“The offering makes Here TV content available to a highly engaged streaming audience in an easy to use manner,” said John Mongiardo, senior vice president for Here TV. Amazon is the latest web-based means of subscribing. It expanded recently to YouTube Premium and Hulu.
The channel, which is a sister company to The Advocate, started in 2002 as a subscription on-demand service on major cable operators including Comcast and Time Warner. Then Amazon began launching channels for add-on subscriptions, and that lineup now includes Here TV. Amazon Prime subscribers have long been able to access Amazon’s library of series and films. LGBT channel Here TV once again expanded beyond premium cable today with its launch on Amazon - which, for its part, is investing heavily in becoming a player in video.Īmazon has drawn raves already from LGBT viewers for its award-winning original series Transparent, about a family headed by a trans woman.
