Gay Net Here! Joins Akimbo

Gay net Here! is going to be "there," too.

In this case, "there" is yet another of the multiplying multiple video distribution platforms, Akimbo, which delivers broadband video service over the Internet to a TV or PC.

Here!, already available on cable and satellite, will be a video-on-demand service on Akimbo, priced at $6.95 per month.

Other cable networks making programming available to Akimbo include A&E, History, Discovery nets, Cartoon Net and CNN.

The Akimbo TV service consists of a set-top box connected to the Internet that downloads, stores and plays video content.

Launched in 2002, Here! morphed from a pure pay-per-view service to a 24-hour net as well in October 2004. It is currently available in more than 42 million households, according to the company.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.