance of the gay lifestyle in France and other European countries.
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The open homosexuality of Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, the recent court approval for France's first gay family headed by two lesbians, a June wedding of two men that has sparked a debate over gay marriages and a government push to stamp out homophobic crimes all back its argument.
The announcement of the channel's launch a month ago has generated mostly welcoming reports in the mainstream press.
The left-leaning Liberation newspaper dedicated its weekend front page and three following pages to the new station, while news magazines also gave splashy play.
The most written-about aspect is Pink TV's obsession with sex - most notably its four gay pornographic movies to be screened each week after midnight.
The first male skin flick, Out Of Athens, will be shown late Monday, some three hours after the channel is received in homes that have paid the €9 monthly subscription fee.
The lesbian side of the formula will kick off next month with Madame and Eve, according to the station's programmers, who have made no secret of their hopes that straight viewers will also be drawn to their line-up.
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