# Pink TV (France)

Pink TV is Europe's second gay satellite channel (after Italy's GAY.tv), started in France on 25 October 2004, on a subscription basis, mostly funded by TF1 and Canal Plus terrestrial channels in France. It is now possible to access Pink TV via satellite, cable and DSL providers. Highlights include Queer as Folk, as well as talkshows (including So Graham Norton). There is an X-rated film four times a week after midnight, and the channel broadcasts 24 hours per day, including productions from porn studios including French Twinks. Pink X launched in 2012 a pornographic reward, the PinkX Gay Video Awards.

## History

On 25 October 2004, Pink TV was born on cable and satellite in the form of a pay-TV channel.
On 12 March 2007, when the channel's accounts were bad, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel accepted the Pink TV project, which consisted of splitting the antenna into two: the day, the usual programs (cultural, entertainment, information expressing homosexual culture and lifestyles) and from midnight onwards, a service that broadcasts pornographic programs. Since 4 September 2007, Pink TV has been broadcasting free-to-air two hours a day from 10 pm to midnight. Its grid is composed only of rebroadcasts. Then, starting at midnight, it transmits encrypted until 5 am with a paying offer consisting only of X-rated movies called Pink X.
As of October 2008, the channel's accounts have improved, it released new programs (films, documentaries, shows) alongside the rebroadcasts.
But, in 2012, fewer and fewer operators are broadcasting Pink TV in clear two hours a day. This time slot is no longer available free at Free since 2009 nor on the Bbox [fr] of Bouygues Telecom since 2012.
Also, since July 2013, Pink TV has stopped broadcasting real programs between 10 pm and midnight. Instead, it offered short-lived scenes without words played by two different couples.
At the moment, no program is offered from 22:00 to 00:00. Pink X programs start at 00:00. Launched as a chain of homosexual culture, but not having found its audience, it now only broadcasts pornographic films.

## Shareholders

* M. Pascal Houzelot : 29.92%
* Canal+ : 17.52%
* Groupe TF1 : 11.44%
* Société M6 Thématique : 9.15%
* Société Connection : 9.15%
* Société Siges : 8.79%
* Société Hélios (Groupe Lagardère) : 8.73%
* Société Financière Pinault : 1.93%
* M. Pierre Bergé : 1.93%
* Société Sophia Asset Management Ltd : 0.48%
* M. Henri Biard : 0.48%
* Société Tilder : 0.48%

## Notable programming

(presenters in parentheses)
* L’Agenda clubbing (Anthony Aréal)
* Bibliothèque Pink (Pascal Sevran)
* Bonheur, bonheur, bonheur (Éric Guého)
* Ça s’est passé comme ça (Frédéric Mitterrand)
* Cours chez Pink (Mathieu Lecerf)
* Le Débat (Laurent Drezner, Thomas Joubert, Alex Taylor)
* Face à Pink (Claire Chazal, Frédéric Mitterrand)
* Hétéro mais pas trop! (Laurent Artufel)
* Le je/nous de Claire (Claire Chazal)
* Les Pieds dans le plat mais pas trop! (Laurent Artufel, Éric Guého)
* Le Set (Christophe Beaugrand, Marie Labory, Raphaël Pathé)
* Pink Pong (Marie Labory)
* Zap’Pink (Laurent Artufel, Christophe Renaud)

## PinkX Gay Video Awards

The PinkX Gay Video Awards are annual gay pornographic awards in various categories. The Awards were launched by Pink TV in 2012 (later renamed Pink X) based on pornographic films included on the channel's programming.

### Best New Cummer

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Dario Beck | Criminal Intent (TitanMen) | Brandon Wilde in Take a load off (Rascal) Fabian Esteban in Gay House (Berry Prod) Kameron Frost in Le Clash (Crunchboy) Kennedy Carter in Splash of the Tight' Uns (UK Naked Men) |
| 2013 | Matt Kennedy | Dépucelages d'hétéros 3 (HPG) | Angel Rock in Bad Ass Bottoms (Jet Set Men) Jake Bass in Edge of Glory (CockyBoys) Mason Star in Edge of Glory (Cocky Boys) |
| 2014 | Josh Long | Young and Furry (Dominic Ford) | Lyle Boyce in Cottage Boy (Eurocreme) Joey Cooper in The Boy Who Cried – DILF (All Words) Julien in 8 en partouze (GFK) |
| 2015 | Andrea Suarez | Sneaker Sex Fuckers | Camille Kenzo Mickey Taylor Nathan Hope Théo Ford |
| 2016 | Adam Ramzi | Workout | Frank Valencia dans Bear Essentials Nick North dans Hard Labour Brute Club dans Slammed Logan Moore dans Stuffed Juliano dans Juliano et ses potes |
| 2017 | Carter Dane | Let Them Eat Cake | Jason Maddox in Summer of Sweat Ludwig in Bizutages de culs Lucas Phelps in The Hook-Up Hostel Jay Alexander in How to Get Away with Murder Abel Lacourt in L'Irrésistible Abel Lacourt |
| 2018 | Aarin Asker | Rubbergeddon | William Lefort Kimi Monroe LMDK in Hey taxi prends-moi Alex Chu in The Deuce Leo-Rex Bunny |

