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Niche television networks are coming

Mentioned, in passing, in an article by Denver Post TV critic Joanne Ostrow, are two standup-related “niche networks.” Here’s the paragraph of note:

The list goes on. Blackbelt TV, Telenovela TV, Si TV and Wine TV. The Gospel Music Channel, Standup Comedy TV and Wheels TV. Three horror movie channels and as many gaming or casino channels.

All right. Standup Comedy TV is the obvious one. Hmmm… which is the other? Well, if you’ve been reading this mag– and following the links faithfully– you’d know that Si TV’s owner is Jeff Valdez, who started his career as a standup comic in Pueblo.

We heralded the arrival of Standup Comedy TV way back in 2004… not sure exactly when. (We were introduced to the Big Cheese at the Just For Laughs Festival back in July, too.) They’re based in Chicago and they’ll tell anyone who will listend that they’re launching this month. We’ll keep an eye on that. Golly, maybe some day we will actually have 500 channels.