# OutTV (European TV channel)

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. OutTV reaches 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.
OutTV was initiated by Marc Putman, who started the channel thanks to a business background in the digital television 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. 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.
An HD-simulcast started through Ziggo in the Netherlands on 30 November 2017.

## 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 the LGBTQ community. Advertisements are shown before and after the programs.

### 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 pride celebrations and the Eurovision Song Contest.
Several well-known shows which are or were broadcast on OutTV are:
* Six Feet Under
* The Golden Girls
* Raw
* RuPaul's Drag Race
* Torchwood
* Queer as Folk (US edition)
* Alan Carr: Chatty Man

## Availability

| Country | Provider |
| Netherlands | Caiway |
| Netherlands | Delta |
| Netherlands | Odido |
| Netherlands | KPN |
| Netherlands | Ziggo |
| Belgium | Telenet |
| Belgium | Orange Belgium |
| Belgium | Proximus |
| Sweden | Com Hem |
| Sweden | Teliasonera |
| Spain | Orange TV |
| Spain | Tivify |
| Israel | Hot |
| Sweden | TeliaSonera |
| Germany | NetCologne |
| Germany | MagentaTV |
| Germany | Waipu |

## 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 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 patterns of the contest's LGBT audience. The prize is personally awarded to the winner during OutTV's annual Eurovision Calling programme.
Table key :
| 1 | Winner |
| 3 | Third place |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete |
| Year | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points | Host city |
| 2010 | Germany | Lena | "Satellite" | 1 | 246 | Oslo |
| 2011 | Sweden | Eric Saade | "Popular" | 3 | 185 | Düsseldorf |
| 2012 | Sweden | Loreen | "Euphoria" | 1 | 372 | Baku |
| 2013 | Denmark | Emmelie de Forest | "Only Teardrops" | 1 | 281 | Malmö |
| 2014 | Sweden | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | 3 | 218 | Copenhagen |
| 2015 | Sweden | Måns Zelmerlöw | "Heroes" | 1 | 365 | Vienna |
| 2016 | Russia | Sergey Lazarev | "You Are the Only One" | 3 | 491 | Stockholm |
| 2017 | Italy | Francesco Gabbani | "Occidentali's Karma" | 6 | 334 | Kyiv |
| 2018 | Israel | Netta | "Toy" | 1 | 529 | Lisbon |
| 2019 | Netherlands | Duncan Laurence | "Arcade" | 1 | 498 | Tel Aviv |
| 2020 | Bulgaria | Victoria | "Tears Getting Sober" | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X | Rotterdam |
| 2021 | Malta | Destiny | "Je me casse" | 7 | 255 | Rotterdam |
| 2022 | Ukraine | Kalush Orchestra | "Stefania" | 1 | 631 | Turin |
| 2023 | Sweden | Loreen | "Tattoo" | 1 | 583 | Liverpool |
| 2024 | Switzerland | Nemo | "The Code" | 1 | 591 | Malmö |