### Best Duo

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Brent Everett and Brandon Wilde | Take A Load Off | |
| 2013 | Jake Bass and Mason Star | Edge of Glory (CockyBoys) | |
| 2014 | Billy Rubens and Dirk Caber | Daddy's Boy (DadsFuckingLads) | David Peter / Michael Laurent in Baise-moi ! (Berry Prod HD) Brady Jensen and Ty Roderick in Stalker (NakedSword) Paulo Massa and Rudy Light in Lascars en force 3 (Citebeur) Kameron Frost and Matt Kennedy in Indic (Menoboy) Matteo Valentine and Ale Tedesco in Hairy Butt Bangers (Butch Dixon) |
| 2015 | Trelino and Christian Wilde | Addict | Alex Marte and Kris Irons Colby Keller and Seth Santoro Gabriel Clark and Jaxon Radoc Kai Alexander and Dolan Wolf Tikehau and Mathieu Ferhati |
| 2016 | Kayden Gray and Danny Montero | Slammed | Rafael Alencar and Marcus Isaacs in The Pack Damien Crosse and Logan Vaughn in Baiseurs d'exception Camille Kenzo and Théo Ford in Camille Kenzo aux USA Issac Jones and Bruno Knight in Circus of Sex Mack Manus and Kevin Ass in Lifeguard |
| 2017 | Sean Zevran and Armond Rizzo | Hard Medecine | Tyler Jenkins and Cody Rivers in Bound: Slaves for Their Cocks Tiziano / Joe Delight in Les Bonhommes 3 Doryann Marguet / Joaquim B (Fabien Crunchboy) in Mate-moi ça me fait jouir Boomer Banks / Dillon Rossi in Boomer Has a Big Fat Dick Carter Dane / Colby Keller in Let Them Eat Cake |
| 2018 | Allen King and Boomer Banks | Hard Wood | |

### Best Active

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Brent Everett | | |
| 2013 | Paddy O'Brian | | |
| 2014 | Paddy O'Brian | Straight as They Cum (UKNakedMen) | Ryan the caillera in Ryan, The caillera (Citebeur) Ken Ten in Studio of Sin (UKNakedMen) Antonio Garcia in Daddy’s Boy (DadsFuckingLads) Christian Wilde in Wilde Road (NakedSword) Jake Bass in King of Hearts (Cockyboys) |
| 2015 | Colby Keller | Caliente! | Jimmy Johnson Mathieu Ferhati Nathan Hope Rafael Alencar |
| 2016 | Gabriel Clark | The Amazing Cocky Boys | Enzo Rimenez in Légendes du X Delta Kobra in Topher! Rocco Steele in Stuffed Kayden Gray in Daddy's Orgy Nathan Hope in Be My Fuck Toy |
| 2017 | Paolo Bravo | Bravo Boys Band | Adam Ramzi in Fame Game Tex Davidson in Buff & Scruff Killian James in Sergeant Daddy Dalton Briggs in Berkeley Dato Foland in Dato Has A Big Fat Dick |
| 2018 | Doryann Marguet | Jeunes étudiants délurés | Kayden Gray in Rubbergeddon Paolo Bravo in BravoFucker Justin Brody Enzo Lemercier in Petits Jeux entre minets Benjamin Blue in Cory Has a Big Fat Cock |

