OutTV (European TV channel)

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OUTtv
Country Netherlands
Broadcast area
Headquarters Utrecht, Netherlands
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerOUTtv Media B.V.
(Marc Putman)
History
Launched2 April 2008;16 years ago (2008-04-02)
Links
Website www.out.tv
Availability
Streaming media
Ziggo GO ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

OUTtv (stylized as OUTtv) is a European-based television channel which can be viewed via cable television/digital television as a premium channel in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Israel and Spain. The channel OUTtv addresses more than 10 Million households in Europe and Israel. OUTtv was launched on 2 April 2008 by OUTtv Media B.V. and has been available on cable since 11 April 2008.

Contents

OUTtv was initiated by Marc Putman, who started the channel thanks to a business background in the digital tv industry and by various private investors, whereby the brand was registered in Europe independently. At the same time the OUTtv Canada channel also was with the same name launched a couple of years earlier in Canada. Some of the programmes were licensed initially with support of OUTtv in Canada . [1] Nowadays, none of the programs of the Canadian channel are no longer shown on the Dutch channel.The two companies are not connected and work individually. [ citation needed ]

An HD-simulcast started through Ziggo in the Netherlands on 30 November 2017. [2]

Programming

OUTtv is a lifestyle- and entertainment – channel which offers a broad range of programs, such as drama, comedy, talk shows, documentaries and films, which are mostly targeted towards gay people. Advertisements are shown before and after programs, so as to not interrupt the program.

Series and films

OUTtv differentiates itself with a varied programming of quality shows and qualitative art-house films. OutTV also broadcasts their own productions, such as the current affairs programmes OutTV News and OutTV Reports; and the travel show Travel Experience, hosted by Ian van der Putten. It has shown specials covering several gay pride celebrations and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Several well-known shows which are or were broadcast on OUTtv are:

International OUTtv productions

OUTtv is mainly known for its own production: "Eurovision Calling". The show, hosted by Jens Geerts, includes reports of behind the scenes of the Eurovision Song Contest. The first season started in 2012 with Timo Descamps and was named Baku Calling "Baku Calling". The seasons that followed were presented by Jens Geerts. Every year the show's name adapts the name of the host city where the Eurovision Song Contest is held.

YearName of the showHostCo-host
2012 Baku CallingTimo DescampsSipke Jan Bousema en Andres Esteche
2013 Malmö CallingJens GeertsFilip Stiller
2014 Copenhagen CallingJens GeertsStefan Boström
2015 Vienna CallingJens GeertsMarga Bult
2016 Stockholm CallingJens Geerts
2017 Kiev CallingJens Geerts
2018 Lisbon CallingJens Geerts
2019 Tel Aviv CallingJens Geerts

OUTtv was also able to bring a few small scoops during the Eurovision Song Contest. For example, in May 2014 the Belgian singer Axel Hirsoux came out publicly for the first time [3] and winner Måns Zelmerlöw repeatedly apologized in 2015 for his homophobic statement in the past. [4] In April 2016, the Dutch candidate Douwe Bob told OUTtv to be bisexual. [5]

Availability

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Country Provider
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Caiway
DELTA
Odido
KPN
Ziggo
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Telenet
Orange Belgium
Proximus
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Com Hem
Teliasonera
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Orange TV
[[Tivify]]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel [[PRIDEtv]] HOT
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Teliasonera
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NetCologne
MagentaTV
[[WAIPU]]

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OUTmusic

On March 1, 2010 OUTtv started its own internet radio station under the name OUTmusic. This channel mostly targets gay men and “like-minded” listeners and primarily brings new and well-known hits of the 1990s and 2000s. In the evening lounge music can be heard and in the weekend well-known Gay Classics. Next to the standard programme blocks, OUTmusic also offers room for pop divas, well-known DJs of famous gay clubs, new artists and the Eurovision Song Contest.

OUTmusic Award

Since OUTmusic's launch in 2010, OUTtv has presented the OUTmusic Award, an award given annually honoring the favorite Eurovision Song Contest entry by OUTtv viewers. The winner of the award is determined through a large-scale online poll conducted every year in March and April and is announced before the start of the contest in order to avoid influencing the voting behavior of the contest's LGBT audience. The prize is personally awarded to the winner during OUTtv's annual Eurovision Calling programme. [6]

Table key
1
Winner
3
Third place
X
Entry selected but did not compete
YearCountryArtistSongPlacePointsHost cityRef(s).
2010 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lena "Satellite"1246 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo
2011 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eric Saade "Popular"3185 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf
2012 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria"1372 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku [7]
2013 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops"1281 Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö
2014 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo"3218 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen [8]
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes"1365 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna
2016 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One"3491 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm [9]
2017 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma"6334 Flag of Ukraine.svg Kyiv [10]
2018 Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Netta "Toy"1529 Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon [11]
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Duncan Laurence "Arcade"1498 Flag of Israel.svg Tel Aviv [12]
2020 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Victoria "Tears Getting Sober"Contest cancelled [a] X Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam
2021 Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Destiny "Je me casse"7255 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam [13]
2022 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kalush Orchestra "Stefania"1631 Flag of Italy.svg Turin [14]
2023 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Loreen"Tattoo"1583 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liverpool [7]
2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Nemo "The Code"1591 Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  7. 1 2 "Loreen wint de OUTmusic Award 2023 van Europese LGBTQI+-stemmers" [Loreen wins the OUTmusic Award 2023 from European LGBTQI+ voters]. OUTtv (in Dutch). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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