No, they're not going out of business. They are going on "hiatus" from original programming. It's all tied into learning how to coordinate live coverage of the Gay Games...something which they should've prepped for beforehand.
Employees at Q Television Network, one of three cable channels aimed at gay and lesbian viewers, claim that they are not being paid as the company faces increasing financial difficulties. Two employees, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that an internal memo indicated that one of Q's investors had dropped out, leaving the company to scramble for funds. It was reported Friday on Out.com that the network was going "on hiatus" until February 13, but at that time Q's executive vice president of network operations, Carol Hinnant, reported that full-time employees would continue to be paid.
When contacted by Advocate.com on Monday, Hinnant refused to comment on the late paychecks but said, "Every network has growing pains. We'll be back on the 13th, and we hope [our employees] will be back." Hinnant disputed claims by one of the Q employees that most of the network staff had gone home Monday after being informed that the paychecks they were due to receive on February 1, and then on February 3, would still not be available. (Advocate.com)
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thanks for the story...that is really something...did they have a Black program???
Sort of. They aired "The Closet," though the second main anchor of the daily news is Christopher Jones, who is black.
Hikaru, Do you know if they are really going out of business? Thanks!
No, they're not going out of business. They are going on "hiatus" from original programming. It's all tied into learning how to coordinate live coverage of the Gay Games...something which they should've prepped for beforehand.
I love that you use words like "fortnight"
February 07, 2006
Financial problems plague Q Television
Employees at Q Television Network, one of three cable channels aimed at gay and lesbian viewers, claim that they are not being paid as the company faces increasing financial difficulties. Two employees, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that an internal memo indicated that one of Q's investors had dropped out, leaving the company to scramble for funds. It was reported Friday on Out.com that the network was going "on hiatus" until February 13, but at that time Q's executive vice president of network operations, Carol Hinnant, reported that full-time employees would continue to be paid.
When contacted by Advocate.com on Monday, Hinnant refused to comment on the late paychecks but said, "Every network has growing pains. We'll be back on the 13th, and we hope [our employees] will be back." Hinnant disputed claims by one of the Q employees that most of the network staff had gone home Monday after being informed that the paychecks they were due to receive on February 1, and then on February 3, would still not be available. (Advocate.com)
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid25213.asp
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