### Best Passive

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Léo Hélios | | |
| 2013 | Léo Helios | | |
| 2014 | Jeff Stronger | Rigid (Titan Men) | Jessie Colter in Men Of The World : Miami (Men of the world) Adrian Toledo in Studio of Sin (UKNakedMen) Marcus Mojo in The Harder, The Better (NextDoor Studios) Jake Bolton in Hairy Butt Bangers (Butch Dixon) Stany Falcone in Fast Friends (Titan Men) |
| 2015 | Duncan Black | Grosses bites | Camille Kenzo Marc Humper Mike DeMarko Trelino |
| 2016 | JP Dubois | Hooded | Billy Santoro in My Doctor Rocks Camille Kenzo in Camille Kenzo aux USA Ricky Roman in The Amazing Cocky Boys Mickey Taylor in XXL Hammered Yo in Yo abusé et enchanté |
| 2017 | Armond Rizzo | Hard Medecine | Aitor Bravo in Bites chaudes à Barcelone Cory Prince in Sergeant Daddy Angel Cruz in A Man & His Boy Jayden Middleton in Pumped Teddy Torres in Butt Breaker |
| 2018 | Carter Dane | Just Love: A Porn Star Guide to Sexual Freedom | Sam Barclay Chris Harder François Sagat in Paris Perfect Colton Grey Tegan Zayne |

### Best Group

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Ashley Ryder, Viktor, Korben David | London Massive 2 (UK Naked Men) | |
| 2013 | Aurélien Angel, Gaëtan, Juan Perez | Internat pour Garçons (Berry Prod HD) | |
| 2014 | Ashley Ryder, J.P. Dubois, Leo Cage | The London Massive part 3 (UK Naked Men) | Anthony Cruz, Jeremy F., Dylan Donovan pour Jeune et baisable (Berry Prod HD) Ashley Ryder, J.P. Dubois, Leo Cage dans The London Massive part 3 (UKNakedMen) Kyle Quinn, David Anthony, Race Cooper dans Special Reserve (Titan Men) Spencer Reed, Hunter Vance, Andrew Blue, Bryce Star, Chris Tyler, Cole Brooks, Evan Mercy, Randy Star dans To Fuck a Predator Gang Bang (Jet Set) Tim Loux, Dylan, Fabien Dolko dans Indic (Menoboy) |
| 2015 | Yo, Maltos, le Marseillais | Le Bad Boy de Marseille (Citébeur) | Denix, Gino, Jean Kader, Léon, Lets Boy in Weekend très chaud à Paris ! Dolan Wolf, Bruno Fox, Rich Kelly in Check Mate Leo Forte, Drew Sebastian, Max Cameron in Addict Tommy Defendi, Duncan Black, Darius Ferdynand in Massive New York Cocks |
| 2016 | Sebastian Kross, Derek Atlas, David Benjamin, Dario Beck | Clusterfuck! 1 | Brian Jovovich, Connor Maguire, Marcel Gassion, Rick Lautner & Tim Campbell in Dirty Rascals Guillaume Wayne, Thomas, Théo Ford, Jérôme in Brochettes de minets pour mâles affamés Bruno Bernal, Craig Daniel, Marco DuVaul, Drew Kingston, Mickey Taylor in Ruined Danny Montero, Matthew Anders, Kayden Gray, Ross Drake, Lyle Boyce, Cory Prince in Daddy's Orgy Dan Broughton, Mickey Taylor, Guillaume Wayne in XXL Hammered |
| 2017 | Colby Keller, Duncan Black, Justin Matthews | Kiss Hug Fuck Love | Kamel, Steve and Lexitoy in Sextapes From France Zac Hunter, Camille Kenzo, Skyler Dallon, Xavier Sibley, Sacha West in France-Canada / 4 points par trou Dylan Thorne, Reece Bentley, Timmy Treasure in Bound : Slaves For Their Cocks All the cast of Prends-moi en stop Brandon Wilde, Brian Bonds, Trenton Ducati in Secret & Lies |
| 2018 | Brent Corrigan, Dominic Pacifico and Dorian Ferro | Ultra Fan | |

### Best Amateur Film

| Year | Title | Distributor | Nominations |
| 2012 | Chaudes vacances avec Jordan Fox | (Crunchboy) | |
| 2013 | Macho Fucker XXL | Crunchboy | |
| 2014 | Devoirs de vacances by Christo Ball | GayFrenchKiss | Scottxxx One (Scottxxx) by Scott Sniffs Socks Lascars en cave (Crunchboy) by Jess Royan TED TN acteur et scénariste (GFK) by Christo Ball Les plans perso de Fred Sneaker (Sketboy) by Fred Sneaker |
| 2015 | Week-end très chaud à Paris | GayFrenchKiss | 7 trous à jus (HPG) Anthony Cruz : ses plans directs TTBM (AirmaxSex) Pornstars (Crunch Boy) Soirée Pizza (le petit gay production) |
| 2016 | À deux dans mon cul | HPG | Gros Calibres pour minets (Arimaxsex) Les vices de Waikix (Crunch Boy) Couilles à vider (Crunch Boy) Ils se font défoncer (Crunch Boy) Men of Montréal vol 1 (Men of Montréal) |
| 2017 | Objectif Cul ! | Christo Ball | Kiffeurs Underground 2 (Fred Sneaker) Casting à cruncher (Jess Royan) Passifs pour gros calibres (Jess Royan) Men of Montreal 8 (Marko Lebeau) |
| 2018 | Hey taxi prends-moi | HPG [fr] | Viens kiffer les mecs de téci (Citébeur) Bravo Boys Band 2 (BravoFucker) Des hétéros qui baisent des mecs (Crunch Boy) Un porno presque parfait (Crunch Boy) Jouissances et Cagoules (Gayfrenchkiss) |

### Best Ethnic Film

(Category suspended in 2018)
| Year | Title | Distributor | Nominations |
| 2012 | Souann et ses potes | Citébeur | |
| 2013 | Med in France | Citébeur | |
| 2014 | Lascars en force 2 | Citébeur | Le jus des lascars (HPG) de HPG Black Dream White Cream (All Worlds) by Chi Chi Larue Les Nikeurs de Cooper (Citebeur) by Stéphane |
| 2015 | Bites de Black pour culs blancs | Dominic Ford | Cuban XL Cocks Les Nikeurs by Marc Humper (Citébeur) Serial Sneaker #6 (Sketboy.com) Walid le zobeur (Citébeur) |
| 2016 | Malik et ses potes | Citébeur | Phat Dick Fitness (Next Door Ebonyd) Juliano et ses potes (Citébeur) Matos de Blackos 7 (Univers Black) Quartier chaud 4 (Citébeur) Quartier chaud 5 (Citébeur) |
| 2017 | Bravo Boys Band | Paolo Bravo | How to get away with murder (Dominic Ford) Les Bonhommes 3 (Stéphane) Viens kiffer les mecs de téci # 02 (Stéphane) Viens kiffer les mecs de téci #03 (Stéphane) |

### Best Actor

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Stany Falcone | Stany Falcone | Brent Everett in Some Things Cum Up Spencer Reed in Spencer Reed Jessy Dog in Incarcération Dillon Buck in Getting Ahead in Business John Despe in Incarcération |
| 2013 | Topher DiMaggio | | |
| 2014 | Christian Wilde | Wilde Road (NakedSword) | François Sagat in Incubus 2 (Titan Men) Brady Jensen in Stalker (NakedSword) Kameron Frost in Indic (Menoboy) Kareem in Indic (Menoboy) Trenton Ducati in Grindhouse (NakedSword) |
| 2015 | Mike De Marko | Sentenced & Punished | Darius Ferdynand Dillon Rossi Fabio Jacob Daniels |
| 2016 | Brent Corrigan | Vegas Hustle | Rocco Steele in Daddy Issues Jordan Fox in Les Patients du Dr Jordan Fox Theo Ford in I, Spy Matt Kennedy in Agents X Guillermo Cruz in Agents X |
| 2017 | Doryann Marguet | Plaisir charnel | Johannes Lars in PizzaBoy Matthew Bosch in Cauke for President Trenton Ducati in Secret & Lies Colton Grey in Cruising For Ass Ryan Rose in Scared Stiff |
| 2018 | Paul Delay | Hotthell PornHorror Movie | Brent Corrigan Ludwig in Le Goût salé de tes lèvres sucrées Jason Vario Mark Long Mickey Taylor |

### Best Director

| Year | Name | For | Nominations |
| 2012 | Stéphane Berry | Gay House | |
| 2013 | François Sagat and Brian Mills | Incubus | |
| 2014 | Ludovic Peltier | Indic | Joe Gage in Special Reserve (Titan Men) Jonno in Dominant Daddies (Butch Dixon) Ashley Ryder and Blacky Mendez in Snatched (Bulldog) Mr. Pam in Grindhouse (NakedSword) |
| 2015 | Andy O'Neill | Daddy Knows Best | Chi Chi LaRue in Sentenced & Punished Chris Steele in America's next hot bottom Jack Jones in The Weekend Jonno in Big Dick French Adventures Mr Paml in Addict Sam Barclay & JP Dubois in Toy Stories |
| 2016 | Antoine Lebel et Jérôme Bondurand | Minets au camping French Twinks | Martial Amaury in Amours suprêmes d'or et de lumière 2 Mr. Pam in Vegas Hustle Dominic Ford in Baiseurs d'exception Lucas Kazan in The Men I Wanted 2 JP Dubois and Sam Barclay in Hooded |
| 2017 | Mr. Pam | Fame Game NakedSword | Sam Barclay and JP Dubois in Grappld Jasun Mark in Cauke For President Blacky Mendez in The Hook-Up Hostel Ettore Tosi in The Spanish Conexxxion Chi Chi LaRue in Scared Stiff |
| 2018 | Jake Jaxson | The Stillest Hour CockyBoys | Ettore Tosi Ridley Dovarez Antoine Lebel Mr. Pam |

### Best Foreign Film

| Year | Title | Distributor | Nominations |
| 2012 | Slick Dogs | Titan Media | |
| 2013 | Incubus by François Sagat and Brian Mills | Titan Media | |
| 2014 | Stalker by Mr. Pam | Naked Sword | London Spunked (All Worlds) by Chi Chi LaRue The Ultimate Top (Jet Set) by Chris Steele Cottage Boy (Eurocreme) by Blacky Mendez Studio of Sin (UK Naked Men) by Jonno Daddy’s Boy (DadsFuckingLads) by Andy O’Neill |
| 2015 | Sentenced & Punished by Chi Chi LaRue | Rascal Video | Addict (Mr. Pam, Naked Sword) Broken (Asley Rider, Bulldog) Daddy Knows Best (Andy O'Neill, Dads Fucks Lads) Frat House Cream (Mr. Pam, Naked Sword) Jake Bass and ses amants (Jake Jaxson, CockyBoys) |
| 2016 | The Amazing Cocky Boys | CockyBoys | Dirty Rascals (Naked Sword) Clusterfuck! 1 (Raging Stallion) Baiseurs d'exception (Dominic Ford) Twinks on Top (Phoenixxx) Hooded (UK Hot Jocks) |
| 2017 | Don't Make Him Beg de Jonno | UKNakedMen | A Man & His Boy by Jake Jaxson Berkeley by mr. Pam Abducted by Blacky Mendez Tahoe: Cozy Up by Tony DiMarco Spanish Milk by JP Dubois & Sam Barclay |
| 2018 | Paris Perfect de Mr Parker | NakedSword | Ultra Fan Cauke for Free The Stillest Hour Silverlake Rubbergeddon |

### Best French Film

| Year | Title | Distributor | Nominations |
| 2012 | Incarcération by Ludovic Peltier | Menoboy | Gay House by Stéphane Berry Sexual Network 1 by Mr Burns Le Gang des cagoules by SP Open Bar by Ludovic Peltier |
| 2013 | Le Riad | Menoboy | |
| 2014 | Indic by Ludovic Peltier | Menoboy | Une heure de colle (Menoboy) by Ludovic Peltier Baise-moi ! (Berry Prod HD) by Stéphane Berry Le garçon du lac (Berry Prod HD) by Stéphane Berry Les Nikeurs de Cooper (Citebeur) by Stéphane |
| 2015 | Tout le monde baise Camille by Antoine Lebel and Jérôme Bondurand | French Twinks | De Passage (Stephane Berry, Mecs de France) Les Grimpeurs (Ludovic Peltier, Menoboy) Skets Shop Boys (Fred Sneaker, Skerboy.com) Suckers (Ridley Dovarez, RD) |
| 2016 | Agents X | Ridley Dovarez | Amours suprêmes d'or et de lumière 2 (Comme des anges) Minets au camping (French Twinks) Plaisirs cachés d'Orient (Menoboy) Nathan Hope sexy et vicieux (Citébeur) Lifeghaurd (Ridley Dovarez) |
| 2017 | Fuckers Society | Ridley Dovarez | Baise en plein air d'Antoine Lebel Baise avec les stars by Antoine Lebel Les Inconscients by Ludovic Peltier Coup de poker by Stéphane Berry Prends-moi en stop by HPG [fr] |
| 2018 | Le Goût salé de tes lèvres sucrées | Ridley Dovarez | Derrière la porte (Menoboy) Passions estivales (French Twinks) HotHell Porn Horror Movie (French Twinks) Hey Taxi Prends-moi (HPG) Minets sportifs (French Twinks) |